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Headlines for September 23, 2022

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | SEP 23 2022

The Globe and Mail
Montreal professor Gilles Brassard’s boundary-pushing work in quantum physics wins world’s largest science prize

Gilles Brassard, a University of Montreal computer scientist who made seminal contributions to the field of quantum cryptography, has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics.

Global News
Labour group uses social media, protests to recoup $250K in unpaid wages to international students

The international student from India says he was out more than $4,000 after his employer allegedly never paid his wages and vacation pay.

Global News
100-year-old University of Alberta building to become model of smart energy use

Researchers at the University of Alberta are hoping to make a 100-year-old building on campus a lot smarter by reducing energy use, emissions and operating costs.

Global News
Child-care spaces at Capilano University to double with new $18M facility, province says

The province announced the groundbreaking of a new centre for childhood studies on Thursday.

CTV News
University of Waterloo marks new commitment to truth and reconciliation with ceremony

A first-of-its-kind ceremony was held Thursday at the University of Waterloo as members of the local Indigenous community invited the school to make a full commitment to reconciliation, indigenization and decolonization.

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