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Western Fellow honoured for contributions to Canadian mathematics
Western Fellow Ján Mináč will be awarded the 2025 Jeffery Williams prize.

"The bigger message is you don't exist"
Visiting Fellow Sabine Nölke was quoted in the CBC News story, "Trump's talk about Canada parrots Putin's claims on Ukraine."

"Trump threatens international peace and security"
Read Visiting Fellow Sabine Nölke in The Conversation.