IDRC participated in the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) annual meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia in February. The AAAS is the world’s largest association of scientists and engineers; this year’s theme was...
Former IDRC governor Pratap Bhanu Mehta has received the prestigious 2011 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences – Political Science in recognition of his contributions to Indian public policy and international relations. Dr Mehta served on IDRC’s Board...
Representatives of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – The Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) will host a workshop during the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), to be held February...
Three researchers supported through the Atlas of Islamic-World Science and Innovation project will present their findings at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), to be held February 16-20 in...
Four researchers supported through the International Research Chairs Initiative (IRCI), an initiative co-funded by IDRC and the Canada Research Chairs Program, will present their findings at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association for...
In August 2011, the University of Winnipeg launched a two-year Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) program focusing on Indigenous development. The university is one of 22 worldwide invited by the John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation and the...
IDRC President David Malone’s essay on India’s “soft power” foreign policy and how it shapes the country’s relationship with its Asian neighbours was published in the Economic and Political Weekly – India. Malone addresses the emergence of the...
The Information Society Innovation (ISIF) Fund has named the winners of its 2011 ISIF Awards. The awards acknowledge local organizations committed to the socio-economic development of their communities by deploying innovative ICT solutions in the...
The Information and Networks program of IDRC, in collaboration with the Internet Access Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Internet Society, has announced the winners of the Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America...
The second Science and Democracy World Forum (SDWF) will be held in Dakar on February 4-5, 2011. Held just before the 2011 World Social Forum, SDWF aims to help scientific and social actors share interests, issues, and concerns. Because...