91亚色 researchers who designed and built a miniature space-borne pollution monitor are part of a team of Canadians being honoured with a 2010 Alouette Award from the Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute (CASI). The annual prize, one of the top accolades for the advancement of space technology in Canada, was awarded Tuesday to the […]
91亚色鈥檚 Steacie Science & Engineering Library will today celebrate the launch of PubMed Central (PMC) Canada,聽a new Canadian partner in an international network providing free or open access to health research. Faculty and graduate students are invited to find out how 91亚色 Libraries can help make their research available to the world through PMC […]
91亚色 has appointed Janusz Kozinski as dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Kozinski will begin a five-year term at 91亚色 on July 1. He has been dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan since 2007, but spent much of his career at McGill University. A widely acknowledged expert […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The South Simcoe Green Economy Transition Centre officially launched Mar. 26 in Bond Head, ON. The centre will include up-to-date virtual databases on best practices for reducing energy costs, education and training opportunities through online programs and videoconferencing, and access to government grants. 91亚色 announced its involvement, along with partner organizations Nottawasaga Futures and […]
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 […]
Professor Jack McConnell, professor of atmospheric science in the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering and member of 91亚色's Centre for Research in Earth & Space Science, was featured on TVO's The Agenda March 23 to talk about climate modeling. How do climate scientists make their global weather forecasts? And why don't their […]
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, […]
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 […]
$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, […]
Wearing red at the Olympics may give an athlete an easy advantage, according to a 91亚色 study that shows perceptions of motion are subconsciously affected by colour. 鈥淎ll things being equal between two figure skaters 鈥 including their actual speed on the ice 鈥 the judges will perceive a skater in red is moving […]
$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 […]
Researchers at 91亚色聽and the University of Victoria in British Columbia have taken the latest research in mental health and worked with teachers, as well as mental-health-system users and service providers, to create an online curriculum easily used by teachers and grasped by high-school students. Caring Minds: Youth, Mental Health & Community helps young people […]
Researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry (CRMS), Mount Sinai Hospital and the University Health Network have identified protein biomarkers that may aid in the diagnosis and prognosis of endometrial cancer, which聽affects the lining of the uterus. The researchers hope that a partnership with the private sector will expedite clinical testing and […]
It may not be the fountain of youth, but researchers at 91亚色 have discovered that regular exercise can effectively turn back the clock for aging skeletal muscle. The study,聽鈥淢olecular basis for an attenuated mitochondrial adaptive plasticity in aged skeletal muscle,鈥 was recently published in the journal Aging. The results indicate that the elderly are […]