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What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight

What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight

Canada’s fragmented approach to mining assessments has left regulators, communities and industry working with incomplete information as they head into a modern mining rush, write Dal's Alana Westwood and Ben Collison in a new commentary piece for Policy Options.  Read more.

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AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ advanced 23 places from last year in the latest QS rankings, landing at 275 worldwide out of 1,503 institutions ranked.
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Dal partners with industry leader to create a new artificial intelligence and healthy aging research chair and lab.