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Smokers still largely unaware of heart disease risks
A new study covering 46 countries found significant gaps in awareness about smoking and second-hand smoke
How to make wise AI systems
International study suggests ways to train large language models in wise reasoning and measure the wisdom of AI
Giving history a voice
In her role as associate director of Science Indigenous Initiatives at Waterloo, Savannah Sloat has plenty of opportunities to interact with students, faculty and members of Indigenous communities in the region. As a Tuscarora educator and a registered member of Six Nations of the Grand River, Sloat focuses her work on community identity, politics and personhood.
Creating music that offers solutions
Now playing across Canada, France, Switzerland, Argentina and Brazil, Grateful is Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae’s fourth full-length album. Produced just outside of Montreal, a city to which Keleta-Mae has deep creative ties, the ten-track album is an extension of her research-creation project Black And Free which explores themes of Blackness and freedom in the 21st century through Black expressive culture.
Shaping AI: Why the humanities matter in tech innovation
Kem-Laurin Lubin is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Waterloo where she focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) biases and their ongoing influences on the lived experience of people, particularly the marginalized. She completed a BA Hons at the University of Ottawa and an MA in Rhetoric and Professional Writing at Waterloo.
At the intersection of health, society and technology
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Antarctic expedition collects more than scientific data
Just hold on
Discovering Canada’s trailblazing Black accountants
The future of AI is interdisciplinary
A call to consciousness
Understanding and changing how we see ourselves
What would it mean to have feminist AI?
Bringing blackness and freedom to life