The Faculty of Computer Science’s ability to help meet Nova Scotia’s growing tech-sector talent demand is receiving a next-level upgrade thanks to $13.3M in new funding from the Province.

An international team of researchers, including É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥'s Boris Worm, has developed a comprehensive plan that would safeguard more than 80 per cent of global habitats for endangered marine species — while also increasing fish catches and curbing carbon emissions.

Meet the 13 researchers selected from across the university to join the 2021 cohort of OpenThink, a program that gives future thought leaders the training and platform they need to influence public discourse and policy.

Debates about public safety and temporary foreign workers continue without input from those whose health is most affected. Migrant workers themselves are largely invisible amid discussions about risk, write Raluca Bejan and Kristi Allain.

Researchers affiliated with É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ Faculty of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health, and the IWK received funding provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant Program.