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New neutron source in Canada would spur innovation, medical treatments
September 14, 2020
Neutrons are useful in research and medicine. A proposed neutron production facility could help further Canadian research and provide a source of neutrons for medical purposes.
Personal support workers are the backbone of health care but the bottom of the power structure
September 2, 2020
Personal support workers are crucial but under-appreciated in the health-care system. They are often subjected to racism, and they struggle to make ends meet while caring for our most vulnerable.
AI technologies — like police facial recognition — discriminate against people of colour
August 24, 2020
Technology is not neutral, as facial recognition algorithms and predictive policing have shown us. Algorithms discriminate by design, reflecting and reinforcing pre-existing biases.
