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Long before the term “global warming” appeared in headlines, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) was supporting research on climate change.

Read more of the article entitled 'IDRC on climate change adaptation'

A joint research project of the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Universidad Mayor in Chile has been investigating ways to accurately identify rock glaciers.

Read more of the article entitled 'Discovering Chile’s hidden water treasures – rock glaciers'

For Canadian youth, questioning their place in the world has become something of a rite of passage. But on the nation’s northern fringes, where few communities are accessible by road, the vision of young people is decidedly less far-sighted.

Read more of the article entitled 'Northern Youth Abroad: Finding a place at home, halfway around the world'

Multi-disciplinary series to showcase emerging topics in economic, political, social, environmental, and technological development around the world.

Read more of the article entitled 'Springer and Canada’s International Development Research Centre launch new book series'

The Citizen Lab, an IDRC grantee at the University of Toronto, has won this year’s Canadian World Press Freedom Award for its dedicated defence of free expression online.

Read more of the article entitled 'Citizen Lab honoured for defence of the Internet'