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The federal government has earmarked $3 million for a new public-private partnership aimed at mining the wealth of “open data” that exists in Canada.

And students at the University of Waterloo Stratford campus will be working to turn the raw materials into entrepreneurial gold.

KITCHENER — When Rahim Khalifa heard about the Communitech DATA.BASE Challenge last week, the graduate student immediately started putting together a team.

The 32-year-old is doing a master's degree in digital experience innovation at the University of Waterloo's Stratford campus, and he quickly joined up with a friend — Rick Sen — who is also in the program.

There are 11.5 million pixels in Stratford highlighting the fact that the United Way Perth-Huron is 90% of the way to its 2013 campaign goal of $1.1 million.

Come on in! Canada post-secondary school grounds are shifting from hidden away to becoming essential parts of their neighbourhoods.

Historically, universities have been designed to feel like an educational oasis. Courtyards, student housing and large heritage buildings often give campus dwellers a feeling of exclusion from the rest of the city.

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The script is still being written about a new digital media-based arts organization in Stratford, but the producers are already hard at work to ensure that when it debuts, it has a shot at becoming a blockbuster.

And the buzz is building.

The University of Waterloo Stratford campus is inviting anyone with an interest in providing student accommodations to get in touch with its off-campus housing office.

The BBC calls it "the world’s most important exam." In the world of high-stakes education reform, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings serve as a touchstone for policy makers and a benchmark for accountability to the tax-paying public.

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Under any other circumstances, I would have been more flattered by the attention.

After all, I had groups of students hanging on my every word over the weekend.

The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has been working for nearly five years now to help support, grow and commercialize digital media across the country.

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The Record: Technology Spotlight

This university trains students for careers that might not yet exist.

This group helps participants learn methods to cope more effectively with feelings of depression and other negative moods, to identify and change chronically negative thoughts and beliefs, and to develop better self-esteem, better self-care, and a more satisfying life.

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