New mothers who think they should be perfect parents might be at risk for postpartum depression, a new study suggests, wrote MSNBC.com July 7: The results show that a type of perfectionism in which individuals feel others expect them to be perfect, known as "socially-prescribed perfectionism," is associated with postpartum depression for first-time mothers. The […]
Much of what informs environmental thinking springs from a view that equates nature with sexually straight and queer with unnatural. The editors of a new book Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire, turn those notions upside down. Co-editors Bruce Erickson (PhD 09鈥) and 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Catriona Sandilands, Canada Research Chair in Sustainability & […]
The first cohort of students graduating from 91亚色鈥檚 Neuroscience Graduate聽Diploma Program will present their leading-edge research today as part of the University鈥檚 first Neuroscience Research Day. The presentations will take place from 9am to 3:30pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building on 91亚色's Keele campus. Fifteen students will offer summaries of their research. The students come […]
After an eight-year absence, North America鈥檚 largest swallow has returned to High Park, wrote the Toronto Star June 7. An excerpt of the complete article follows: Two pairs of purple martins, known for the purple-black feathers of mature males, are cohabiting in a colony house on the south edge of Grenadier Pond. The birds are […]
Wendy Taylor, Canada Research Chair in Experimental Particle Physics and physics professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering, spoke with Bob McDonald about the DZero Experiment on CBC Radios鈥 鈥淨uirks & Quarks鈥 May 29. The interview is available on CBC's Web site. Taylor and other 91亚色 researchers played a key role in a […]
Leading researchers from across southern Ontario will converge on 91亚色 on Friday to discuss the role that muscle plays in metabolism, heart health, aging and disease. The first annual Muscle Health Awareness Day, organized by 91亚色鈥檚聽 Muscle Health Research Centre, will bring together the latest findings on the contribution made by heart muscle and […]
Experience cutting-edge technological wizardry that blurs the line between art, design and science in The Amazing Cinemagician: New Media Meets Victorian Magic, opening May 28 at the Ontario Science Centre鈥檚 Idea Gallery. The exhibition features two interactive installations by new media artist and 91亚色 PhD student Helen Papagiannis that use augmented reality (AR) technology, […]
Bridget Stutchbury, author of Silence of the Songbirds, recently stopped in Fredericton to warn that the bird population is dwindling, reported the Fredericton Telegraph-Journal May 20. A Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology at 91亚色, Stutchbury says the Canadian bird population has been declining by one to two per cent a year […]
91亚色 researchers have played a key role in a new finding that may help explain the imbalance of matter and antimatter in our universe. The DZero collaboration of scientists at the United States聽Department of Energy鈥檚 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) submitted a finding to the journal Physical Review D, reporting significant differences between matter […]
The morning serenades of nature in New Brunswick have quieted down over the years and a declining songbird population is to blame, according to a conservation biologist, wrote the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal May 14: 鈥淏oth at the provincial level, and even at the national level, you have dozens of species of songbirds that are in […]
Professor Bridget Stutchbury was interviewed on The National by CBC broadcaster Colleen Jones about the sex lives of birds May 12. Stutchbury, a Canada Research Chair in聽 Ecology and Conservation Biology and a professor in the Department of Biology, published The Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds in April 2010. It explains how […]
In a profile about Darren Wershler, professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, the Waterloo Region Record touched on a forthcoming collaboration between Wershler and 91亚色 Professor Rosemary Coombe, Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication & Culture on May 7: Through his research, Wershler is working to bring about policy change. He is a principal investigator for […]
Professor Bridget Stutchbury was interviewed on CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks on May 1 about her new book, The Bird Detective. Her interview with Bob McDonald is available for download on CBC's Web site. In The Bird Detective, Stutchbury roams forests and jungles studying the sexual antics and social lives of birds, and details the […]
Canadians may be familiar with debates over language rights and nationalism, but a new book co-edited by two 91亚色 history professors, Czernowitz at 100: The First Yiddish Language Conference in Historical Perspective, looks beyond our borders and back in time for its frame of reference: to Czernowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The historic Czernowitz conference […]
Tracing the various routes of slavery is the goal of Voyages, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, which has records of over 35,000 voyages and is the topic of an upcoming workshop hosted by 91亚色鈥檚 Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples and the African Economic History journal. 鈥淒ocumenting where people […]
91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok spoke to CBC's "Metro Morning" April 14 about winning the prestigious Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement. The award provides five winners with $100,000 to support their research. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism […]
91亚色 Professor and Canada Research Chair Bridget Stutchbury is attracting international media attention with her new book, The Bird Detective. ABC News Online, the National Post, the Daily Mail Online and Maclean's.ca published articles discussing her book on April 13. Reuters wrote: It鈥檚 not all love in the avian world, where divorce, child abandonment and […]
91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok has been awarded the prestigious Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism and cognitive development. She received the award this morning from the Canada Council for the Arts, which […]
Professor Bridget Stutchbury,聽 a Canada Research Chair in聽 Ecology and Conservation Biology and a professor in the Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, has studied migratory songbirds like the hooded warbler, purple martin, scarlet tanager and wood thrush. On April 9, the Stratford Beacon-Herald reported on a talk she is scheduled […]
Why do birds divorce? What makes them cheat on their spouses? Why might couples favour one offspring over another? A new book by a 91亚色 professor delves into these and other aspects of the secret lives of birds. In The Bird Detective, Bridget Stutchbury roams forests and jungles studying the sexual antics and social […]