What few people realize when looking at French and English language rights issues across the country is that the RCMP were instructed to open files on individuals and organizations both for and against bilingualism in the 1960s and 1970s, says 91亚色 history Professor Marcel Martel, co-author of a new book. 鈥淚t raises some serious questions,鈥 […]
"It鈥檚 expensive doing research up there" in the High Arctic, says聽Elizabeth Miller. Flying all your equipment and four months鈥 worth of food and supplies costs thousands of dollars when you have to transfer three times en route from Toronto聽鈥 via Ottawa, Iqaluit and Resolute 鈥 to get to Polar Bear Pass on Bathurst Island. Research […]
Salvador da Bahia, the second most popular tourist destination in Brazil, is a lively, tropical city on the northeast coast with a population of over two million. Musical rhythms from many different cultures can be heard in its bustling marketplaces, amidst the old Portuguese architecture and on its sandy beaches. In Salvador da Bahia it […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
Professors' SSHRC-funded project involves research collaboration with the Toronto District School Board A project led by 91亚色 Faculty of Education Professors Heather Lotherington and Jennifer Jenson at Joyce Public School in North 91亚色, and funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),聽has received two awards. The 91亚色-Joyce Public School Multiliteracies […]
When you鈥檙e a charitable organization in 91亚色 Region seeking a research partner to inform your strategic directions and priorities, whom do you turn to? If you鈥檙e United Way of 91亚色 Region (UWYR), you collaborate with 91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit. This summer, three 91亚色 students will gain valuable experience through internships with UWYR鈥檚 Community […]
Drug has been linked to neurodevelopmental defects associated with autism A 91亚色 study has shown for the first time how the drug misoprostol, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental defects associated with autism, interferes with neuronal cell function. It is an important finding because misoprostol is similar in structure to naturally occurring prostaglandins, which […]
Over the past year, the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has reviewed the way its funding programs are structured to provide researchers with a simpler, more flexible and more effective system of application and assessment. SSHRC president Chad Gaffield addressed this process during a town hall meeting held with faculty and students […]
Until psychology Professor Jennifer Connolly began synthesizing information about teen pregnancy and teen mothers through a ResearchImpact Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) grant, she hadn鈥檛 realized that those youth who had dealings with youth protection services or the justice system were at increased risk of pregnancy compared to the general population. The other area of high risk […]
Companies that borrow money from hedge funds often see a sharp rise in bets against their shares before the loans or loan amendments are announced, new research from a Schulich professor shows, suggesting that fund managers or others privy to these deals may be illegally trading ahead of the announcements, reported The Wall Street Journal […]
Donna Smith, senior executive officer in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, has made her presentation on how to develop a research budget available to the 91亚色 community. You'll find the PowerPoint file under Presentations in the Documents and Forms section. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.
The suburbs have often been dismissed as cultureless wastelands of cookie-cutter housing and strip malls. But 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Roger Keil, principal investigator of a major international research initiative, says there鈥檚 a lot more happening in suburbia than people think and researchers have ignored it for far too long. Most urban growth these days […]
Nov忙 Res Urbis (NRU), Toronto鈥檚 city policy newsletter, covered the global suburbanisms project led by Roger Keil, Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and director of the City Institute at 91亚色. His team of 44 researchers at 29 universities in 12 countries is embarking on a seven-year project to take stock of suburban […]
Pat Armstrong, professor of sociology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and an executive member of both the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research and the Graduate Program in Health Policy & Equity, recently received $2.5 million from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada to lead a study to identify […]
91亚色 researchers awarded two of SSHRC鈥檚 largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91亚色 researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]
91亚色's聽Hennick Centre for Business聽& Law has given its inaugural Collaborative Research Grants Program award to an interdisciplinary team of professors studying transnational business grievance. The $5,000 research grant was awarded to Professors Burkard Eberlein and Alan Richardson of the Schulich School of Business and Professor Stepan Wood of Osgoode Hall Law School for their proposal, […]
If you are a researcher or an administrator of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada Research Chair (CRC) or Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant, there are a number of upcoming important deadlines. Research Accounting is planning its聽process for financial […]
If you are a researcher or an administrator of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada Research Chair (CRC) or Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant, there are a number of upcoming important deadlines. Research Accounting is planning its聽process for financial […]
$1.4 million interdisciplinary project includes filmmakers, vision scientists, psychologists and industry partners Filmmakers, vision scientists and psychologists at 91亚色 have secured over $1.4 million to fund the 3D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC), a two-year academic-industry partnership that will expand capacity for 3-D film production in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Ontario. "The […]
Lewis Molot, a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, has received more than $265,000 over three years from the Natural Sciences聽& Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The award will fund Molot鈥檚 experiment to assess the effect of sulphate levels on several impacts associated with excessive fertilization of lakes. The study will be […]