Gail Atkinson, Western University Jeudi, le 9 février 2017 Gail Atkinson, Western University Thursday February 9, 2017 La fracturation hydraulique a transformé l’économie des ressources en combustibles fossiles en […]
Goldie Nejat, University of Toronto Thursday March 9, 2017 Goldie Nejat, University of Toronto Jeudi, le 9 mars 2017 En raison de son faible taux de croissance et de […]
Robert Hofstede, International Development Research Centre Thursday, April 6, 2017 Robert Hofstede, Le Centre de recherches pour le développement international Jeudi le 6 avril 2017 La présentation portera sur certains […]
Leon Kochian, University of Saskatchewan Thursday, May 4, 2017 With stagnating food production and a world population expected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, global food security is a […]
Dr. Yoshua Bengio, Université de Montréal Thursday September 28, 2017 Machine learning, and more specifically deep learning, will generate immense wealth and transform economies over the coming decade. Yoshua Bengio […]
Dr. Jay T. Cullen, University of Victoria Thursday October 26, 2017 Climate change is reshaping the Arctic Ocean faster than anyone imagined. Warming is reducing sea ice cover in the […]
Dr. Michael Houghton, University of Alberta Thursday November 23, 2017 Brought to the University of Alberta in 2010 by the Canada Excellence in Research Chair (CERC) program, Dr. Michael Houghton […]
Dr. Steven Waslander, University of Waterloo Thursday, February 15, 2018 With worldwide R&D investment exceeding tens of billions of dollars, self-driving vehicles are fast approaching. Yet it is still unclear […]
Bacon & Big Thinking - Arctic warming: The land and communities on the cusp of rapid change Susan Kutz, University of Calgary Jackie Dawson, University of Ottawa Tuesday March 20, […]
Dr. Mark A. Ware, McGill University Thursday April 26, 2018 Canada is poised to legalize and regulate the non-medical use of cannabis, the first G7 country to do so. This […]
Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, McGill University Thursday May 24, 2018 Despite great progress in protecting the food supply, food poisoning still accounts for more than four million infections, almost 12,000 hospitalizations […]
We are exposed to thousands of chemicals, some of which are or could be of concern for our health. In this talk, we follow the journey of flame retardants that […]
