Funding supports projects in 3D film and personalized cancer diagnosis over three years Two 91亚色-led industry-academic partnerships have received a total of $1,237,136 through the Natural Sciences聽& Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Strategic Projects Grants program. Sergey Krylov, professor in the Faculty of Science聽& Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry, has received […]
CBC Radio's Ideas program is re-airing "It's a Girl's World," Lynn Glazier's audio documentary about the social world of girls where a hidden culture of nastiness lurks beneath a cultural facade of niceness. The series examines the tumultuous nature of female relationships from girlhood to adulthood. The radio series, and its companion National Film Board […]
The Daily Planet featured the robotics collaboration between 91亚色 Professor Michael Jenkin and McGill University Professor Gregory Dudek on January 14, 2011.They are the co-creaters of AQUA, a small submersible robot that swims using paddle legs and carries cameras and position sensors that relay information back to the screen of the tablet computer via an […]
鈥楪reen jobs鈥 have been increasingly touted as the solution to job loss and environmental crisis. Will Canada transition to a cleaner economy that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and employs a new generation of workers? Are green jobs the only link between environmental policy and employment policy? Defining green jobs raises further questions. What is a […]
Documentary is affiliated with 91亚色's Global Suburbanisms Project Take a glimpse into someone鈥檚 life that is otherwise invisible to most, wrote The Globe and Mail Jan. 5 in a story about the groundbreaking, web-based work Out My Window, by the National Film Board of Canada, that offers glimpses of lives within housing developments: Zanillya Maria […]
How can we respond faster and better to disasters such as last year鈥檚 earthquake in Haiti? That鈥檚 the challenge speakers, first-response practitioners, emergency managers, researchers and educators will discuss at聽the The Haiti Earthquake of Jan. 2010: Lessons Learned seminar next week at 91亚色. The seminar, being held one year after the earthquake, will take place […]
This has been a banner year for Marin Litoiu. The computer scientist has won two major awards and just received a $500,000 grant to聽expand his research at 91亚色. Litoiu has won awards before, but these particular ones stem from his pioneering work in cloud computing, the next big evolution in computing technology. 鈥淚t鈥檚 one of […]
What do math and the flu epidemic have in common? Just ask 91亚色 Department of Mathematics & Statistics Professor Jianhong Wu, who studies disease progression and infection using math. Wu, a Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is leading two prominent Canadian teams on modelling and geo-stimulation of disease spread, and coordinates a […]
91亚色 is the new home of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. The forum is moving to 91亚色 from the University of Alberta鈥檚 Faculty of Law and聽will partner with the 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy & Law (YCPPL) and Osgoode Hall Law School on various socio-legal research initiatives. 鈥淭he Canadian Forum on Civil Justice […]
Professor Stephen聽Gaetz in the Faculty of Education participated in 91亚色's inaugural Tedx91亚色u event earlier this month. His talk is now available on youtube: Gaetz鈥檚 research agenda foregrounds social justice and attempts to make research relevant to policy and program development. He comes to this work at 91亚色 after several years of working in the […]
The high level of Type 2 diabetes in the Black Creek neighbourhood of northwest Toronto is imposing tremendous pain and suffering on a largely visible minority population, according to community health workers, researchers and educators who will meet Thursday at a community forum to begin developing an action plan to combat the disease. 91亚色's Health […]
A team of Canadian researchers, including a 91亚色 professor, has uncovered further evidence that bilingualism can delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 by up to five years. The study, published today in the journal Neurology, follows up on a 2007 study led by 91亚色, which found that lifelong use of two or more languages […]
91亚色 signed a memorandum of understanding with China鈥檚 Beihang University on Friday. The agreement allows for the exchange of students and faculty across disciplines and offers collaborative opportunities for better research, teaching and faculty development. Above: Standing, from left, Professor聽Tang Wenzhong, director, Institute for Science & Technology, Beihang University; Professor聽Wang Huiwen,聽dean, School of Economics […]
91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri published an op-ed in the Toronto Star Oct. 29 exploring the challenges facing higher education and possible responses: We live in a time of unprecedented change characterized by ever-increasing challenges facing higher education. Evolving cultural and social environments, heightened demands for a postsecondary education, rising costs and expectations surrounding […]
Over the聽past 25 years, students in the practicum and internship program of the School of Public Policy & Administration (PPA), in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, have worked in almost every ministry of the Ontario government, in municipal governments across southern Ontario and in a variety of broader public sector agencies, boards […]
When it comes to Canadian Patient Safety Week, the play鈥檚 the thing. Researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health have come up with a pioneering way to convey their evidence-based research on what can happen when health-care mistakes are made 鈥 they鈥檙e putting on a play about it. Seeing the Forest, inspired by a true story […]
Peter Van Loan, the federal minister of international trade, delivered the keynote address at a recent breakfast workshop and panel discussion of business leaders and advisers at 91亚色. Right: Peter Van Loan speaking at 91亚色 Van Loan talked about 鈥淐anadian Opportunities in Asia-Pacific鈥 at the event, which was co-hosted by Foreign Affairs & International Trade […]
Bilingual speakers can delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and its symptoms for between four and five years, according to studies conducted by researchers at Toronto鈥檚 Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, wrote the Toronto Star Oct. 15 : In a soon to be published study three researchers from Baycrest 鈥 Ellen Bialystok, Fergus Craik and […]
Will we ever be able to say there is nothing alive on Mars? asked Stephen Strauss in a聽column for CBC News online Oct. 8: Exactly how do we decide when it's time to end the focus on our planetary neighbour and turn our primary exploratory efforts elsewhere? I ask in part because a casual reader […]
Collaboration to incubate new ideas and support social entrepreneurs United Way of 91亚色 Region and 91亚色 have launched Change Inc., a collaboration that will incubate and invest in promising innovations to tackle complex social issues and build capacity in 91亚色 Region. Daniele Zanotti, CEO of United Way, and Stan Shapson, vice-president research & innovation […]