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As Trudeau leaves, Canada’s scientists gird for a leadership change
Conservative Party, out of power since 2015, expected to win elections later this year. Justin Trudeau’s announcement earlier this month that he will step down as…
Graduate-student stipends in Canada below the poverty line
Students struggle to make ends meet despite recent boosts to federal scholarships, study finds. Stipends for biology and physics graduate students at Canadian universities fall well…
Soaring Pacemaker Demand Spurs Controversial New Approach
When a female patient received a pacemaker at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and died shortly after with the…
Kaitlin Kharas: Fair-pay champion
A PhD student helped to lead a campaign to get Canadian graduate students and postdocs their biggest pay rise in 20 years. On 16 April 2024,…
Weathering of Arctic rocks produces CO2 in climate feedback loop
When we think about climate feedback loops in the Arctic, thawing permafrost releasing huge quantities of methane is usually the first that comes to mind. But…
Reconditioned Pacemakers Expand Access
Reconditioned pacemakers are as safe as new ones, and work just as well, preliminary results from the My Heart Your Heart trial show, which could help…