When Elema gives presentations about the work of the CCA, one of the first images he shares is a map depicting the true size of Africa, not the distorted Mercator map. On this map, the continent engulfs the maps of the United States, China, India, and most of Europe. The skewed perception about the true […]
It’s a scene repeated all too frequently: a patient remains in hospital long after they’ve been successfully treated because there’s nowhere for them to go where they’ll be safe and cared for. Quinten Carfagnini wanted to know who undergoes this experience and why. Through a collaboration between Brock University’s Goodman School of Business, the Faculty […]
When Nima Abadinezhad’s family immigrated to Canada from Iran two years ago, they did so with his education in mind. The Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School student has since worked hard to achieve his goal of attending university, which will become a reality in September when he begins in Brock’s Computer Science program. Abadinezhad’s efforts […]
How do Quebec-born children in mixed families with one Muslim parent self-identify? How do they combine the different values transmitted by their parents and those of the society in which they grow up? These are some of the questions that led Josiane Le Gall, an assistant professor of anthropology at Université de Montréal, to conduct […]
The Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE) awards 15 starting scholarships for international doctoral candidates at Goethe University. The scholarships are funded by the Franz Adickes Stiftungsfonds. They are open for international doctoral candidates right at the start and in the early phase of their doctoral project at the university. International doctoral candidates […]
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SMSTE) will soon host a series of mathematics workshops for students and teachers on Vedic Mathematics, an ancient Indian technique that has been used for centuries to solve complex mathematical problems quickly and efficiently. The series will kick off on 10 June with an […]
USC President Carol L. Folt launched a $1 billion-plus initiative to expand and infuse advanced computing throughout the university’s programs and curriculum with ethics at its core. Grounded in responsible technology, USC will accelerate innovation with novel and robust educational and research opportunities across all disciplines. “I want every student who comes through our programs, […]
The Dutch asphalt sector can reduce emissions by 30% to 60% by using biobased asphalt in which fossil bitumen has been replaced by lignin and other components from plant residues, according to new figures from Wageningen Food & Biobased Research. The potential savings are huge, since 10 million tonnes of asphalt containing 300,000 tonnes of […]
