Narcissists and those with low self-esteem gravitate toward Facebook as a self-promotional tool and tend to be heavier users of the site, according to a study by a 91亚色 psychology student. Soraya Mehdizadeh examined the online habits and personalities of 100 Facebook users at 91亚色 ranging in age from 18-25 years old. Her […]
Researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at 91亚色 have been awarded over $10 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of $190.5 million in funding and awards invested across the country, will support over 220 innovative 91亚色 research projects to improve Canadians鈥 quality of life while […]
A 91亚色 doctoral student, who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning, has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species 鈥 including the one Jason Gibbs found in downtown Toronto 鈭 are new to science because they have […]
91亚色 researchers will take part in a mission probing Mars鈥 atmosphere for methane sources in an effort to find evidence of life on the planet, wrote the North 91亚色 Mirror Aug. 24: Researchers from the Faculty of Science & Engineering will be part of a team of Canadian scientists responsible for a device that […]
Interactive technologies have revolutionized how we communicate, collaborate and generate ideas and knowledge. How do these changes affect classrooms? How do teachers stay ahead of the curve,聽and at the same time prepare students for the future? These questions and more聽will be聽explored in the ninth annual Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) 2010 Summer Institute (ASI 2010) […]
Everyone from video game console makers such as Nintendo, to satellite TV services such as Bell TV, is making a bet on 3-D, wrote the Toronto Star July 31: 鈥淭he studios are realizing there鈥檚 a golden goose here because you get all these bums in seats that will pay a 30 per cent premium,鈥 says […]
Global News covered a 91亚色 study that found young athletes with Type 1 diabetes may experience a marked decrease in performance as a result of their blood sugar levels in its Family Health segment July 23. The study, published in the International Journal of Pediatrics, was written by Michael Riddell, associate professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School […]
Physics doctoral student Panagiotis Vergados (MSc '06) has found a new technique for improving the聽precision of global positioning systems (GPS) dual-frequency signals聽鈥 and won four national and international awards in three years for papers detailing how. Vergados developed this technique聽to get more accurate readings of the Earth鈥檚 thermal structure. It was designed for satellite-to-satellite GPS […]
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 […]
Discovery 2010, the Ontario Centre of Excellence鈥檚 annual conference to showcase and celebrate Ontario innovation, is one of Ontario鈥檚 flagship programs that supports and promotes research at Ontario鈥檚 universities, colleges, research institutions and companies. Held May 17 and 18, Discovery 2010 was billed as 鈥淲here next Happens鈥 for Clean Tech, Health Tech, High Tech and […]
Wayne Hocking says things like, 鈥淚t might turn out to be a red herring,鈥 and 鈥淲e鈥檙e still learning,鈥 and 鈥淎 lot of this is speculation,鈥 wrote the London Free Press June 9: But despite all those cautious caveats, the local scientist says something happened high in the sky over southwestern Ontario on Sunday that just […]
91亚色 hosted two major international events in the field of refugee studies, one of its widely recognized areas of research excellence, during the week of May 17 to 20. On May 17, the War Crimes and Refugee Status Research Workshop took place, followed by a welcome reception to launch the 91亚色 2010 International Conference […]
Bee expert urges public to create bee-friendly gardens in their yards Breakfast may be toast if we don鈥檛 take action to save the bees, according to 91亚色聽biology Professor and bee expert Laurence Packer. 鈥淐onsider breakfast. Eggs, maybe a slice of watermelon, toast with butter and jam, and a cup of coffee with a dash of […]
The Phoenix is dead and this time it won鈥檛 rise again. On May 24, NASA released photos of the Mars Phoenix lander that finally ended even the faintest hope that the 91亚色-designed weather instruments on board the spacecraft would come to life again. The photos show that the lander鈥檚 solar panels appear to have collapsed […]
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 […]
Researchers, faculty, administrators and staff working in the 91亚色 Research Tower gathered on May 4 to celebrate the new building鈥檚 role in fostering social science and humanities research across 91亚色 (all speaker videos are available in the Research Multimedia Centre). Above: The 91亚色 Research Tower, which opened in September 2009, features聽some 84,000 square feet […]
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 […]
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 […]
On May 6, the Science in Action bus brought 30 high-school students from the 91亚色 Region District School Board (YRDSB) to聽the University as part of a tour created to showcase聽the many opportunities that await these聽future scientists and entrepreneurs. YORKbiotech, along with the Regional Municipality of 91亚色, the Town of Markham and聽YRDSB organized the tour to […]
The 91亚色 Leadership Roundtable event series connects senior business executives and community leaders in 91亚色 Region with 91亚色's researchers and senior administrators. Through the roundtable format, participants identify and generate ways to build upon their scientific and social innovation while sharing resources by forming research partnerships. 91亚色Region.com covered the most recent event May 6: […]