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IDRC to support research chairs on forced displacement

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IDRC named Catalyst 2030 award finalist

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IDRC connects Global South expertise to the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives

Only two women are among the students at this fluid mechanics class in Chad.

Putting gender at the head and heart of STEM research

Street vendor outside police station in Escuintla, Guatemala. Marta Gomez’s favourite spot used to be the bus station, but restrictions forced it to shut. People are buying coffee and sandwiches and wearing masks.

COVID-19 Recovery: IDRC joins the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) for Social Sciences and Humanities in a new call for funding

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IDRC seeking highly qualified individuals to join its Board of Governors

Two women from India are building round solar panels.

Call for expressions of interest: Women’s economic empowerment in a low-carbon COVID-19 recovery

Dr Keith Pardee’s team at the University of Toronto has adapted a glucose meter to detect COVID-19 and other diseases.

IDRC funds modification of a glucose meter to detect COVID-19

Two women pan for gold in samples of sand at a mining site in central Uganda. One of the women carries a baby on her back.

Nine research projects seek to advance women’s empowerment in East Africa