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                    Monday, April 26, 2021
            Scientists studying the same body of water every week for four years in Nova Scotia have discovered how changes in weather and climate can affect a key microbiological process linked to algae blooms and the health of coastal ecosystems.
        
                    
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                    Tuesday, April 20, 2021
            A Âé¶¹Éç researcher has successfully deployed and recovered an autonomous lander from the area, located in the southern tip of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific.
        
                    
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                    Tuesday, April 13, 2021
            On Thursday, April 8, The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage announced more than $1 million in funding to Âé¶¹Éç for a three-year project led by Âé¶¹Éç prof Afua Cooper that aims to fill a gap in African Canadian history education. The new project, called A Black People’s History of Canada, will support leading Black history scholars and organizations to create engaging new classroom-ready learning materials and digital media about the history of Black Canadians.
        
                    
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                    Wednesday, April 7, 2021
            At the end of a rigorous six-month scholarship application process, including two rounds of interviews, Âé¶¹Éç student Fatima Beydoun (BA’21) and graduate Caroline Merner (BA’17) have both recently received life-changing news. They are among 20 Canadians who have been chosen as inaugural McCall MacBain Scholars - the country’s first comprehensive leadership-based scholarship for master’s and professional studies.
         
    