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 […]
The Centre for Feminist Research invites applications for its centre coordinator position. Details about the posting are available in Research Jobs. Applications are due by Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.
The ABEL Project invites applications for a communications and marketing administrator. Details about the posting are available in Research Jobs. Applications are due by Thursday, January 13, 2011. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.
As 91亚色 moves forward with implementing the White Paper鈥檚 priority directions, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) has been working with a small group of colleagues across the faculties to identify our highest priority initiatives for research intensification 鈥 initiatives to which we are committed to making measurable progress going forward. […]
Are you looking for space to host a research-related event? The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation has several rooms available in the 91亚色 Research Tower and 91亚色 Lanes for researchers to use when hosting research-related events. Some restrictions apply. See the Policies and Procedures page in the Research Support section for a full […]
91亚色's scientific community is encouraged to attend a town hall meeting with Dr. Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. This forum provides an tremendous opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. Fortier. The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation encourages all faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows to […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Fran Wilkinson will talk about her visual neuroscience research, including the connection between vision and migraine headaches, tomorrow as part of the Faculty Research Profile Series. 鈥淔rom Cats Eyes to Headaches: Adventures in Neuroscience鈥 will take place Thursday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 3:30pm at 214 Calumet College, Keele campus. RSVP by […]
The search committee to appoint a vice-president, research聽& innovation will soon commence a comprehensive international search for a successor to聽Professor Stan Shapson. The search committee will be drafting an advertisement to announce the start of the search, which will appear shortly in various publications and websites. In addition, the committee is working on聽a position profile […]
91亚色 has strengthened its commitment to research in the life sciences by investing more than $5 million for the procurement of high-tech research support tools. The equipment will support advanced research in the Faculty of Science & Engineering and the Faculty of Health. "This unique investment demonstrates the bold new vision for life sciences […]
The Victorian Studies Network at 91亚色 (VSNY) will delve into New Directions in Victorian Research at its third annual symposium this Friday. Faculty and students from English, history, political science, science & technology, and the Scott Library will discuss their current scholarship during the symposium, which will take place Oct. 22, from 10am to 2:45pm, […]
As 91亚色 moves forward with the priority directions outlined in the White Paper, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) has worked with a small group of colleagues across the faculties to identify our highest-priority initiatives for research intensification. These are initiatives on which we are committed to making measurable progress going […]
91亚色 law & society Professor Annie Bunting (LLB '88) and The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples are聽hosting聽an international workshop on forced marriage in conflict situations today and tomorrow in Room聽305 91亚色 Lanes on the Keele campus. Left: Annie Bunting Bringing together historians of slavery and women's human rights […]
A reception was held by the Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES)聽on Sept. 15 to honour Professor Mark Webber. Webber, who retired from 91亚色 in July, dedicated his career to serving聽the University and its students. Educated at Harvard and Yale universities, he was a founder of the CCGES and taught at 91亚色 […]
A waterproof controller designed and built by 91亚色 researchers is allowing an underwater robot to go 鈥渨ireless鈥 in a unique way. AQUA, an amphibious, otter-like robot, is small and nimble, with flippers rather than propellers, designed for intricate data collection from shipwrecks and reefs. The robot, a joint project of 91亚色, McGill and Dalhousie […]
Disability Rights Promotion International provides innovative response to UN鈥檚 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities If you pass a law to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities, how do you know whether it鈥檚 being enforced, let alone making a difference? Marcia Rioux (right), director of the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) and […]
It used to be a hockey arena. Now it houses the latest functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, wrote the Canadian Jewish News Sept. 22: Last week, 91亚色 officially opened the Sherman Health Science Research Centre, a facility for research in brain and vision, biomechanics, virtual reality and robotics. Planning for the facility, which […]
You would balk at getting an iPad wet, but a tablet computer has now been designed to work deep under the sea 鈥 not to allow divers to check e-mail, but so that they can communicate with underwater robots working in hard-to-reach or dangerous locations, such as the inside of shipwrecks or caves in coral […]
The opening last week of a new state-of-the-art health research centre was made possible by a $5-million investment by 91亚色 Foundation board member Honey Sherman and her husband Dr. Barry Sherman, president and CEO of Apotex Inc., wrote the Jewish Tribune Sept. 21: The project brings scientists who study the brain and vision, virtual […]
Researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at 91亚色 have been awarded over $10 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of $190.5 million in funding and awards invested across the country, will support over 220 innovative 91亚色 research projects to improve Canadians鈥 quality of life while […]
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