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Canada names new chief science adviser
Mona Nemer, a cardiology researcher and vice president of research at the University of Ottawa, has been named Canada’s new chief science adviser by Prime Minister…
A budding cannabis research cluster in Fredericton
The city’s two universities create new research chairs related to cannabis. A new research cluster will soon be sparking to life in Fredericton as the city’s…
Ivy Asks… How do they get fossils out of the rocks?
Ivy Asks, episode 3! This time Ivy went all the way to the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa to learn about fossils, and got to do…
Canada’s New Arctic Research Facility Prepares to Open
The Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay will serve as a base for scientists studying everything from the region’s changing cryosphere to how to…
Saving Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy
Canada already has a forward-thinking salmon management plan on the books. Now it just needs to implement it. When Canada’s Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific…
Mapping the spread of predators and prey
Bogus journals and their victims are widespread, study finds. The advent of open-access publishing has made scientific literature more accessible, but it has also given rise…