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The high percentage of Americans being approved for Canadian citizenship signals that many Americans see Canada as an attractive place to ​live or study, immigration lawyers ⁠say.

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As prices for just about everything skyrocket and an untold number of Canadians are going deeper into debt trying to keep up, the Fraser Institute’s latest study is a reminder that Canada and the provinces have been hurdling their own…

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Queen's celebrates its emerging research leaders kvd1 Fri, 05/22/2026 - 18:52 From cleaner energy and enzymes that eat plastic to smarter organizations, Queen's early-career researchers are at the forefront of advancing critical research…

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The shape of the word bubble resembles the shape of an actual bubble, according to research participants. (Unsplash) Think about a word that looks like its meaning. For instance, the word bed kind of looks like a bed, with the vertical…

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New collaboration bridges materials and biology research mhf2 Wed, 05/13/2026 - 17:55 Participants at the CoMBiS symposium in Wakō, Japan. Held at RIKEN in Wakō, the symposium brought together researchers from Canada, Japan, Germany,…

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A majority of B.C. residents are on board with the federal plan to move ahead with Enbridge’s Westcoast LNG pipeline expansion, according to new data from the Angus Reid Institute . This support is evidence of the changing landscape of…

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A large study of cellphone presence in more than 250 U.S. destinations reveals a sharp drop of up to 65 per cent in the number of Canadian visitors to American locations in the two years between April 2024 and March 2026. Read More

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Tohid Didar, Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Nano-biomaterials, has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering , one of the highest professional recognitions accorded to…

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A team of McMaster students is collecting key data around the core of an operational nuclear reactor using a customized underwater drone. Engineering physics students Gavin Cabral, Saarthak Midha and Byron Josipovic have spent the past few…

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Getting ready to take to the sky mhf2 Wed, 05/06/2026 - 17:56 The BVEX radio telescope sits beside a high-altitude balloon during launch preparations. “By combining telescopes that are spread around the globe we synthesize a telescope that…

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New research suggests Canada's housing crisis is eroding life satisfaction among young adults across the country, with one in five reporting shelter insecurity in recent years. Read More

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A new immersive sound installation at Oulu Cathedral, Finland, brings the research of MIT astrophysicist and associate professor of physics Kiyoshi Masui into a striking sensory form, transforming more than 4,000 cosmic signals into…

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Dr Karla Sayegh When people think about joint ways of working, they usually focus on focal co-ordinating: introducing new technology, updating communication processes, designing workflows or clarifying roles to realise a common goal. Yet…

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A new collaboration between McMaster researchers and industry partners TechInsights and Fibics Incorporated is advancing research and development for next-generation semiconductors. The 5-year project, titled CASCADE — Correlative Analysis…

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A major new study from Finland casts fresh doubt on the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for adolescents experiencing gender distress. For more than a decade, supporters of these interventions have argued that they…

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A McMaster startup is turning old rubber tires into new materials used in construction, reducing waste and carbon emissions along the way. Neopara Materials has created a reinforcing filler ingredient made with ground-up tires that can be…

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The number of new international students arriving in Canada has plummeted to its lowest level in a decade, falling below even pandemic-era levels after a drastic reduction in approved study permits.

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The government figures show a 64% year-on-year reduction in new study permits issued in 2025, as Canada welcomed fewer first-time international students than during the pandemic and the lowest total over the past decade. According to IRCC…

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Motor skills are foundational for a lifetime of movement. For children, they play a vital role not only in facilitating physical activity levels but also for cognitive and socio-emotional development and school readiness . Motor skills are…

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The first time I understood that names could hold two worlds was not by changing mine, but by hearing it differently. As a Pakistani child growing up in Canada, I learned early that my name could sound different depending on who was saying…

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Thousands of institutions and organizations across the U.S. and Canada prefer receiving WES evaluation reports from their candidates because of our document verification process. Document verification is a necessary step before beginning…

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If you are applying for an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) through WES for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the process becomes easier once you know what to expect. That is why we wrote this blog post, which…

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It is an understatement to say that 2025 was a challenging year for immigrant communities. The situation also threatened to derail the progress that so many non-profits had made toward building inclusive economies in North America.…

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Ed Ruthazer Title: James McGill Professor Department: Centre for Research in Neuroscience Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Department of Psychology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences MNI - Department of Neurology and…