The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has awarded the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, which is聽housed at 91亚色, a $1 million grant for an in-depth study of the effectiveness of the civil justice system, through the Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) 2010 competition. The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice,聽which is now […]
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 […]
What do urban planners do when cities are shrinking, not growing? This is hard to imagine in a city like Toronto, where real estate is at a premium and construction cranes are a constant feature of the skyline. However, many German cities have been steadily shrinking in population size over the last three decades, resulting […]
The important history, heritage and聽sites of memory聽of people of African descent in Canada are at the heart of a summer institute taking place Aug. 21 to 27 at 91亚色. Convened聽by the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples at 91亚色,聽the聽theme of the institute is聽鈥淪lavery, Memory, Citizenship鈥. It聽marks the […]
A summer institute organized by the Faculty of Education in collaboration with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) will bring together teachers, educators, community members and local artists to explore new ways of teaching and learning with a specific focus on the inter-relationships of art, environmental knowing and social justice. Organized by the 91亚色 Centre […]
Chemistry Professor Derek Wilson has been awarded $100,000 in funding under the Ontario government鈥檚 Early Researcher Awards program.聽聽 91亚色 West MPP Mario Sergio made the announcement Tuesday. 91亚色鈥檚 research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award.聽 The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers build research teams of […]
91亚色 bestowed titles of the聽highest order upon four of its long-serving faculty members at Spring Convocation this year. Historian Nicholas Rogers and mathematician Jianhong Wu were named distinguished research professors for sustained and outstanding scholarly, professional or artistic achievement largely accomplished at 91亚色.聽聽 Political scientist David Dewitt and education scholar Don Dippo were named University […]
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is flying around 91亚色聽this week as part of an experiment designed to develop 3-D technology that will provide a detailed picture of what鈥檚 happening in any city 鈥 whether it鈥檚 a concert or a crime, a traffic jam or the creative route a driver takes to avoid it. Weighing […]
Five students were honoured recently for their research on Asia or the Asian diaspora聽by the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). For 91亚色 PhD candidate Conely de Leon in the School of Women鈥檚 Studies, the money that came with the award will help her fund her dissertation fieldwork in Manila, Philippines, during the upcoming academic […]
Non-ecologists, here is your word for the day: biome. It means a very large ecosytem, and the boreal聽biome comprises about 60 per cent聽of Canada鈥榮 land area. It聽includes聽more than two million lakes and聽accounts for about 85 per cent of Canada's聽freshwater and聽some 25 per cent聽of global wetlands. Despite the magnitude of this resource, an increasing number of […]
Enslavement, slaveholders, international law, wartime abuses and forced marriage are just some of the areas speakers from Canada, the聽US and the UK will discuss at an upcoming conference on modern slavery. Modern Slavery, Human Rights and Development will take place from June 26 to 28 at 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. The conference is organized by 91亚色聽Professor […]
The brain's ability to change or adapt across a person's lifespan is much greater than originally thought and scientists are still discovering just how far that plasticity goes. At the upcoming International Conference on Plastic Vision at 91亚色, some 24 researchers from around the world will discuss their latest findings. "We try to touch on […]
And as the film world continues its rapid transition from traditional 2 D celluloid film to 3 D digital, a weekend conference at the TIFF Bell Lightbox is aimed at boosting the Toronto film community鈥檚 chances of capitalizing on the next wave in film 鈥 3-D, wrote the Toronto Star June 9: The [Toronto International […]
Faculty and graduate students from southern Ontario鈥檚 scientific community came together聽at 91亚色聽to discuss issues related to muscle health at the second annual Muscle Health Awareness Day (MHAD). The event, sponsored by the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC), featured a series of lectures looking at muscle adaptation, disease, development, blood flow and metabolism. Some of […]
91亚色 sociology and geography Professor Jennifer Hyndman knows a little about disasters. She also knows a benign water project run by humanitarian aid agencies can fuel a war if careful attention is not paid to the political and cultural landscape. Hyndman was in Sri Lanka within months of the 2004 tsunami. She saw first-hand not […]
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 […]
Some theories point to delayed commitments and the instabilities inherent in today's youth as聽the prime determinant of their聽careers, but psychology Professor Shmuel Shulman of Bar-Ilan University in Israel says their vast array of experiences, their聽individual personalities and their ability to relate to others聽may also play a role. Shulman, a visiting scholar at the LaMarsh Centre […]
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 […]
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 address and analyze the latest developments in the field. The first of its […]
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 […]