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BetaKit @betakit.com · 18h

Canadian founders in Dubai got a crash course in global speed.

At Expand North Star, 22 startups joined the Canada Startup Association to learn how the Gulf moves faster — where policy, capital, and innovation align.

Canadian startups meet with Canada’s Consul General in Dubai | BetaKit

Canada Startup Association delegation designed to accelerate relationships in the region.

betakit.com

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Western University @westernu.ca · 22h

Each year, we come together to honour all who have served our country in times of war, conflict, and peace. #WesternU has been associated with Canada's armed forces throughout our shared history, and many of our members serve in the Canadian Armed Forces.
#LestWeForget #LdnOnt

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Kevin Davies @kevinadavies.bsky.social · 1d

Some close encounters with Jim Watson:
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...

DNA and the Unraveling of James Watson

A personal reflection on the life, legacy, and controversies of DNA co-discoverer James Watson, following his death at age 97.

www.genengnews.com

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Universities Canada / Universités Canada @univcan.ca · 1d

In 1992, Dr. Peter Howitt co-published a paper on “creative destruction” while working at @westernu.ca. In 2025, that paper helped him win the Nobel Prize in Economics.

From research in 1992 to global recognition in 2025 – this is a momentous achievement for Canadian research excellence!

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 1d

As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...

Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region

Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.

www.statnews.com

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cgmbiotech.bsky.social @cgmbiotech.bsky.social · 2d

The HPV vaccine seems to have therapeutic effects, not just preventative.
This should be studied in Men as well.

Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 7d

TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment

TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating adult women with Gardasil-9 who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions.

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cgmbiotech.bsky.social @cgmbiotech.bsky.social · 2d

www.newyorker.com/cartoons/dai...

Daily Cartoon: Monday, February 2nd

“If you connect the measles it spells out ‘My parents are idiots.’ ”

www.newyorker.com

cgmbiotech.bsky.social @cgmbiotech.bsky.social · 2d

By Emily Flake, New Yorker.

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cgmbiotech.bsky.social @cgmbiotech.bsky.social · 2d

Is Google AI correct?

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cgmbiotech.bsky.social @cgmbiotech.bsky.social · 2d

Sad, but not surprising Alberta leads.

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 6d

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak. A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn, by @monicakidd.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus

A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 3d

This story didn’t get the traction it deserved at the time. It is a screaming counterintelligence red flag when foreign regimes invite local gov’t officials, politicians or police services, for dubious expensive trips, especially ones where most or all of the expenses are paid. #cdnpoli #CdnNatSec

Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · Feb 24

@aimlessmagneto brought this up on Xitter & it bears repeating. Pierre Poilievre chose to post photos w/ members of the London Ontario Police Service, only days after LPS came under review for a highly questionable trip to Dubai where members engaged in friendly events alongside 🇷🇺terrorists #cdnpoli

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 4d

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

www.bbc.com/news/article... @paulisci.bsky.social

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

www.bbc.com

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U15 Canada @u15ca.bsky.social · 6d

U15 Canada welcomes the reintroduction of an exemption for international graduate students from study permit caps, announced as part of the 2026-28 Immigration Levels Plan.

u15.ca/publications...

Press release - U15 Canada welcomes study permit exemption for international graduate students - U15 Canada

November 5, 2025 (OTTAWA, ON) – U15 Canada welcomes the reintroduction of an exemption for international graduate students from study permit caps, announced

u15.ca

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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 6d

Infants younger than six months old get hit the hardest with RSV, making up almost half of all patients hospitalized for the illness in Canada, according to a new UBC study.

via @thetyee.ca

Infants Bear the Brunt of RSV Hospitalizations, UBC Study Finds | The Tyee

Researchers say the province should do more to protect the very small and vulnerable.

thetyee.ca

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 7d

For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Western University @westernu.ca · 7d

#WesternU's @iveybusiness.bsky.social was ranked first in Canada and 25th globally in the Financial Times latest assessment of research impact. The @financialtimes.com ranking also found business cases authored by Ivey are the second most-used worldwide.

Financial Times ranks Ivey 1st in Canada, 25th in world - Western News

Ivey Business School was ranked first in Canada and 25th globally in the Financial Times latest assessment of research impact.

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 8d

Really good article. The criticisms of Carney using tried & true diplomacy while negotiating with a hostile regime, are absurd, naive, and in my view, bad faith propaganda. Hoekstra demonstrated exactly what chest-thumping, ignorance & boorish behaviour achieve: chaos & breakdowns in talks. #cdnpoli

Mr. Hoekstra may have been
instructed by his boss to play hardball, which he has done more than once.
However, the role of a diplomat is to navigate political tensions with skill and decorum, not exacerbate them with his own hostile words and barely concealed contempt and scorn.

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Canadian Politics and Public Policy
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For Canadians, this moment serves as a reminder why professionalism and restraint matter so much in dealing vith our most powerful neighbour.
Canada's diplomatic tradition, which is rooted in tact, unfailing politeness and quiet persuasion, may lack flair and bravado, but it has earned this country enormous respect on the international stage
In the end, the measure of a mature relationship lies in the ability of diplomatic envoys and their leaders to speak candidly without losing composure. Ambassador Hoekstra failed that test. Canada should not mirror his incivility, but neither should it let his rude and intemperat outburst pass in silence.

policymagazine.ca

Canadian Politics
Policy and Public policy

For Canadians, this moment serves as a reminder why professionalism and restraint matter so much in dealing vith our most powerful neighbour.
Canada's diplomatic tradition, which is rooted in tact, unfailing politeness and quiet persuasion, may lack flair and bravado, but it has earned this country enormous respect on the international stage.
In the end, the measure of a mature relationship lies in the ability of diplomatic envoys and their leaders to speak candidly without losing composure. Ambassador Hoekstra failed that test. Canada should not mirror his incivility, but neither should it let his rude and intemperate outburst pass in silence.

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Western University @westernu.ca · 8d

#WesternU's Pathogen Research Centre will become the Global Virus Network's first Canadian centre of excellence, led by @schulichmeddent.bsky.social prof Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu. The Global Virus Network works to tackle viral threats around the world.

Western University joins Global Virus Network - Western News

Western is joinging the Global Virus Network. Western's Pathogen Research Centre will be the first Canadian Center of Excellence.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 28d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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cgmbiotech.bsky.social @cgmbiotech.bsky.social · 8d

Oh Canada, not a way to lead.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 8d

#PAHO 's regional verification commission for #measles elimination meets this week. The likely outcome: Canada will lose its measles-free status, due to its large & long-running outbreak. If so, the Americas region will also lose elimination status. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...

The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status

The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.

www.statnews.com

cgmbiotech.bsky.social @cgmbiotech.bsky.social · 11d

This also means that Canadian tech founders plan from the beginning to compete world-wide.

BetaKit @betakit.com · 11d

Why do CAN founders have so much trouble selling at home?

Source Canada's Ray Luk says there are two options:
Canadian startups are bad (he doesn't buy it)
Buyers here don't want to take risks on a homegrown company.

Hear Luk's full interview on the BetaKit podcast:

betakit.com/why-canada-d...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11d

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

www.scripps.edu

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 11d

A thread about keeping one’s head above water under the current conditions and not being incapacitated by rage, fear, despair or some mixture of those (1/11)

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Western Institute for Neuroscience (WIN) @westernuwin.bsky.social · 12d

.@andpru.bsky.social CRC in Sensorimotor Neuroscience and @schulichmeddent.bsky.social professor and his collaborators recently published in Nature on how our brains not only plan out our actions, but they actually anticipate unexpected disturbances.

Learn more: news.westernu.ca/2025/10/sens...

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Western University @westernu.ca · 13d

Solving global challenges begins with basic research to fuel the most important advances in society—driven by questions like What if? Why not? What’s missing?

You can help power the next wave of innovation. #AllinWesternU

Learn more: allin.westernu.ca/turning-curi...

Large banners on Alumni Hall showing a starry night behind mountains. Text reads "Turning curiosity into solutions. All in."

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