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Audio: Professor and Canada Research Chair Wendy Taylor speaks about DZero Experiment

Wendy Taylor, Canada Research Chair in Experimental Particle Physics and physics professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering, spoke with Bob McDonald about the DZero Experiment on CBC Radios鈥 鈥淨uirks & Quarks鈥 May 29. The interview is available on CBC's Web site. Taylor and other 91亚色 researchers played a key role in a […]

Video: Graduate students benefitting from space in 91亚色's Research Tower

The 10-storey 91亚色 Research Tower provides new facilities purposely designed to help graduate students be more effective researchers on floors six, seven and eight. Professor Susan Henders, director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research, spoke about the new facilities during a recent research celebration. Her remarks are available on the Research Web site's multimedia […]

Video and Audio: Professor Bridget Stutchbury interviewed on CBC's The National

Professor Bridget Stutchbury was interviewed on The National by CBC broadcaster Colleen Jones about the sex lives of birds May 12. Stutchbury, a Canada Research Chair in聽 Ecology and Conservation Biology and a professor in the Department of Biology, published The Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds in April 2010. It explains how […]

Audio: Professor Bridget Stutchbury interviewed on Quirks & Quarks about bird research

Professor Bridget Stutchbury was interviewed on CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks on May 1 about her new book, The Bird Detective. Her interview with Bob McDonald is available for download on CBC's Web site. In The Bird Detective, Stutchbury roams forests and jungles studying the sexual antics and social lives of birds, and details the […]

Video: Senior Lecturer Paul Delaney on Hubble's 20th anniversary and scientific impact

Paul Delaney, senior lecturer and director of the Division of Natural Science in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, spoke to CTV News about the Hubble telescope's 20th anniversary and its impact on science. You can watch Delaney's full interview on CTV's Web site, which runs for approximately six minutes. Here's an excerpt: The Hubble […]

Audio: Stuart Shanker on how edutainment is changing the way children learn

Stuart Shanker, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Philosophy in the Faculty of Health and director of the Milton & Ethel Harris Research Initiative, was featured on "The Hurried Infant," an audio documentary that ran on CBC's Ideas program April 22 and 23, 2010. The message? Mozart, and indeed any classical music will stimulate the […]

Video: 91亚色 Prof speaks to TVO about what IQ tests miss

Maggie Toplak, associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Health, spoke to TVO's "The Agenda" on April 20 about what IQ tests miss. Do intelligence and rationality go hand in hand? One of聽 Toplak's main areas of interest is reasoning and decision making. The clip runs approximately 14 minutes. Posted by […]

Video: Health policy prof who should benefit from Ontario's plan to cut drug costs

Joel Lexchin, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Health Policy & Management in the Faculty of Health, spoke to BNN on April 14 about the Ontario government鈥檚 latest plan to reduce the cost of generic drugs and whether the plan should benefit drug manufacturers, pharmacies, or people paying for drug prescriptions. Lexchin, has worked as an […]

Audio: 91亚色 developmental psychology professor speaks to Metro Morning about winning the Killam Prize

91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok spoke to CBC's "Metro Morning" April 14 about winning the prestigious Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement. The award provides five winners with $100,000 to support their research. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism […]

Audio: Health policy and management prof on Ontario's plan to cut generic drug costs

Joel Lexchin, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Health Policy & Management in the Faculty of Health, spoke to CBC Radio's "The Current" April 12 about the Ontario government's latest plan to reduce the cost of generic drugs. Lexchin, has worked as an emergency physician at the University Health Network since 1988. His research interests include: […]

Video: Research, Knowledge Mobilization and Careers

Knowledge Mobilization connects research and researchers to the outside world to benefit society.聽 At 91亚色, the Knowledge Mobilization unit helps people and organizations seeking to develop sustainable solutions to social, environmental, economic and cultural challenges access appropriate researchers and expertise at 91亚色. David Phipps, director of 91亚色's Office of Research Services, heads the university's […]

Audio: 91亚色 Prof on bilingualism, Alzheimer's disease and maintaining an active mind

Ellen Bialystok, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology in 91亚色's Faculty of Health, spoke to Radio Canada International's "The Link" March 26 about her research on bilingualism and Alzheimer's disease. Her interview starts 12 minutes into the episode and runs for six and a half minutes to the 18:30 mark. Bialystok also spoke to the Guelph […]

Audio: Professor speaks about Olympic poet-in-residence experience and new book

Priscila Uppal, professor of English in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, spoke to Matt Galloway on CBC's Metro Morning March 24 about her work as poet-in-residence during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games. Uppal wrote poems about the competitions and read them to the athletes and their families, which are archived […]

Vice-President Academic & Provost Patrick Monahan on showdown in Canada's Parliament

Patrick Monahan, Vice-President Academic & Provost of 91亚色 and one of Canada鈥檚 foremost constitutional law experts, spoke to CBC's The Current on March 22 about opposition MPs who are trying to limit the Prime Minister's powers on a range of issues. They passed a motion that limits the Prime Minister's ability to prorogue Parliament. […]

LA&PS series on why research matters to feature 91亚色's Knowledge Mobilization Program (KMb)

It鈥檚 been a year of research-intensive events and activities in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and one of the most notable initiatives has been the Research Matters series. It attempts to answer the question: 鈥淲hy does research matter?鈥 In particular, it focuses on the ways in which LA&PS researchers 鈥 both faculty […]

Video: Faculty of Environmental Studies Prof discusses Avatar on The Agenda

Avatar didn't win the Oscars for directing and best overall picture, but it's still generating discussions. Prior to the Oscar broadcast, Professor Peter Timmerman in the Faculty of Environmental Studies joined Steve Paikin and other panelists on TVO's The Agenda to discuss the film's cultural, environmental, and financial impact. The episode aired March 8. and […]