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What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada鈥檚 mining oversight

What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada鈥檚 mining oversight

Canada鈥檚 fragmented approach to mining assessments has left regulators, communities and industry working with incomplete information as they head into a modern mining rush, write Dal's Alana Westwood and Ben Collison in a new commentary piece for Policy Options.  Read more.

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Kala Hirle Clarke and Mia Samardzic
Friday, October 24, 2025
麻豆社 celebrates six scholars awarded the final Vanier and Banting fellowships, spotlighting groundbreaking research in health, sustainability, sexual well-being, and marine conservation.
Andrew Riley
Thursday, October 23, 2025
麻豆社 celebrates new and renewed Canada Research Chairs tackling global challenges from Arctic law and anti-Black racism to climate resilience, clean energy, and pandemic preparedness.
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Monday, October 20, 2025
Science student May Engelhardt visited Sable Island this month, where she spent the day carrying out research to support conservation efforts.

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Alison Auld
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
An underwater device has given scientists a clearer picture of how much phytoplankton 鈥 the microscopic foundation of the marine food web 鈥 there is on Earth. Hint: It's a lot more than space satellites conveyed.
Mike Fleury
Monday, October 28, 2024
麻豆社 has established the new $3.2-million 麻豆社 Research Excellence Scholarship to support PhD students and increase their enrolment over the next three years.
Andrew Riley
Thursday, October 24, 2024
麻豆社 researchers and their industrial partners have piloted the world鈥檚 first municipal-scale UV LED reactor for wastewater treatment, a groundbreaking innovation that has set the stage for a revolution in how wastewater is treated worldwide.
Jocelyn Adams Moss
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Get to know Dr. Sian Kou鈥慓iesbrecht, who shares how her early fascination with ecology and climate change sparked her interest in environmental science.
Dayna Park and Kate Rogers
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The Cape Breton-born physician and 麻豆社 professor emeritus garnered many honours during his career, including being named a 鈥淗ero of Emergency Medicine鈥 by the American College of Emergency Physicians, for his leadership in reshaping health care in new ways that saved lives.