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91ÑÇÉ« research challenges how healthy aging is defined

A new study led by Natalia Balyasnikova, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at 91ÑÇÉ«, is calling for a shift in how healthy aging is understood globally.

Engaging Communities: Lessons and Insights from Research Partnerships

This roundtable brings together researchers working in and with communities to reflect on experiences and lessons from university-community research partnerships. Panelists will discuss how well we understand communities’ needs, concerns, and expectations; how researchers can be more responsive to these needs and expectations; and how research findings are shared with communities, especially those whose members […]

91ÑÇÉ« U scholar supports national study advancing Black health

Carl E. James, the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Education, brings his expertise to a four-year Genome Canada research project focused on Canada’s Black population.

Following 50 years of Canadian life

91ÑÇÉ« researchers have captured half a century of Canadian life in a landmark study that began in Ontario classrooms and now spans generations.

Minister’s Award of Excellence honours 91ÑÇÉ« U Innovators

Two 91ÑÇÉ« community members – Professor Satinder Kaur Brar and Faculty of Education PhD candidate Anna Pearson – have been recognized with a 2024 Minister’s Award of Excellence from Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities.

In the media - Where are all the Black astronomers and physicists? Racism, isolation keeping many away

Canadian astrophysicist Louise Edwards is used to answering some of the universe’s toughest questions. But at the moment she’s trying to answer this one: How many Canadian Black astronomers does she know? Edwards, an associate professor in California Polytechnic State University’s physics department, is on a Zoom call with CBC while sitting in a friend’s brightly lit shed near […]

Researchers receive grants to advance Indigenous scholarship

Six Indigenous scholars at 91ÑÇÉ« have been awarded a combined $204,298 in new funding from the latest round of Indigenous Research Seed Fund Grants to explore language revitalization, Indigenous-led land restoration, decolonizing physical education curriculum and more.

91ÑÇÉ« announces Black Research Seed Grant winners

Assistant professor Stephanie Fearon is one of six 91ÑÇÉ« researchers whose projects were funded by 91ÑÇÉ«'s Black Research Seed Grants

In the media: Sankofa Square? What's behind the proposed new name for Yonge-Dundas Square

The debate over what Yonge-Dundas Square will be renamed to seems to finally have an answer: city council voted on "Sankofa Square"

Symposium explores planetary health, planetary crises

The Planetary Health for a Planetary Emergency symposium aims to bring together scholars from the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and across 91ÑÇÉ« who work at the intersection of climate change and health, to discuss the potentials of planetary health as a driver of just climate action.