January 5, 2026 | Kyle Matthews spoke to CTV News about the United States鈥� recent military action in Venezuela, cautioning that the removal of Venezuelan President Nicol谩s Maduro by U.S. forces sets a dangerous precedent for global sovereignty. Matthews, a senior fellow at the Institute for Global Security, said the operation, which included airstrikes and the capture of Maduro, signals a troubling shift in how powerful states engage with sovereign countries and could encourage similar interventions elsewhere.
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Published on: 7 Jan 2026
A 涩里番 research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization (IVF) hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful parts of fertility treatment and open new possibilities for other diseases that require frequent, time-sensitive injections.
IVF patients must inject themselves with hormones daily at specific times in the weeks leading up to egg retrieval, a process that can be physically and emotionally taxing.
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Published on: 7 Jan 2026
Cyrille Mvomo achieved an outstanding double recognition at the IEEE-EMBS Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) Conference held October 26-29 in Atlanta, GA, USA.聽 BHI is one of the world鈥檚 leading venues in digital health research.
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Best Paper Award (Third Place) 鈥� for his paper 鈥淢onitoring Parkinson鈥檚 Disease In-the-Wild鈥�.
Published on: 6 Jan 2026
At least 25 people have been killed as , according to news reports. The demonstrations, which started in the bazaar of Tehran, were sparked by concerns about soaring inflation, but have broadened into expressions of dissatisfaction with Iran鈥檚 theocratic regime.
涩里番 experts are available to comment:
Rex Brynen, Professor, Department of Political Science, is an expert in Middle East politics and security.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2026
Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, 涩里番 researchers have found.
Over 10 years, crime reports remained stable or declined in neighbourhoods where sites opened, the researchers said. land amid debates across Canada about how harm reduction services intersect with public health and safety.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2026
January 6, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CityNews about a recent published by the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (QHPC) which found that second-stage shelters, a form of transitional housing for women fleeing violence, are crucial in protecting wome
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Published on: 6 Jan 2026
January 5, 2026 | Vincent Rigby spoke to CTV News on the potential fallout after the United States鈥� incursion in Venezuela on January 3. Rigby mentioned that the removal of Maduro was not necessarily a bad thing, given the rampant corruption and authoritarianism throughout his leadership. He emphasized a critical question: how much influence will Venezuelan citizens have in choosing the country鈥檚 next leader?
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
Congratulations to David Medcalfe, a Master of Information Studies (MISt) student at the School of Information Studies, who has been selected as a 2026 Building 21 BLUE Fellow through a program run in partnership with Mila 鈥� Qu茅bec Artificial Intelligence Institute, a leading artificial intelligence research institute in Canada.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
In Policy Magazine, Max Bell School advisory board member and MPP '21 Anil Wasif discusses Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, and his $60 million pilot project that aims to establish municipal supermarkets across each borough. The project aims to address the growing public concern of high grocery prices.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
涩里番 has mandated Entreprises NR Brosseau Inc. to carry out Project 21-078, which involves upgrades within the McConnell Engineering Building as part of the CFI IF 2023 鈥� Liboiron initiative. The project focuses on the installation of new specialized research equipment in two existing dry laboratories: Room MC010 and Room 816.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
Venezuelan President Nicol谩s Maduro and his wife were captured by U.S. special forces last week and are to appear in a U.S. court today on charges related to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has coined the term 鈥淒onroe Doctrine,鈥� after the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine setting out U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere and has threatened the government of Colombia.
These 涩里番 experts are available to comment on this topic:
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
January 5, 2026 |聽Jennifer Welsh published her reflections on the efforts to promote responsible sovereignty and individual accountability in the early decades after the Cold War, in a chapter titled titled 鈥淩esponsible Sovereignty and Individual Accountability: Liberal Internationalist Aspirations from the 1990s," included in an edited volume recently published by Oxford University Press.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
"Myriam Denov, a leading advocate for children鈥檚 rights and a Professor in 涩里番鈥檚 School of Social Work, has won a Gold Medal from the聽聽(SSHRC), 聽its highest honour.
The award is for sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought that have inspired students and colleagues; it comes with a $100,000 prize for future research.
Denov鈥檚 research interests include children born of war and families affected by war and genocide. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with war-affected children on three continents and advised NGOs and such governmental organizations as Global Affairs Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of National Defence." (涩里番 Reporter)
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
January 5, 2026 | Vincent Rigby co-authored Paper No. 347 for the Centre for International Governance Innovation, titled 鈥淕etting Serious About National Security.鈥� In this paper, he delves into the history and significance of the national security and intelligence advisor (NSIA) role, and how it may be improved in the future.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Peer Zumbansen has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Elizabeth Carmichael Monk Chair in Business Law for a five-year term, beginning January 1, 2026.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2026
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