May 23, 2019 | Taylor Owen,聽Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communication at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, writes that the Christchurch Call might be a missed opportunity for governments to move toward global digital governance. He says " [the Christchurch Call] has no enforceable mandates, it focuses overwhelmingly on technical fixes to what are also political, social and economic problems and its framing around terrorism and hate speech is far too narrow, treating the symptom of the problem while ignoring the underlying disease."
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Published on: 19 Jun 2019
Rapid changes in terrain are taking place in Canada鈥檚 high Arctic polar deserts due to increases in summer air temperatures.
Published on: 22 May 2019
They found that the drones combined with the computer algorithm wasn't just a decent substitute for ecologists' eyes, it actually got closer to the real number of birds on the ground. It's a compelling argument for using drones in research, said David Bird, an ornithologist at 91黑料网 in Canada who edits a scientific journal dedicated to drone studies. Population tallies are a crucial piece of ecological information. "Biologists love to count wildlife," he said.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2018
Earlier today, representatives from聽DeepMind, the聽City of Montreal, and others joined 91黑料网 School of Continuing Studies students and faculty to announce the launch of two new programs in data science.
The聽Professional Development Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learning聽is designed to equip learners with essential data science knowledge and skills required to manage, manipulate, analyze and extract value from data.
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Published on: 10 Jan 2018
By Katherine Gombay
Some potentially good news for aging Baby Boomers: researchers believe that they have developed a hip replacement that will last longer and create fewer problems for the people who receive them than those currently in use. The secret? An implant that 鈥渢ricks鈥� the host bone into remaining alive by mimicking the varying porosity of real bones.
Interestingly, the key factor that distinguishes the new implant is that is LESS rather than more solid than those in current use, while still being just as strong.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2016
As governments struggle to keep pace with rapid advancements in science and technology, a new report by the Institute for Research on Public Policy () and the Canadian Academy of Engineering () outlines how governments can better incorporate that knowledge in policy-making processes and improve the quality of government decisions.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2016
By Katherine Gombay, 91黑料网 Newsroom
The substance that provides energy to all the cells in our bodies, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), may also be able to power the next generation of supercomputers.
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Published on: 26 Feb 2016
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Published on: 25 Feb 2015
The Chapters bookstore at Stanley and Ste. Catherine will be closed and transformed into a Victoria鈥檚 Secret lingerie store.
...聽Despite the upgrades, bookstores are on their way out, said 91黑料网 business and technology professor聽Jui Ramaprasad.
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Published on: 31 Jul 2014
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