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How wildlife conservancies perpetuate green colonialism in Kenya

The story of wildlife conservation in East Africa is often told through spectacular images of beautiful scenery and the region’s charismatic animals. But seldom asked is the question about how those efforts include and impact the communities that live alongside wildlife.

The Conversation

As a ‘book scientist’ I work with microscopes, imaging technologies and AI to preserve ancient texts

Cultural heritage is constantly under threat. In recent years, we’ve witnessed the destruction of museums, archives and libraries around the world — from wildfires in California to bombing in Gaza and wars in Ukraine and Iran.

The Conversation

Analysis: Canada's leader leaves China pronouncing success, but Trump lurks in the background

Canadian leader Mark Carney met China’s Xi Jinping this week

The Independent UK

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‘A cornucopia of chemicals’: how scientists are working to eliminate toxins from children’s products

After uncovering a cocktail of chemicals in children’s mattresses, University of Toronto professor Miriam L Diamond is on a mission to make living environments healthier – it’s work that has resulted in real-world changes to state laws

The Guardian - UK

From virtual mentors to storytelling robots: how one nurse is using technology to help children cope with pain

University of Toronto professor Jennifer Stinson is transforming paediatric pain with the help of apps and other tools – proving that technology can be a powerful ally in healthcare

The Guardian - UK

Powering change: the Canadian partnership behind a super-fast battery charger that’s transforming EV infrastructure

A collaboration between the University of Toronto and startup Jule has produced an EV charger that delivers a full battery in less than half an hour, while drawing power steadily from the power grid to avoid surges

The Guardian - UK

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

The Guardian - US

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Jordan Peterson’s Net Worth Figures Reveal A Surprising Fortune Behind The Controversial Thinker

Explore Jordan Peterson's net worth, a controversial Canadian clinical psychologist and social commentator. Discover the surprising fortune of this psychology professor.

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Putin persists, Trump dithers – and a just peace for Ukraine still seems a long way off

The US president could embrace the role of peacemaker, or become the patsy who restored Russia’s imperial standing, says the University of Toronto’s Olga Chyzh

The Guardian - UK

University of Toronto agrees to host Harvard students facing Trump visa restrictions

Pact will help international students finish their studies amid Harvard’s legal battle with Trump administration

The Guardian - US

There has been progress in gender equality, but female university professors still face obstacles

In recent decades, Canadian universities have made definite progress ensuring gender equality in access to faculty positions. But despite this, persistent inequalities remain, and they are much more entrenched than one might think.

The Conversation

Canadian PM vows to boost defence spending and reduce dependency on US

Carney says Canada will hit Nato target of 2% of GDP five years ahead of schedule amid ‘dangerous and divided world’

The Guardian - US

Weight loss drugs linked to higher risk of eye damage in diabetic patients

Study finds medicines such as Ozempic associated with greater risk of developing age-related macular degeneration

The Guardian - UK

Trump has brought Ukraine-Russia peace talks back to square one – just where Putin wants them

The Russian leader is a master manipulator. Until he is forced to face reality, there is no hope of ending the bloodshed, says the University of Toronto’s Olga Chyzh

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After Trump, more Americans look abroad

Professional relocation consultants say they're fielding more calls from Americans trying to leave the country

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Tiny robot tools powered by magnets could one day do brain surgery without cutting open the skull

Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover.

The Guardian - UK

Carney visits Macron and Starmer as he seeks alliances amid Trump trade war

Canadian PM stresses importance of ‘reliable allies’ in Paris before travelling to London where he was received by king

The Guardian - UK

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting

Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’

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Canada’s Liberals bounce back after years of decline. What’s going on?

Polls show Liberals closing gap with opposition Conservatives as Trump’s threats, Trudeau’s resignation shake things up.

The Conversation

When building Indigenous infrastructure, build relationally, like beavers

The United Nations calls access to the internet a human right. However, in Canada, the Assembly of First Nations continues to list access to the internet as a problem within First Nations communities. Although 90 per cent of Canadians have access to high-speed internet, 61 per cent of First Nations,…

The Independent UK

Canada's Trudeau vows lead his Liberal Party into the next election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will lead his Liberal Party into the next election, dismissing a request by some party members to not run for a fourth term

The Guardian - US

University of Toronto’s environment school cuts financial ties to fossil fuels

Princeton University, the only other North American school to take similar action, rolled back its commitment recently

The Independent UK

AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate

The Guardian - UK

Machine learning pioneers win Nobel prize in physics

Geoffrey Hinton, ‘godfather of AI’, and John Hopfield honoured for work on artificial neural networks

France 24

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to John Hopfield, Geoffrey Hinton for machine learning discoveries

The Nobel Prize in physics was on Tuesday awarded to John Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto for their “foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”.

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