by Brian | Jan 31, 2020 | Charting Change - IDRC/CanGeo, Geography, Travel, Development
Matthew Smith, senior program specialist at the International Development Research Centre, talks about the opportunities and challenges of AI in transforming societies ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS TRANSFORMING societies worldwide. In developing countries, AI’s potential...
by Brian | Aug 21, 2019 | Charting Change - IDRC/CanGeo, Geography, Travel, Development
How conversation and cartography are helping redefine attitudes toward women and LGBTI people in step with the national peace process COLOMBIA HAS BEEN WRACKED by armed conflict between government forces, leftist guerrillas and paramilitary splinter groups for...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2019 | Charting Change - IDRC/CanGeo, Geography, Travel, Development
How information gleaned from mobile networks could help developing countries meet sustainability goals CAN THE SAME TECHNOLOGY that’s used to pinpoint mobile phone users’ locations to target them with localized advertising also help alleviate poverty, stifle disease...
by Brian | Nov 3, 2018 | Charting Change - IDRC/CanGeo, Environment
Cities in South Asia are sizzling, with low-income residents bearing the brunt of urban heat stress. But researchers are finding ways to help them adapt CLIMATE CHANGE MAY be upon us, yet if you say, “Heat wave,” a lot of people in developed Western countries still...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2018 | Charting Change - IDRC/CanGeo, Geography, Travel, Development
Latin America and Canadian scientists are working on a portable diagnostic technology that could be a game-changer in the battle against diseases such as Zika ZIKA. DENGUE. YELLOW FEVER. CHIKUNGUNYA. In the developed world, these mosquito-borne infections are the...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2018 | Charting Change - IDRC/CanGeo
In Ethiopia, protein-rich crops of pulses such as chickpeas are no longer playing second fiddle to maize and wheat, a shift that’s transforming lives THERE HAVE BEEN MANY milestones in the 10 years that Carol Henry, the assistant dean for nutrition and dietetics at...
