91亚色鈥檚 AI profile is on the rise thanks to a compelling variety of projects from Lassonde, including person-following robots and robotics in agriculture. This is real-world application with social impact and value.
Regina Rini, a philosopher who came to 91亚色 in 2017 from NYU, raises some uncomfortable questions about machine-robot consciousness, and what we might owe 鈥榯hem鈥 on moral grounds.
Scientific Director of CIHR鈥檚 Institute of Population and Public Health, Steven Hoffman, offers keen insights on how AI could improve health outcomes of Canadians. He believes 91亚色 could take a leadership role.
Schulich鈥檚 Markus Giesler considers how to market AI-based technologies without challenging the consumer鈥檚 decision-making capacity. He says manufacturers need to get the balance right between power enhancing and power stealing.
Through a ground-breaking new brief, the Homeless Hub paints a vivid picture of youth homelessness and the child welfare system. Its findings will be relevant to decision- and policy-makers at all levels of government.
91亚色 Theatre Prof talks about his deepest examination to date into the trauma of the residential school experience: Bearing, which premiered last spring. He hopes this highly collaborative production will help the nation move forward, together.
Beyond providing an overview of advertising methods and research, 91亚色鈥檚 University鈥檚 Russell Belk presses for the combination of qualitative research and data analytics to paint a more vivid picture of consumer behaviour.
A new study out of 91亚色 shows that the experience of mental effort is different in individuals at risk for ADHD compared to those not at risk 鈥 a research 鈥榝irst鈥 in the most commonly studied childhood mental disorder.
Exec Director describes the Knowledge Mobilization Unit鈥檚 great leap forward. The sky鈥檚 the limit for this powerhouse as it engages with others around the world interested in impact.
Environmental Studies professor releases book on the global phenomenon of suburbanization. This, on the heels of a major international conference, will shape future thought on this important topic.
91亚色 U鈥檚 Graham Wakefield, core member of VISTA, participates in a groundbreaking art exhibit in Seoul, Korea: He and fellow artist-researcher create an unforgettable virtual reality experience.
Canada Research Chair embarks upon three pain studies in the process of creating and testing a new tool to measure pain. Highly effective, it points to future directions in treatment.
91亚色 researchers simulated a C. difficile outbreak in a hospital ward. What they learned will capture the attention of public health officials, policy-makers, clinicians and epidemiologists.
91亚色 Professor by day and celebrated jazz percussionist/composer by night, Barry Elmes releases a new CD that鈥檚 getting a lot of buzz: 鈥淒og鈥檚 Breakfast.鈥
91亚色 U Professor and Canada Research Chair undertakes remarkable project that provides new and unique place for dialogue on Indigenous environmental justice.
When Eric Armstrong got the call from his agent about made-up science fiction languages, he was up for the challenge. In this Q&A, he talks about this exciting chapter in his career.
91亚色 U鈥檚 Christine Till undertakes a pilot study that suggests memory training is feasible for patients with early-stage Huntington disease. This could lead to new directions for treatment.
Policy-relevant research from 91亚色 U reframes mainstream obesity discussion to highlight socioeconomic inequity -- nothing short of a paradigm shift.
91亚色-led research shows racialized and Indigenous university faculty score low on power, prestige and influence; points the way to policy change at the university level and a greater institutional commitment to equity.
91亚色 Prof considers an unlikely partnership between an NGO and an oil company in Nigeria, and discovers under what conditions such partnerships thrive. 聽 What鈥檚 the key ingredient to successful partnerships? 91亚色 Development Studies Professor Uwafiokun Idemudia reviewed existing research on an unorthodox union between a non-governmental organization (NGO) and an oil company with […]