CBC reporter Mary Wiens featured聽 Harvey Skinner, dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health, in one of a series of reports on the non-violence movement in the Middle East, that aired on CBC Radio's "Metro Morning"聽March 31.聽 Below is a text聽summary from CBC News online. An audio file of the full report is available on the […]
The Centre for Innovation in Information Visualization and Data-Driven Design (CIV-DDD) is seeking a project manager for a one-year contract with a possibility of renewal. The position will be posted until it has been filled. Details about the posting are available in Research Jobs. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.
Nancy Nicol鈥檚 team receives $1 million to study LGBT human rights around the world 91亚色 visual arts professor Nancy Nicol will lead a major international project on the impact of criminalizing sexual orientation and gender identity, with $1 million in funding over five years from the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). […]
The Climate Consortium for Research Action Integration (CC-RAI) will host the first Canadian screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Sun Come Up 鈥 A story of the world鈥檚 first climate change refugees, at 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus on Friday, April 1. Students interested in how climate change will affect people in Canada and abroad are welcome […]
Lovebirds, a mix of animation and live action from by Toronto company Starz Animation, is the showcase production of the Toronto-based 3D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC), a 91亚色 initiative that has brought academic researchers and filmmakers together to explore the burgeoning world of 3D filmmaking to achieve better results, wrote Liam Lacey in […]
91亚色 researchers and students displayed their research projects and innovations at the聽91亚色 Technology Alliance鈥檚聽Solutions Showcase event, which took place at the Markham Convergence Centre (MCC) on March 10. Titled 鈥淕ame Changers: How local innovations are creating a new 鈥榖usiness as usual'鈥, the 91亚色 Technology Alliance (YTA) showcase encouraged participants from industry, academia and government agencies […]
Stephen Gaetz, a leading Canadian homeless researcher based at 91亚色's Faculty of Education, was interviewed by the Calgary Herald March 21 in a story about an international homelessness conference held in United States: The Calgary Homeless Foundation has taken a leadership role in bringing together an international network dedicated to ending homelessness worldwide. Foundation […]
The way French is spoken in places as diverse as Gatineau, Shediac and New Orleans can tell us a lot about how francophone communities evolved in North America, and it's the subject of a major study beginning at the University of Ottawa, wrote the Ottawa Citizen March 17: The $2.5-million project is led by Francine […]
Members of Markham council will go on a trade mission to Israel to participate in the Israel Life Science Industry Biomed conference in Tel Aviv, May 20 to 29, wrote 91亚色Region.com March 17: The May business mission is a partnership between the Town of Markham, the Regional Municipality of 91亚色, 91亚色 and Miller Thomson […]
If you're a patient at Southlake Regional Health Centre, there's now a better chance you'll be part of a research project, wrote the Newmarket Era March 16; the story also appeared on 91亚色Region.com: A partnership between the local hospital and 91亚色 will embed leading scientists from the postsecondary institution as researchers to work alongside […]
A new research initiative involving a partnership between 91亚色 and Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket will see聽feature leading scientists from the University serving as embedded researchers at the hospital. 91亚色 Professors Chris Ardern, Imogen Coe, Paul Ritvo and Lauren Sergio will work on site聽for one to聽two days a week with hospital clinicians to […]
CIHR-funded study will run at the Hospital for Sick Children Are obese girls overweight because they eat poorly and don't get enough exercise or because their bodies don't burn off fat properly? asked InsideToronto.com March 10: Seems no one knows. But researchers at 91亚色 want to find out. They are conducting the first study […]
"Knowledge translation", says Dr. Indy Ghosh, will be one of the greatest benefits of a partnership between 91亚色 Central Hospital and 91亚色 to foster research and access to research at the hospital, wrote 91亚色Region.com March 1: It will not only ensure patients receive leading-edge care but help build a reputation for excellence at the […]
Researchers from the Faculty of Science & Engineering at Toronto's 91亚色 are currently touring India on a mission to establish key partnerships and collaborations with Indian research organizations and educational institutions, wrote Mumbai's聽The Hindu Business Line Feb. 27. The delegation of 12 researchers is visiting several top-tier universities and institutes across the country such […]
A delegation of researchers from 91亚色's Faculty of Science & Engineering will begin a nine-day mission to India today to establish partnerships and collaborations with the country's researchers. The group will visit聽seven top-tier universities and research institutes during their trip. Along the way they will stop at聽the India Institute of Technology's聽facilities in聽Mumbai (Bombay) and Madras, […]
The 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) is seeking an administrative clerk for a one-year contract. Applications are due by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The Knowledge Mobilization unit it also seeking five graduate interns (students enrolled in master's or PhD programs) for placement with a variety of municipal partners in the GTA. There are several […]
Sault College has partnered with 91亚色 and the Garden River First Nation to deliver a pre-diabetes detection and physical activity intervention delivery program, also known as PRE-PAID, wrote SooNews.ca Feb. 15: The PRE-PAID project, funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport and Ontario Trillium Foundation, targets groups at high risk for diabetes […]
The Mobilizing Minds project is seeking a project coordinator for a one-year contract (maternity leave replacement). Details about the posting are available in Research Jobs. Applications are due by Monday, February 28, 2011. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.
Can 3D images be made to look more realistic? 91亚色 vision researchers have discovered how a to keep our eyes on the prize, so to speak. In order to see 3D images properly, our left and right eyes have to view separate images. Because 3D display technology isn鈥檛 perfect, there are times when images […]
If collaboration across industry, academic and public sectors is key to bridging Canada鈥檚 innovation gap, how do you make university research more accessible to the people and organizations who need this expertise? 91亚色 has answered this challenge by launching Innovation 91亚色 (IY). Strategically located in 91亚色 Region, IY is the public face and conduit […]