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Dr. Jan Minac

Western Fellow honoured for contributions to Canadian mathematics

Western Fellow Ján Mináč will be awarded the 2025 Jeffery Williams prize.

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"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."

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"Trump threatens international peace and security"

Read Visiting Fellow Sabine Nölke in The Conversation.