91亚色 researchers have issued a report with recommendations for improving technical and vocational training in Southern Sudan, based on in-depth interviews with Sudanese from different walks of life. The report, published jointly by Plan International Canada (Plan Canada) and 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Refugee Studies, identifies barriers to such training, believed to be crucial for […]
Janet Murphy, project manager for the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) at 91亚色, participated in a panel at Canada 3.0 this week on learning in a digital society. The Stratford Gazette covered Murphy's remarks at the event in an article published May 12: The younger generations are living their lives with iPods blaring in […]
For 91亚色 researcher and health psychologist Paul Ritvo, a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Kinesiology & Health Science in the Faculty of Health, the BlackBerry has potential to help manage chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, wrote the Toronto Star April 18: Ritvo has pioneered a study, currently underway, that hopes to explore […]
In the new online world, everyone will have a smudge, wrote the Toronto Star April 16 in a story about getUnvarnished, a new social Web site that allows unflattering comments about its members to stand as written. Reviewers鈥 identities are kept anonymous so they can speak without fear of retribution. Professor Steve Bailey, director of […]
The Augmented Reality Lab in the Faculty of Fine Arts opens its doors to the 91亚色 community March 10 for interactive demonstrations of augmented reality (AR) and GPS locative media research projects in development. From 11am to 3pm, visitors will have the opportunity to experience projections on FogScreen, immersive virtual environments and other innovative applications […]
What do you get when you match an inventor with a business student?聽Among many things, you get a聽commercialization plan for a new product or discovery that聽could potentially transform health care. That was the case聽in YORKbiotech's sanofi pasteur Healthcare and Biotechnology聽Venture Challenge 2009 competition, which聽matched聽students聽enrolled in the MBA Program in 91亚色's Schulich School of Business with聽inventors […]
91亚色's Faculty of Education will host its annual research forum on technology in education today, from 2 to 4pm in 280N 91亚色 Lanes. Professor Jennifer Jenson (right) will present "Baroque Baroque Revolution: High Culture Gets Game".聽In聽today鈥檚 鈥渟uper-saturated, socially networked, Second Life, massively multiplayer, online, keyed-in, content generating, 2.0, 鈥榞local鈥欌 culture, the world of Baroque music, […]
$11.5 million interdisciplinary project includes computer scientists, vision scientists, designers, artists and social scientists at 91亚色, OCAD and U of T, with 14 industry partners How do you look at millions of genomic patterns and see the diagnostic implications? How do you assimilate satellite data to better predict and visualize the effects of global warming, […]
In February, Barbara Crow will meet with her mother-in-law鈥檚 quilting bunch in Peterborough, her mother鈥檚 synagogue friends in Toronto and a group of retirees in Duncan, British Columbia. She and co-researcher Kim Sawchuk of Concordia University want to know whether and how seniors use cellphones. Right: Barbara Crow 鈥淢any senior citizens use these mobile technologies, […]
Glendon psychology Professor Evelyne Corcos, a respected member of the 91亚色 community, has died. Professor Corcos,聽died on Wednesday, July 8 at the Toronto Western Hospital. Right: Evelyne Corcos A lifelong educator, Professor Corcos was an inspiration to faculty and students alike and was a dynamic and imaginative researcher. In 2005, she pioneered the use […]