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World’s biggest ice sheets likely more stable than previously believed

17 May 2013

World’s biggest ice sheets likely more stable than previously believed

For decades, scientists have used ancient shorelines to predict the stability of today’s largest ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. However, a new groundbreaking study now challenges this thinking.

6 May 2013

Melting glaciers may eventually increase marine life

19 Apr 2013

Forced labour in early Industrial Britain

15 Apr 2013

Brain wiring differs in children with autism

11 Apr 2013

Rainfall influences how quickly rivers cut through rock

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Do you have a question with the potential to change the world?

Do you have a question with the potential to change the world?

CIFAR issues its first-ever call for proposals for new research ideas.

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CIFAR - 30 years of history

CIFAR - 30 years of history

CIFAR was the brain child of some far-thinking academics and business leaders.

Senior Fellow<br>Daron Acemoglu

Senior Fellow
Daron Acemoglu

Co-author of New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail speaks at CIFAR Knowledge Circle event.

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Global Call

CIFAR issues its first-ever call for proposals for new research ideas that address a complex question of importance to humanity.

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Global Academy

CIFAR fosters the development of the next generation of researchers in Canada and abroad. The Global Academy envelops all of CIFAR's early-career activities, including our elite Global Scholars.

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Life in a warming ocean

5 Jun 2013

CIFAR Knowledge Circle members are invited to a luncheon where researchers Patrick Keeling and Alexandra Worden share insights on the microbial life of oceans and what urgently remains to be discovered. VANCOUVER B.C.

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14 Jun 2013

Canada Israel Symposium on Brain Plasticity, Learning, and Education

Western University, Ontario

19 Sep 2013

Symposium presented by CIFAR’s Social Interactions, Identity and Well-being Program

TBD, TORONTO, ON

6 Feb 2014

A symposium in tribute to Clyde Hertzman (1953-2013)

TBD, TORONTO, ON

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