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Inspiring Inclusiveness – One Pink Shirt at a Time

Five years ago in a Nova Scotian high school, two teens started an anti-bullying movement in support of a ninth grader who was picked on for wearing pink. In 2008, Pink Shirt Day involved a mere 50

Igniting the Flame for Operations Research

How do you program a robot to navigate a zombie-infested campus? That was one of many problems that 80 high school students from grades 9 through 12, had to solve during the third-annual Operations

National Engineering Month 2013

National Engineering Month (NEM) is the biggest national celebration of engineering and technology. Across Canada, engineering schools and volunteers stage more than 500 events and activities to bring

Spreading the Word

What does a discussion among approximately 140 high school students, volunteers, teachers and world-leading scientists on the subject of stem cells sound like? Oddly personal, important and revolutionary.

Grad Invents Smart Keyboard for Smartphones

Although virtual keyboards are increasingly common, they can sometimes be frustrating to use. That frustration helps explain why the “Minuum”, a new keyboard developed by Will Walmsley (MASc

Pour, Shake and Stir

A diagnostic ‘cocktail,’ containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of water and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles, could one day lead to the treatment of the world’s leading