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Interdisciplinary scholar in the health humanities and critical social sciences, creative writer and poet Emilia Nielsen turns conventional breast cancer narratives on their head in a new book that considers the complexity of emotions, including rage, that many women feel associated with this disease.

A professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science led a study that looked at resources for practitioners to use while working with individuals with disabilities engaging in physical activities. She and her team built an important new tool for these practitioners.

A mind-blowing project from AMPD immerses human participants in virtual reality (VR) environments where they interact with computers in order to, collectively, build the experience.

A 91ÑÇÉ« researcher, who led a team from U of T and Sunnybrook, undertook a study to predict whether a metastatic brain tumour would respond to radiotherapy or not. Early alterations in treatment, based on the prediction, could improve patient outcomes.

In an initiative spearheaded by the Dean of Libraries, Joy Kirchner, 91ÑÇÉ« Libraries has created a comprehensive new resource for researchers around the world that is devoted exclusively to COVID-19, and it could not be timelier.

Three recent projects, part of the ground-breaking venture 'Archive/Counter-Archive,' illustrate the progress to date of this high-profile SSHRC-funded venture that looks at moving images and is designed to disrupt conventional narratives. In doing so, they reinforce the value of this work.

New research from the Centre for Vision Research investigates rapid eye movements. The findings of this original work could help brain surgeons get a more fulsome picture of a patient's brain prior to surgery, and aid in the treatment of depression and Parkinson's disease.

Schulich School of Business Professor pens an article on artificial intelligence that suggests we may economically suffer at the hands of the machines we have created. He considers philosophical conundrums from driverless vehicles to robots for soldering, sex and companionship.

Historian Margaret Schotte takes readers back nearly 500 years to discover the multitude of skills that navigators acquired in the immense drive for commercial and naval dominance. The book traces the evolution of sailing expertise, showing how traditional knowledge blended with new scientific rigour.