TORONTO, May 22, 2025 鈥� With a view to student success, 91亚色 will launch its new Taihua Wang Science Student Success Centre on May 26 thanks to a $1.6 million donation from the Chinese Canadian scientist and medical doctor.

The 3,843-square-foot centre on the main floor of 91亚色鈥檚 Life Sciences Building (LSB), which will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, creates a more accessible and functional hub for science academic advising and support.

This will help students make informed decisions about their academic journey and will improve on existing resources. There are also several new study spaces, as well as four study pods that students can reserve ahead of time.

As founder and CEO of Cell Biotechnology Inc., Wang is widely regarded as a pioneer in the clinical application of stem cells. Under his leadership, the company has driven advancements in regenerative medicine and stem cell-based therapies, including applications in the treatment and prevention of cancer, diabetes, pain-related conditions, and other chronic diseases. He is also president of the Interventional Hospital of Shandong Red Cross Society and of the Shandong New Medicine Integrated Institute of Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Media are invited to the official opening.

WHAT: Official opening of the new Taihua Wang Science Student Success Centre

WHEN: Monday, May 26 at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Main floor of the Life Sciences Building, Keele Campus ()

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Public invited to Professor Kean Birch鈥檚 Science, Technology & Society talk on Keele Campus this Tuesday

TORONTO, Mar. 24, 2024 鈥�  Amazon, Apple, Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and newer additions like Nvidia, Tesla 鈥� these make up the 鈥渕agnificent seven鈥� 鈥� tech companies who control more than 35 per cent of the S&P 500 on the U.S. stock market and therefore a large chunk of the global economy, says Faculty of Science Professor, also director of 91亚色鈥檚. Add control of cloud computing, data collection and subsequent investments in generative AI, and, he says, the power these U.S.-based companies wield cannot be underestimated. 

鈥淎s an extension of their economic power, is the flexing of their political power,鈥� says Birch, who will be giving a talk on the Rise of the Tech Oligarchs at 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus this Tuesday. 鈥淛urisdictions and countries around the world are enacting policies and regulations to try and limit big tech鈥檚 power, so you can see the rise of the tech oligarchy as a response to this increasing regulatory threat they face.鈥�

Birch says the most obvious current manifestation of this phenomenon is Elon Musk鈥檚 key role in the Trump administration.  

鈥淚nstalling someone into a para-government position where they have a role that is incredibly ambiguous and at the same time, seemingly incredibly powerful with no accountability, it鈥檚 certainly worrying.鈥�

Birch is available to give media comment on:

• The symbiotic relationships between oligarchs and government and what makes the new tech oligarchs different from the old ones
• Why big tech has lined up behind the Trump administration and how American national interest, tech-sector interest and political interests are being rolled into one.聽
• Potential impact of Trump and big tech on Canada going into the federal election and beyond
• Attempts by Canada, the European Union and other government bodies to reign in the power of big tech聽
• What resistance could look like and tools to curb the power of big tech聽

Media and the public are invited to join the Rise of the Tech Oligarchs on Tuesday March 25, 3 to 4:30 p.m., at 91亚色 Keele Campus, Osgoode Hall IKB 1006 as part of the inaugural Richard A. Jarrell Fund Science, Technology & Society talk. To attend,. 

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91亚色 is a modern, multi-campus, urban university located in Toronto, Ontario. Backed by a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners, we bring a uniquely global perspective to help solve societal challenges, drive positive change, and prepare our students for success. 91亚色's fully bilingual Glendon Campus is home to Southern Ontario's Centre of Excellence for French Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education. 91亚色鈥檚 campuses in Costa Rica and India offer students exceptional transnational learning opportunities and innovative programs. Together, we can make things right for our communities, our planet, and our future.

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Professor emeritus Glen Norcliffe, 81, won the 80 to 84 age group of the male sprint distance race at the 2024 World Triathlon Championship Finals held in Spain on Oct. 17. says Norcliffe of his win. Next year, Norcliffe has qualified for a triathlon in Australia and a duathlon.

Professor Steven Tufts talks to CBC about the Canada Post workers' strike and whether a shift in Canada Post's business model is needed. Tufts says , but there's a bigger issue: What should the business model of a company that has lost money in the last six years look like in the future? CUPW has been pushing for expanding services, such as postal banking and seniors' wellness checks, but Tufts says they have not built the large-scale public campaign needed to pressure Canada Post into changing its business model.

Artist and PhD student Shannon Garden-Smith wants us to think more about a crucial building material we are running out of: sand. Her recent artworks were created using pigmented dust from sand she collected around the city. For this year's Nuit Blanche, she created an 2,500 square-foot interactive floor installation using vibrantly dyed sand to form marbled patterns. During the all-night event, attendees were invited to walk across the 'carpet', disrupting the sand patterns and muddying colours in the process. "," she tells CBC. "Their engagement becomes visible in the living, changing work as an index of movement."

Scientists who study the characteristics of inland fresh-water systems are confronting 鈥� and rushing to address 鈥� a serious knowledge gap on the role winter ice cover plays on lake cycles and functioning. Professor Sapna Sharma comments on new research into under-ice conditions that is challenging what limnologists thought they understood about lakes鈥� winter behaviour. Speaking to Inside Climate News Sharma says there was a during the 1960s and '70s. Then the work paused before slowly beginning again about a decade ago.

At the 6th Muskoka Summit on the Environment on Oct. 4 in Bracebridge, Professor Deborah McGregor shared simple truths that have guided Indigenous stewardship for thousands of years, reports MuskokaRegion.com. "We cannot manage water; we can only learn how to live with water," says McGregor, and "Water is a relative of ours. Wise stewards treat water with humility and respect."

Wise stewards treat water with humility and respect

McGregor at the Muskoka Summit on the Environment

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As聽Peel Regional Police warn of ongoing scams targeting concertgoers in the GTA, Professor Evan Light talks to Toronto Star about online security for fans trying to protect their Ticketmaster accounts, especially as Swift's six concerts in Toronto began. Light says the first way to protect yourself is to use complex and unique passwords on all your accounts. "," says Light.

Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky offers public safety tips for Taylor Swift鈥檚 Eras Tour to InsideHalton.com. "At the end of the day, no matter what the province of Ontario or City of Toronto or Rogers Centre does for safety, ," he says. "Being safe at a concert means tempering one's excitement with a dose of caution."

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Professor Emeritus Daniel Drache and a co-author write about what President Donald Trump's comeback means for his unique brand of nationalist authoritarianism. "Trump's victory shows just how weak and lacklustre the centre has become in comparison to surging extremism," writes the co-authors. "The Republican machine has grasped an essential truth: parties must redefine their centre of gravity with the shifting of the Overton window of political acceptability, which holds that ."

With polls showing that Americans are concerned about the lack of civility in politics following聽the 2024 election,聽Professor Raymond Mar speaks to Deseret News about how to demonstrate empathy, kindness and understanding with someone who votes differently. " to other peoples鈥� experiences and to believe they're valid," says Mar. "You don't have to deny your own experience to accept someone else's."

Professor Ann Marie Murnaghan speaks to My Bulkley Lakes Now about her research on the K鈥櫭玤it totem pole, and the Wet'suwet'en delegation that traveled from B.C. to Paris over 85 years after it was removed from their community and shipped to France.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the International Criminal Court should investigate the disappearance of Indigenous children from Canadian residential schools. Speaking to CBC, Professor Heidi Matthews says the case could face admissibility hurdles as the ICC is meant to be a court of last resort, to be used when domestic jurisdictions are unwilling or unable to genuinely carry out their own investigations or prosecutions. , and there hasn't been an effort to shield any individuals from criminal responsibility, says Matthews.

Professor Elizabeth Clare speaks to Science News about Environmental DNA or eDNA. All living beings constantly shed bits of DNA, left behind from skin, scales, hair, urine, feces, pollen, and more. Clare says eDNA has 鈥渃hanged everything鈥� about how scientists study biodiversity and conservation. "It widens your time window of detection," says Clare. ", and footprints last longer than the animal or the plant."

The carbon footprint of hydrogen gas is not as small as proponents argue.聽Speaking to Hakai Magazine, Professor Mark Winfield weighs in on聽hydrogen gas becoming a fuel of choice. According to new research, hydrogen's climate friendliness depends on many factors, including where and how the hydrogen is produced. Winfield聽says the study reinforces the warning already being sounded by many scientists and environmentalists about green hydrogen. " and only bother with hydrogen if there is a good use case that makes sense," says Winfield.

Research out of 91亚色 has found that late natural menopause may be a risk factor for asthma, potentially due to prolonged estrogen exposure.聽", especially those with later onset of menopause," doctoral student Durmalouk Kesibi tells Healio.

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Professor Kinnon MacKinnon's pursuit of through the DARE study research is highlighted in The New 91亚色 Times.

Professor Patricia Lakin-Thomas talks to The Jerusalem Post about daylight saving time and ongoing concerns about its impact on public health. Lakin-Thomas says Daylight Saving Time is shown to contribute to higher numbers of car accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and workplace injuries. The time is long overdue to , she adds.

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky gives public safety tips to Swifties attending Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, which has six shows in Toronto starting Nov. 14. Toronto's mayor has expressed confidence that the shows will be safe, and that comprehensive security measures will be in place. "In addition to preparing for fun, spend a little time considering concert safety tips which stress situational awareness," writes Rozdilsky. " If something does not seem right to you, it probably is not right." Rozdilsky is also quoted in an article about published in The Week.

If you see something, say something. If something does not seem right to you, it probably is not right.

Rozdilsky writes in The Conversation

Ontario grocery stores are saying the new bottle return requirements may make it impossible to participate in Premier Doug Ford's expansion of alcohol sales. Sebastian Prins, the director of government relations for the Ontario section of the Retail Council of Canada, says the majority of the larger stores are planning to add alcohol sales at locations within five kilometres of a Beer Store, meaning they aren't obligated to accept empties right away. The Canadian Press reports that Prins is working with a to assess the costs and logistics.

Professor Dennis Pilon weighs in on a聽report shelved by Mayor Oliva Chow that recommended Toronto city councillors receive a raise of more than 22 per cent to bring them in line with other municipalities. He says it's important for elected officials to earn "sufficient" salaries to compensate them for their work and ensure that it's not only the rich who can afford to run for office. However, Pilon says that councillors voting on whether to increase their own pay . Professor Joe Mihevc, who served on council for nearly three decades until 2018, tells Toronto Star that councillors are "absolutely" underpaid, estimating that between city hall meetings on weekdays, and community events on evenings and weekends, most regularly work 12-hour days. In a separate op-ed on the subject, Mihevc writes about why politicians deserve a pay raise. "Residents need to know when they are to both work long and often difficult hours and then also to accept a smaller salary," writes Mihevc for Toronto Star. In an article for CBC, Mihevc weighs in on聽the mayor facing political and economic challenges as the city puts together its 2025 budget. He says to balance the books next year.

Professor Robert Savage comments on a new survey that found university students studying to become teachers could correctly answer only 60 per cent of the questions on phonics. Savage says the results show a structural issue across institutions. 鈥� So, it clearly does have impacts,鈥� he says.

Professor Sean Tulin weighs in on dark matter which may account for roughly聽85 percent of the universe's mass.聽The case for the existence of dark matter goes back to the 1930s when astronomers analyzed the rates at which galaxies rotate and found there isn't enough visible matter to account for the observed spin rates.聽For the last few decades, the leading theory has been that this unseen substance is made up of weakly interacting massive particles or WIMPs.聽"," Tulin tells Smithsonian Magazine.

Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn鈥檚 Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration, a new book by professors John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson invites readers to take a voyage through space with a "behind the science" look at what's possible. 鈥淲e paired really interesting places with really weird things to be doing there,鈥� Rogerson tells CTV News. 鈥�, that was sort of a natural one because a human has golfed on the moon before. Mars has really interesting clouds, so we have cloud watching like you鈥檙e at a picnic. We imagine what it would be like to be doing a cave dive on this moon of Saturn. It was totally an imagination run wild where we were imagining ourselves, or some astronaut, doing some weird activity in some weird place and how the physics of the place would affect the activity.鈥�

Alumna Hortense Anglin, 87, received a standing ovation from guests and fellow graduates on Oct. 17 as she walked across the stage to receive her bachelor's and was congratulated by the platform party at 91亚色's in-person fall convocation. CP24 about her experience as a mature student, and CTV News wrote about .

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Professor Sean Hillier is prioritizing Indigenous voices in health research. The subject of a profile in University Affairs, Hillier's work spans Indigenous health policy, technology's impacts on Indigenous communities, and infectious diseases. 鈥� a United Nations initiative that takes an integrated approach to balancing the health of people, animals and the environment. "My great interest is thinking through Indigenous health and Indigenous health governance and policy," says Hillier. "I'm very interested in the impacts of tech and AI on Indigenous data governance, on Indigenous sovereignty, and on Indigenous colonization via new emerging technologies."

Professor Deborah McGregor led a presentation at the recent TechNations 2024 where she discussed a framework that's been developed for a First Nations-focused source water protection plan as current federal and provincial water governance policies do not adequately protect some First Nations, reports Anishinabek News. "For a lot of communities, water has been contaminated or deteriorated over time," says McGregor, whose research has focused on . "We're trying to develop a process that helps us recognize what we did for thousands of years and the challenges that are our realities right now and how do we work with that."

Reverend, refugee activist and professor emeritus, Michael Creal died Aug. 23 at the age of 97. A priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, Creal had received the Order of Canada in June in recognition of his . He worked at 91亚色 starting in the 1960s, as a professor and in positions including head of the division of humanities and founder of the Centre for Refugee Studies.

Petra Molnar, associate director of the Refugee Law Lab, speaks to Nahlah Ayed of CBC Radio's Ideas for part three of . At a time when more people are forcibly displaced than at any other point in recorded history, Ayed speaks with guests about where the rights to leave, return and seek refuge in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights came from, and what they could mean today. As a guest on the Legally Speaking podcast, Molnar discusses in the U.S., including its criminalization, A.I. discrimination鈥� and more.

Professor Laura Taylor talks to The Canadian Press about the history of guerrilla gardening. Taylor says the term was coined in the 1970s in Brooklyn. " where buildings had been taken down because they were unsafe, and then the vacant lot was just left," she says, adding that the plot "went from a place that was an eyesore to a place where people were growing vegetables and getting food from it."

Professor Duygu Biricik Gulseren comments on forced returns to the office and the rise of new tech leaving managers in a precarious position as stewards of employee wellbeing. A recent PwC survey shows 45 per cent of respondents have had to learn new skills or technologies in order to do their job, The Globe and Mail reports. The same percentage report their . "In the past, there would be time between learning and applying, and now many are doing both at the same time," says Gulseren. "There's more to learn, and also not enough time to learn because of the rate of change."

Professor Winny Shen weighs in on the quest for a better work-life balance being not just a Gen Z issue. Since the pandemic, it's become common for companies of all sizes to allow employees with desk jobs to work from home or remotely at least part of the time. "Workers are paying more attention to whether an employer offers flexible conditions when they're considering who they want to work for. And while there are some kinds of jobs where you have to be on site, many employers are realizing that for other jobs ," Shen tells The Globe and Mail, pointing to a study that found remote workers generally have better outcomes in the work they deliver than office-based colleagues.

Workers are paying more attention to whether an employer offers flexible conditions when they鈥檙e considering who they want to work for.

Shen speaking to The Globe and Mail

Professor Emeritus Craig Heron discusses on CBC Radio's Metro Morning with host David Common.

Professor Lyndsay Hayhurst and co-author write about "deeply entrenched inequities and challenges facing girls and women in sport, such as body confidence and support for athletes with small children" in an op-ed for The Conversation. Referencing a new initiative, Sport Your Period, that is breaking taboos by paying athletes to discuss their experiences with menstruation, they write about . "What鈥檚 needed is a more comprehensive approach to menstrual health education for coaches and athletes through the sport organizations that govern global, national and local sport systems," they write.

Professor Thomas Klassen and former political science student Matthew Cerilli (BA 鈥�24) discuss campaign ethics in an op-ed for The Conversation, referencing Former U.S. President Donald Trump amplifying a misogynist and offensive comment made about Vice President Kamala Harris on Truth Social. "This latest Trump smear takes place as in both Canada and the United States," they write.

CBC Books: Walking & Stealing by Professor Stephen Cain has been named one of 44 Canadian . Cain is the author of six full-length collections of poetry and a dozen chapbooks. Walking & Stealing is a threefold collection of poems about baseball, Toronto and immersing oneself in deep thoughts. Professor Christina Sharpe is celebrated in a . Sharpe's Ordinary Notes won the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Nonfiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Sharpe was also awarded the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prize for nonfiction. Her book "explores the complexities of Black life and loss through a series of 248 notes that intertwine past and present realities."

Reminder: A guided tour of Lake Rosseau is happening on Sunday, Sept. 15. Friends of the Muskoka Watershed (FOTMW) has partnered with Peerless (Sunset Cruises) to host Peer Under the Surface. Leaving the Port Carling dock at 10 a.m., passengers aboard the tour boat will make a net and cruise the Muskoka waterways until noon. 鈥淲e鈥檒l be going out with dip nets, and ," says Professor Norman Yan, founding chair of FOTMW and one of the scientists leading the cruise. Tickets are $64 and funds will go towards tackling local environmental issues.

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An upcoming byelection in Montr茅al will have the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections. At least 91 candidates will be on the ballot Sept. 16 with 79 of them linked to a group protesting Canada's first-past-the-post voting system. Professor Dennis Pilon talks to CTV News. He says electoral reform advocates have been frustrated by the unwillingness of Canada鈥檚 major political parties to change the country鈥檚 voting system. 鈥淲hat we鈥檙e seeing here is that 鈥� says Pilon.

In the behind-the-scenes push leading up to the nearly $58 million in provincial funding for a new kindergarten to Grade 12 Catholic school in Wasaga Beach, a developer owning most of the land where the school will be built hosted a $1,000-per-plate fundraiser for Stephen Lecce, Ontario's education minister at the time. Speaking to The Trillium, Professor Ian Stedman, who worked in the provincial integrity commissioner鈥檚 office from 2011 to 2014, says .

Sarah Bay-Cheng, a professor and dean of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, weighs in on the open invitation to suggest names and branding for Toronto's WNBA team that is set to start play in less than two years. Bay-Cheng, who is also a former NCAA basketball player, tells the Toronto Star that team names in the WNBA carry a stronger social and cultural connection than their NBA counterparts, often reflecting a team's identity and place. " has some capacity to evolve, a sense of who we are and who we have been," she says.

An alleged decade-long secret romantic relationship between RBC's Chief Financial Officer Nadine Ahn and finance executive Ken Mason led to their firings, which are now being challenged in court. RBC is seeking to recover over $3 million from both executives for breaching the company鈥檚 code of conduct, while Ahn and Mason are challenging their terminations with wrongful dismissal claims. Professor Richard Leblanc weighs in on the significance of RBC鈥檚 approach to clawbacks, highlighting how the bank's actions 鈥� seeking to recover compensation based on a breach of conduct rather than financial restatements 鈥� demonstrate a rigorous adherence to ethical standards in executive management. "Banks are generally regarded as the best-governed corporations in all the country," Leblanc tells Fortune. ""

鈥淚n some cases, obesity is associated with serious health problems, but it should not be treated as a result of seeing ads on TV or on streetcars. Instead of drug ads ending with the message that patients should ask their doctor if the drug is right for them, ,鈥� writes Professor Emeritus Dr. Joel Lexchin, in an op-ed for the Toronto Star on the advertising of Ozempic.

[Obesity] should not be treated as a result of seeing ads on TV or on streetcars.

Lexchin writes in Toronto Star

Professor Hannah Johnston, who specializes in the digitalization of work, discusses biometric monitoring in workplaces on CBC Radio, particularly the hospitality sector. 鈥淥ne of the reasons that is that we have not yet even begun to imagine the potential abuses for these types of data,鈥� she says. 鈥淯ntil we have limits around how data can be collected, how it can be used, rights around disposal, rights around storage, this is information that we should be reluctant to hand over to anyone else.鈥�

"The study of protection of historic sites during disaster tells us that ," writes Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky in an op-ed for Canadian Architect about the fire at St. Anne's Anglican Church in Toronto's Little Portugal neighbourhood. "In St. Anne's Church, a collection of religious murals 鈥� including some by the Group of Seven 鈥� form part of Toronto鈥檚 cultural patrimony that has now been lost." Fundraising efforts are now underway to support rebuilding.

You鈥檙e invited to peer under the surface of Muskoka鈥檚 waterways on Sunday, Sept. 15. Friends of the Muskoka Watershed (FOTMW) has partnered with Peerless (Sunset Cruises) to host a guided tour of Lake Rosseau. Leaving the Port Carling dock at 10 a.m., passengers aboard the tour boat will make a net and cruise the freshwater body until noon. 鈥淲e鈥檒l be going out with dip nets, and ," says Professor Norman Yan, founding chair of FOTMW and one of the scientists leading the cruise. Tickets are $64 and funds will go towards tackling local environmental issues.

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Former music professor Bill Westcott, who taught at 91亚色 for over three decades, died on July 20. An accomplished and versatile pianist and composer, he was a master of ragtime and stride. Westcott came to 91亚色 in 1979 and retired from full-time teaching in 2010. Rob Bowman, a Grammy Award-winning professor of ethnomusicology at 91亚色, was among Westcott's early students. "He was instrumental in my life," says Bowman. "He went the extra mile for students. He spent hours with me."

Mary Henderson, another early student of Westcott, joined a student choir he led. She says she was challenged and impressed by the range of music he chose: "We did Mozart, Gregorian chant, gospel music," she recalls. "It was incredible."

Brenna MacCrimmon, a mentee and bandmate of Westcott, says some of his former students told her, "He gave me a crappy mark, but he was my favourite prof," which she says fits with her understanding of her friend. "When he saw potential and ability in someone, he wasn't going to coddle them."

Professor Mike Cad贸, a colleague of Westcott towards the end of his full-time teaching career, says he was inspired by, among other things, Westcott's unique method of demonstrating at the piano while teaching. "It was thrilling to see him play. He really drew you into the performance," he says. "It was like seeing a world-class European classical pianist. There was the same level of intensity."

Although he was a trained musician who could read music, it was not from the page, but from his body and soul. It was a great pleasure to be in the room with that.

MacCrimmon speaking to The Globe and Mail

Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky writes about the 2024 Democratic National Convention in an op-ed for The Conversation and how the fast-changing political landscape and recent political violence has reawoken , also held in Chicago. In their op-ed, Professor Idil Boran and her co-author write about how is still lacking, despite years of calls for a co-ordinated global policy. Referencing their recent paper published in the , they argue a joint work program between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity is the best approach.

Professor Kenzie Allen is reclaiming her Indigeneity through poetry. Speaking to The Canadian Press, she says her poems are a way for her to take her Haudenosaunee identity back from those who labelled her too much or not enough. , and transmutes the British Empire into a reminiscing dude-bro desperate to hold onto his glory days.

Pilots at Air Canada have voted in favour of walking off the job as soon as mid-September. While the travel industry is seasonal, Professor Steven Tufts tells Toronto Star, adding that many pilots don鈥檛 just carry people but also cargo.

91亚色 alumni and Canadian beach volleyball Olympic medalists Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson confirmed .

Professor Emeritus Paul Delaney talks to CBC about . The term supermoon isn't a scientific one. It comes from astrology and refers to the moon at its perigee 鈥� the closest point of its orbit to Earth. Blue moon refers to a second full moon in a month or the fourth in one season. Both happening concurrently is what made last week's full moon a super blue. "None of these, by the way, are true astronomical terms," Delaney tells .

Everybody likes the moon. You can see detail with the unaided eye and easily with binoculars. It's a fan favourite. Poetry has been written about, stories, murder, mysteries, I mean, you name it. Everybody has got a story about the moon.

Delaney speaking to CTV News

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CBC paid out $18.4 million in bonuses this year after hundreds of jobs were eliminated. speaking to Toronto Star. He adds that while the public broadcaster did not do anything out of the ordinary, it should have been transparent about why it was awarding bonuses.

Does Kamala Harris鈥檚 brat summer have enough momentum to sustain her campaign through the fall, and into four more years of a Democratic-led America? Professor Yvonne Su and 91亚色 alumna Tegan Hadisi being presented to the Democratic presidential nominee in an op-ed for The Conversation.

PhD student Gliselle Marin is looking to discover whether bats regularly diversify their diet, or if they鈥檙e being forced due to habitat loss. NPR. 鈥淎nd that will tell me every single thing that they鈥檝e been eating.鈥� Marin attended this year鈥檚 16th annual 鈥淏补迟-补-迟丑辞苍鈥� in northern Belize, a gathering of 80-some bat researchers who converge to study the winged mammals. In another audio story, also by NPR, and how community engagement is important for conservation efforts. 鈥淲e have an amazing wealth of resources in Belize, and I don't think that's lost on Belizeans, to be honest. I think sometimes we just need a reminder. Some people feel like they don't have a voice or a role to play, but I think everyone does,鈥� she said. Faculty of Science Professor Elizabeth Clare also attended 鈥淏补迟-补-迟丑辞苍鈥� in July and spoke to NPR about her research. Clare worked diligently to identify the species of .

We cannot use the excuse of security to allow these kinds of practices to continue unchecked.

Petra Molnar, associate director of the Refugee Law Lab

Petra Molnar, an associate director of the Refugee Law Lab, weighs in on complaints about . Travellers accused screening officers of unprofessional, rude and invasive behaviour during body and bag searches. 鈥淲e cannot use the excuse of security to allow these kinds of practices to continue unchecked,鈥� Molnar tells CBC. She also talks to The Canadian Press about the Canada Border Services Agency鈥檚 plan to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country. between the agency implementing the app and the people on the receiving end. It鈥檚 鈥渧ery troubling that there is basically no discussion of 鈥� human rights impacts in the documents,鈥� says Molnar.

Professor Suzanne MacDonald talks to Real Simple, sharing her and making a mess.

Last week, alumni and Canadian beach volleyball duo Melissa Huma帽a-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson won an Olympic silver medal. 鈥淲e鈥檙e normally a winter sport country,鈥� Huma帽a-Paredes told National Post, 鈥渂ut we are fricking good at beach volleyball, as well. I鈥檓 tired of 鈥楧on鈥檛 you live in igloo?鈥� questions. 鈥� The pair finished with the best result in the country鈥檚 history in the sport. ", so I'm not surprised,鈥� Huma帽a-Paredes told CBC. Huma帽a-Paredes was just three years old when Canada won its first beach volleyball medal 鈥� a bronze for the men鈥檚 team. Huma帽a-Paredes鈥� father Hernan Huma帽a was their coach. 鈥� And so that created a big shift in beach volleyball. It was a big impact,鈥� Humana told The Globe and Mail.

Professor Amanda De Lisio, co-author of a recent study into , talks to Dazed for an article about how the Paris Olympics were impacting sex workers in the city. French police established an 鈥榓nti-pimping brigade鈥� in Paris, and De Lisio says crackdowns are already happening in L.A. ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games.

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91亚色 to host elementary and high-school students at the 91亚色 Region science fair this Saturday, April 1 for first time since COVID-19

TORONTO, March 28, 2023 鈥� Using neural networks to detect disease, creating alternative energy sources, and improving quality of life for seniors and people with disabilities are some of the STEM projects young scientists will show off at 91亚色 during the (YRSTF) this Saturday, April 1. Top projects will receive gold, silver and bronze medals.

While this is the eighth year 91亚色 is hosting the event, this year is the first since the COVID-19 pandemic started that the students will be back on campus.

Professor , co-lead organizer of the YRSTF@91亚色 partnership, YRSTF Youth Science Canada Regional Coordinator Nathalie Rudner and participating students are available for media interviews.

More than 100 91亚色 Region science students in grades 7 through 12 have prepared 63 projects 鈥� either an innovation or discovery. This year sees more senior projects than usual, and many returning silver and bronze medalists, with many students showing off new apps this year. The science fair will also include an activity 鈥� Science Adventures with 91亚色 scientists.

The projects fit into eight categories: agriculture, food and fisheries, curiosity and ingenuity, digital technology, disease and illness, energy, environment and climate change, health and wellness and natural resources.

Dozens of judges,  including 91亚色 professors and PhD candidates, will review the submissions and the gold-medal winners will move on to represent the region and compete at the national level at the . The winners will be among 500 students from across the country vying for the title of Canada鈥檚 best science fair project.

91亚色 Region District School Board and the 91亚色 Catholic District School Board are among the major sponsors of the fair, which is a partnership effort between 91亚色 and the 91亚色 Region Science and Technology Fair Organizing Committee.

WHO: Grades 7 to 12 high school students from more than 20 91亚色 Region schools.

WHAT: 91亚色 Region Science and Technology Fair.

WHEN: Saturday, April 1, noon to 12:30 p.m. media sneak-peak of student projects; 3:30 to 5 p.m., community viewing of student projects.

WHERE: 100 91亚色 Blvd Keele campus. Please reach out for requests for earlier times.

About 91亚色

91亚色 is a modern, multi-campus, urban university located in Toronto, Ontario. Backed by a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners, we bring a uniquely global perspective to help solve societal challenges, drive positive change, and prepare our students for success. 91亚色鈥檚 fully bilingual Glendon Campus is home to Southern Ontario鈥檚 Centre of Excellence for French Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education. 91亚色鈥檚 campuses in Costa Rica and India offer students exceptional transnational learning opportunities and innovative programs. Together, we can make things right for our communities, our planet, and our future.

Media Contacts: Emina Gamulin, 91亚色 Media Relations and External Communications, 437-217-6362, egamulin@yorku.ca

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