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Canada's COVID Alert app is a case of tech-driven bad policy design
Podium placards promoting the COVID Alert app are seen on a table on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on July 31,…
Legacy of Canada's role in atomic bomb is felt by northern Indigenous community
The beach at Port Radium, where uranium ore used to be loaded onto barges for shipment. The townsite for the…
How to narrow the gap between what universities produce and what employers expect
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Drop tuition fees: University students face a precarious future amid COVID-19
A man on a skateboard and a young woman pass large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British…
What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded in Beirut? Gabriel da Silva, University of Melbourne
The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at…
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