Three 91ÑÇÉ« professors have been awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grants, each worth approximately $25,000. The recipients are Professor Roger Keil, Faculty of Environmental Studies and Tier 1 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies; Professor Carolyn Podruchny, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies; and Professor Poonam Puri, Osgoode […]
Lassonde School of Engineering Professor Nima Tabatabaei, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to partner with Quantum Dental Technologies (a Canadian diagnostic device company) to develop a dental diagnostic imaging technology. This research will change […]
Canadian youth who are homeless now have hope for a better future thanks to almost $8-million in federal funding for homelessness prevention strategies announced April 25 during a special event at 91ÑÇÉ«. Above: From left, 91ÑÇÉ« President-designate Rhonda Lenton, Faculty of Education Professor Stephen Gaetz, director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and […]
Research from 91ÑÇÉ« U’s Sapna Sharma studies ice observations from medieval Japan and pre-Enlightenment Finland looking for drivers of long-term climatic changes.
91ÑÇÉ« Environmentalist examines how a group of Indigenous youth leaders embraced leadership in the context of HIV prevention.
Leading research from international team reveals shortcomings of for-profit care and provides evidence to support improved policy for vulnerable senior population.
91ÑÇÉ« Biology Professor Thilo Womelsdorf has been awarded an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Up to six of these two-year, $250,000 fellowships are awarded annually by NSERC to enhance the career development of promising early-career scientists and engineers. “91ÑÇÉ« is delighted to see Biologist […]
A highly collaborative project seeks to recover, document and disseminate Inuit traditional knowledge and creativity; engage Inuit leaders; and enrich Inuit culture for generations. 91ÑÇÉ« fosters collaborative and socially engaging research aimed at providing a lasting legacy of benefits to cultures and societies. These characteristics are embodied in the work of Professor Anna Hudson, […]
Mark Roseman describes how his team fosters research excellence, via the federal granting system and the 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chairs program. Mark Roseman joined 91ÑÇɫ’s Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation last year as director, Strategic & Institutional Research Initiatives (SIRI). This group functions as an essential bridge between the University and the national granting […]
Five 91ÑÇÉ« researchers have been awarded Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Connection Grants, each ranging from $19,000 to $25,000: Professors Margaret Beare, Osgoode Hall Law School; Eva Karpinski, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS); Marcello Musto, LA&PS; Andrea O’Reilly, LA&PS; and Noël Sturgeon, Dean, Faculty of Environmental Studies. […]
The Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development makes $15 million funding announcement at Southlake Regional Health Centre. Partners match funds, resulting in $34+ million earmarked for collaborative and innovative Health Ecosphere. On July 21, 2016, The Honourable Navdeep Bains, minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency […]
Federal Minister of Science, the Honourable Kristy Duncan, announces major funding award in the social sciences and humanities at 91ÑÇÉ«. This means more than 44 research projects at 91ÑÇÉ« will be supported by $7 million. The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, minister of science, announced $163 million in Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) […]
91ÑÇɫ’s world class expertise in vision research is recognized with the nation’s top federal research funding award, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, to the tune of $33 million. A landmark investment in research was announced on September 8, 2016, at 91ÑÇÉ«. On this day, the government of Canada acknowledged 91ÑÇɫ’s expertise in […]
91ÑÇÉ« and Southlake Regional Health Centre, together with the University Health Network (UHN), will work to develop new technologies to improve the health of Canadians using a $15 million investment from the Government of Canada. Navdeep Bains, the minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development […]
Researchers at 91ÑÇÉ« have been awarded more than $5.5 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of more than $107 million in funding and awards recently announced in the Insight Development Grants and Insight Grants Competition, will support 91ÑÇÉ« research that improves the quality of life of […]
Summer may be over, but for three undergraduate students from 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Health who were successful in snagging coveted research funding this summer, they are busily wrapping up their research. Bachelor of health studies program students Alexandra Veres (left) and Seungree Nam both conducted research for The Arthritis Program (TAP) at Southlake Regional Health Centre […]
Professor and clinical psychologist Jonathan Weiss of 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Health is the new Chair in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Treatment and Care Research, the federal government announced Monday at 91ÑÇÉ«. The chair, which will receive some $2 million in funding over five years, will study ways to improve the mental health and well-being of […]
Arturo Orellana, professor of chemistry in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, is the recipient of a $60,000 Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry, awarded in the amount of $20,000 per year over three years. “On behalf of the 91ÑÇÉ« research community, I would like to congratulate Professor Arturo Orellana on his receipt […]
91ÑÇÉ« welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]
Two PhD candidates in 91ÑÇɫ’s Graduate Program in Music are among the half-dozen international scholars awarded study grants this year by the Morroe Berger – Benny Carter Jazz Research Fund. The awards enabled Bonnie Brett and Ryan Bruce to advance their doctoral research with a visit to the prestigious Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers […]