91亚色

Skip to main content Skip to local navigation
Home » Category: 'Partnerships' (Page 2)

Partnerships

91亚色鈥檚 World Leading Vision Research Program Receives Canada鈥檚 Premiere Grant

91亚色鈥檚 world class expertise in vision research is recognized with the nation鈥檚 top federal research funding award, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, to the tune of $33 million. A landmark investment in research was announced on September 8, 2016, at 91亚色. On this day, the government of Canada acknowledged 91亚色鈥檚 expertise in […]

91亚色 leads pan-Canadian strategy roundtable on knowledge mobilization

91亚色 recently initiated a roundtable discussion on the development of a Pan-Canadian strategy to advance and support knowledge mobilization led by the ResearchImpact-R茅seauImpactRecherche (RIR), Canada鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Network.聽 The discussion was held at the University on Oct.24 and 25. During the roundtable, members of the 91亚色-led RIR Network, which included vice-presidents and research directors […]

Harnessing the power of many: 91亚色 participates in crowdfunding summit

91亚色 is an academic partner in a new summit exploring the power of crowdfunding. Hosted by the 91亚色 Region Business Innovation in Changing Times Conference Series, which focuses on聽providing businesses access to ideas, insight and resources to help them adapt to the fast-changing marketplace, the Crowdfunding Revolution summit is set for Thursday, Aug. 22, […]

91亚色 hosts a new knowledge translation group

91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)聽Unit聽has joined forces with NeuroDevNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), to provide knowledge translation (KT) leadership and services within the University of British Columbia-based network. 聽鈥91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit is continuing to make an impact by supporting transformative research through knowledge translation,鈥 said Robert Hach茅 (left), 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research […]

Art helps youth in Canada and Jamaica open up about violence

The Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) at 91亚色 launched a research partnership this summer that uses the arts to explore violence among youth in Canada and Jamaica. The project, Youth and Community Development in Canada and Jamaica: A Transnational Approach to Youth Violence, popularly known as 鈥淧roject Groundings鈥, opened […]

91亚色 and United Way of 91亚色 Region examine link between living conditions and health

If where you鈥檙e born, live and work 鈭 and the health-care system you access 鈭 determines a lot about how healthy you鈥檒l be, what can local governments and community agencies do to improve your well-being? The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded 91亚色 and the United Way of 91亚色 Region $93,000 to […]

Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference begins Saturday

Conference driven by 91亚色 research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]

IP Osgoode partners with OCE's Centre for Commercialization of Research on new clinical program

IP Osgoode has partnered with Ontario Centres of Excellence鈥檚 (OCE) Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR) to create a unique intellectual property (IP) clinical program聽that will match Osgoode law students with OCE-supported companies to help them secure and protect their IP en route to commercial success. IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School鈥檚 Intellectual Property聽& Technology […]

NSERC awards 91亚色 research centres $3.3 million

Programs in vision research and atmospheric chemistry and physics will provide enhanced research and training for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows If you鈥檙e working in 3D film or aerospace engineering, what impact do the latest developments in brain and vision research have on your industry鈥檚 practices? What if you鈥檙e drafting government policy on air quality […]

YRDSB recognizes ABEL program director Janet Murphy for service to education

Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The 91亚色 Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy,聽director of 91亚色鈥檚 Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy鈥檚 leadership, ABEL鈥檚 team […]

Three-way legal philosophy partnership between Osgoode, 91亚色 and McMaster promises new research collaborations

91亚色s's Osgoode Hall Law School and the departments of philosophy at 91亚色 and McMaster University have recently joined forces to facilitate academic collaborations in the field of legal philosophy. The Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership (OLPP), which聽celebrates its founding with a launch reception聽on Friday, May 13 in the Great Hall of McMaster鈥檚 University Club, is the […]

91亚色 becomes 17th member of MaRS Innovation

91亚色 has become the latest member of MaRS Innovation, the commercialization agent for many leading Toronto-based universities, hospitals and research institutes. 鈥91亚色 has become one of Canada鈥檚 fastest-growing centres for research and innovation,鈥 said Stan Shapson (right), vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色. 鈥淲e typically get 10 to 20 discovery disclosures a year. […]

91亚色's youth homelessness report covered by Canadian Press and QMI Agency

A 91亚色 report is calling for reform in the approach used to deal with youth homelessness, emphasizing the potential role that family members can still play in supporting youngsters in need, wrote The Canadian Press April 14 (via the Record.com): The report said it's estimated that roughly 65,000 young people are homeless or living […]

CIHR-funded nursing study finds specialized senior care delivers best hospital outcomes

Seniors receiving hospital care in acute care for elders units have shorter hospital stays, experience fewer declines in physical functioning and are less likely to be discharged to a nursing home than when treated in regular hospital units. This is one of聽the preliminary findings of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded study led at 91亚色. […]