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Can you go for a weekend without your phone and laptop?

Target and Equifax had one of the biggest data breaches ever, with hackers stealing millions of customers’ credit card information. Within a click, these esteemed companies lost their reputations and customer faith overnight. What surprised many was the nature of these attacks. Rather than infiltrating from the main systems, some of these attacks happened through a third-party vendor.

Federal and provincial privacy authorities discovered that the Tim Hortons app was collecting customer data without their knowledge or consent. The app would ask users if they can access their location, only when using the app.

Are you interested in traveling the world while conducting research? Then enter the Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) program!

The Mitacs GRA program supports research collaborations between Canada and other international organizations. Successful candidates will conduct a 1-2 month research project in another country under the supervision of a host professor. This award is valued up to $6,000.

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As an economist and policymaker, Anindya Sen has always been fascinated by the concept of ‘choice’.

CPI’s Michele Mosca (whom you might remember from our prior CPI Talk) is part of UWaterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).  

Canada is currently facing a plethora of cybersecurity issues. For example, international and domestic digital crimes such as cyberattacks are threatening Canadians’ safety, digital privacy, and security. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough cybersecurity experts that can solve this issue. 

By Mayuri Punithan

The glass ceiling. It’s the invisible barrier that prevents women from advancing equitably in an employment hierarchy. One of the most notable examples is the lack of women in cybersecurity and privacy, which intersects with many STEM fields. Despite studies indicating that girls tend to perform as well as boys in math and science during elementary and high school, only a few of them pursue STEM in post-secondary education.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development ISED Canada just announced that NCC has been selected to lead the Cyber Security Innovation Network CSIN! You can find the ISED news release here in English and French.

For the first time ever, The Water Institute have partnered with BlackBerry to create the inaugural Water Innovation Challenge! This challenge is open to University of Waterloo professors & students and aims to identify innovative applications of BlackBerry technologies that address water-related challenges or opportunities.