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Sprinklers miss a lot. Sometimes extra water pools on the sidewalk, or a gust of wind splatters us with an unexpected wet surprise. What many see as a minor nuisance, Calgary inventor Cam Cote saw as a challenge. In a time when people are becoming increasingly aware of the value of clean water and its conservation, […]

Vancouver, BC— Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization, and the China Scholarship Council (CSC), have renewed a partnership agreement to support international research opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Canadian universities will benefit from increased international connections and opportunities to recruit top international talent, enhancing global knowledge networks, and promoting […]

Vancouver, BC — The Mitacs Indigenous Communities Engagement initiative is developing new models of collaborative research by combining traditional knowledge and Indigenous research methods with university-based research. This is being done through partnerships with Canada’s Indigenous peoples, and evaluating the models through a limited series of pilot projects.   The Indigenous Communities Engagement initiative recently […]

Brad Leitch from Two Hat Security discusses CEASE.ai – a new project to prevent child sexual abuse material from being published online. The project is in partnership with Simon Fraser University,  Université Laval, and the University of Manitoba through the Mitacs Accelerate program.  

The American immigration ban that is the subject of a battle between Donald Trump and the country’s courts has mobilized universities around the world because it strikes right at the heart of the principles of higher education, Canadian universities say. Under an executive order signed by the U.S. President, citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries […]

For the RCMP investigators working at the Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children who face the grim task of sifting through seized pornographic material to identify child victims that are in need of immediate rescue, mental health and wellness are serious concerns, says Sergeant Arnold Guerin. “Often you go home wondering if you […]

Kelowna, BC – Online child sexual exploitation could soon become a thing of the past, thanks in part to a group of unlikely heroes: graduate students at Canadian universities, armed with big data. The offensive comes as part of a new partnership signed between BC-based start-up Two Hat Security and Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research […]

Halifax, NS – More university students will get the experience they need to start their careers in Nova Scotia. Kelly Regan, Minister of Labour and Advanced Education, joined J.P. Deveau, president and CEO of Acadian Seaplants Limited and a member of the ONE Nova Scotia Coalition, in Cornwallis, Annapolis Co., today, Feb. 6, to announce an […]

Two researchers from the University of Manitoba are developing technology aimed at blocking images of child sexual abuse before they have a chance to infiltrate the Internet. Computer engineering students Mehrdad Hosseinzadeh and Binglin Li are working with Two Hat Security Ltd. out of Kelowna, BC to create cutting-edge artificial intelligence software to accurately identify […]

Two computer science students at the University of Manitoba are tasked with developing software to curb the proliferation of child sexual abuse materials online without ever setting eyes on it. “It’s a hard project, but as we go on blindfolded, to some extent, we will find a way to tackle the problem,” Merhdad Hosseinzahed said […]

A Kelowna company is working to help stop the spread of child pornography on the Internet. Two Hat Security Ltd. aims to develop software that will identify and prevent the uploading of photographs and videos that depict the sexual abuse of children. “Of all the issues we’re solving to keep the Internet safe, this is […]

Two student researchers at the University of Manitoba have teamed up with a Kelowna company called Two Hat Security to develop new software aimed at keeping child sexual abuse images off the internet. It’s a growing problem, but with billions of images online, sorting through what’s appropriate and what’s illegal is a huge challenge for […]