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• Gordon McBean honoured by world’s largest scientific society for work on climate change

  February 01, 2023
  American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes renowned professor and climatologist for international leadership, communicating climate change.
  

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• Mapping the stories of formerly enslaved Black Londoners focus of new research

  February 01, 2023
  Interactive website to document histories of individuals who fled slavery in the U.S. and settled in the Forest City.

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• Integrating Indigenous worldviews into impact assessments

  January 23, 2023
  Cortney Golkar-Dakin wants to build relationships and solidarity with people engaged globally in de-colonization struggles.

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• Public space and sense of place

  January 23, 2023
  Roza Tchoukaleyska researches how public spaces contribute to the social life of cities, considering how changes to cities may alter a sense of community and sense of place.

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• Milk consumption increased ancient human body size, finds study

  January 17, 2023
  Researchers, led by Western biological anthropology professor Jay Stock, compared skeletons from archaeological sites spread over 25,000 years.

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• Understanding how to improve accessibility in university

  January 16, 2023
  A research team, including undergraduate students, asked students who self-identified as having a disability, about both their experiences in class and accessing services across the university.

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• Canada’s ban on foreign homebuyers is unlikely to affect housing affordability

  January 13, 2023
  Writing in The Conversation, Diana Mok considers the impact of Canada's ban on non-citizens, non-permanent residents and foreign commercial enterprises from buying Canadian residential properties.

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• AI tech exaggerates biases in facial age perception more than humans

  January 06, 2023
  Study finds AI overestimates age of smiling people, makes more errors for older adults. 

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