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Open access “tipping point”
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A recent study funded by the European Commission and undertaken by analysts at Science-Metrix, a Montreal-based company that assesses science and technology organizations, has concluded that half of all published academic papers become freely...
Boiled Alive
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Research presented at the International Ethological Conference, known as Behaviour 2013, in Newcastle, U.K. earlier this August has shown there may be more to crustacean nervous systems than previously known. Robert Elwood, a researcher...
Suspicious package removed from campus
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A fleet of emergency vehicles converged at Dafoe and University Crescent at approximately 1:30 today, Aug 27.
Paramedics were seen rushing to the scene at around 1:45 where police, firefighters, and a hazardous material disposal truck...
The prisoner’s dilemma
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Wendell Smith stood on the Kennedy Street sidewalk between the Old Law Courts and the Winnipeg Remand Centre (WRC), equipped with a handmade sign reading “prison justice.” Smith said he was happy to...
No room for SAIA at York University
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Three months ago, the York University administration revoked the official club status of the campus’ Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) branch, on the grounds that their Mar. 27 rally on the school premises disobeyed...
Saying “no” to Russian vodka
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In June this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a constitutional law banning “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations,” and laying fines on those demonstrating at public gay pride rallies.
Moscow’s anti-gay law has been met...
Controversy over Canadian Human Rights Museum continues
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A recent controversy regarding the Canadian Human Rights Museum (CHRM) ensued over whether or not to label the residential school system, an aspect of European colonization, as “genocide.” The decision has been settled – “genocide”...
