In Sweden, long-term care workers聽often have time to take patients outside for a walk. In Canada, having a patient shuffle from their room down the corridor to the dining hall is聽frequently considered 鈥渁 walk鈥. It is this kind of difference in the nature of long-term care facilities from one country to the next that has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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: […]
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 […]
From the works of James Cameron to Werner Herzog, 3D films have become a cinematic trend of epic proportions. On the crest of this wave of stereoscopy, 91亚色 officially launched the 3D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC), a $1.4-million academic-industry partnership to build capacity for stereoscopic 3D (S3D)聽film production in the Greater Toronto Area and […]
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 […]
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, […]
Stan Shapson, 91亚色's vice-president research & innovation, recently gave a talk at a conference hosted by IP Osgoode and the Hennick Centre for Business and Law on developing strong public/private sector collaborations to create innovation. With the challenge of a changing external context for research in Canada 鈥 both a shifting economic and social […]
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, […]
Ron Owston, professor of education, director of the Institute for Research on Learning Technologies (IRLT), and co-director of the Technology Enhanced Learning Institute (TELi), spoke to teachers last week about his research in education, professional learning, and technology. Owston's presentation was part of a leadership symposium hosted by Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL), which supports […]
Despite聽increased awareness and education, mental health and mental health issues are still surrounded by stigmas聽for many Canadians. 91亚色 Professor Megan Davies is helping to challenge prevalent stereotypes and to encourage more dialogue about mental health issues in Canada. She is using her academic research to give students in Grades 7 to 12 the tools and […]
$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 […]
On Feb. 8, 91亚色 announced a new partnership with Nottawasaga Futures and the South Simcoe Economic Alliance to create the聽South Simcoe Green Economy Transition Centre聽 for innovative research and training in Innisfil鈥檚 New Town Hall to help businesses support a greener economy. "The time has come that we all need to do things differently. Green […]
On Friday, 91亚色 announced it is working with Nottawasaga Futures and the South Simcoe Economic Alliance to create the South Simcoe Green Economy Transition Centre for innovative research and training in Innisfil's New Town Hall. The centre, open to the public, will provide local businesses, governments, non-profit organizations and residents with free tools for […]
Carla Lipsig-Mumm茅, professor of work and labour studies in聽91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts聽& Professional Studies and research fellow in 91亚色鈥檚 Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability, has received $1 million over six years from the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Right:聽Carla Lipsig-Mumm茅 The award will fund an international project to study […]