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 […]
James Morton, adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Anne-Marie Ambert, a retired professor in 91亚色's Department of Sociology, both spoke to Postmedia News November 5 about divorce insurance being offered to couples in the United States. The story appeared in the Montreal Gazette, among other outlets: Because the 鈥渇or poorer鈥 part of marriage […]
91亚色 English Professor Priscila Uppal is busily dog-earing one literary journal after another, scratching notes in margins, bending page corners. The smell of ink fills her Toronto home. She is a poet on a quest as the recently announced guest editor of The Best Canadian Poetry in English anthology, sifting through thousands of poems聽published in聽2010 […]
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 […]
Historian and 91亚色 grad Sharon Wall (PhD 鈥03) has won two awards for her book, The Nurture of Nature: Childhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55. In the spring, the book won the Canadian Historical Association's 2010 Clio Prize for Ontario, and now it has won the Champlain Society鈥檚 Floyd S. Chalmers Award in Ontario […]
The latest issue of聽the online journal Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society is now available. The journal, which was launched in 2002, is an initiative of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Research on Work & Society (CRWS). Just Labour 鈥 which seeks to explore issues related to the volatile transformation of the Canadian workplace聽鈥 […]
The Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) is calling for papers for its second International Graduate Student Research Conference. The first conference attracted over 70 presenters from Canada, the United States, Europe and Latin America, who presented in 20 themed panels over a two-day period. Expert faculty members helped ensure rich […]
A 91亚色 doctoral student, who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning, has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species 鈥 including the one Jason Gibbs found in downtown Toronto 鈭 are new to science because they have […]
What few people realize when looking at French and English language rights issues across the country is that the RCMP were instructed to open files on individuals and organizations both for and against bilingualism in the 1960s and 1970s, says 91亚色 history Professor Marcel Martel, co-author of a new book. 鈥淚t raises some serious questions,鈥 […]
Professor Jimmy Huang is a very busy man. In addition to the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies appointing him director of the School of Information Technology, he will be helping to host three prestigious international conferences in upcoming weeks. The conferences will focus on research into artificial intelligence, intelligent agent technology, active media […]
After medical and security checks, anyone arriving in Canada may apply for refugee status, wrote the National Post Aug. 13, in a story that used statistics provided by Michele Millard, coordinator of the Centre for Refugee Studies at 91亚色: The process takes anywhere from six months to 15 years. A new law passed this […]
A controversial decision by Barack Obama to privatize the exploration of space could be a blessing for Canada鈥檚 aerospace industry, say experts in the field, who argue that this country鈥檚 space agency and its associated industries are in a prime position to hitch their wagon to the US president鈥檚 initiative on a ride toward the […]
Canada needs a new system for controlling drug prices that does not depend on whether or not a drug has received a patent, according to an article by 91亚色 Professor Dr. Joel Lexchin. Drug prices in Canada can be unregulated for years, a period during which companies may overprice the drugs and market them, says […]
How聽qualified immigrants react to challenges they face in building a career in a new country corresponds to how proactive they are and how well they are equipped to cope psychologically and overcome barriers, a new study has found. Jelena Zikic, a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Human Resource Management, is the lead researcher for a […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
Physics doctoral student Panagiotis Vergados (MSc '06) has found a new technique for improving the聽precision of global positioning systems (GPS) dual-frequency signals聽鈥 and won four national and international awards in three years for papers detailing how. Vergados developed this technique聽to get more accurate readings of the Earth鈥檚 thermal structure. It was designed for satellite-to-satellite GPS […]
The walls of the Sat Gupta's flag store were once stocked with Canadian paraphernalia, but today, the Canadiana sits in boxes, reported The Canadian Press June 29. Instead, precedence is being given to the flags of 32 nations competing in the World Cup: Spotting the unexpected countries is what Seth Feldman, director of 91亚色鈥檚 Robarts […]
On June 21, Laurence Packer of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering will discuss what has become a crisis in agriculture 鈥 the rapid disappearance of bees, wrote InsideHalton.com June 17: Packer will present findings outlined in his new book Keeping the Bees, which grew out of the Canadian pollination research initiative spearheaded by the […]
The release of the Air India inquiry report Thursday will help solidify a public narrative around the deadliest terrorist attack perpetrated in Canada, wrote The Globe and Mail June 16: As it was with Britain鈥檚 Bloody Sunday report and apology on Tuesday, or the residential schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada event launched Wednesday, […]
91亚色鈥檚 Jay聽& Barbara Hennick Centre for Business &聽Law and Jantzi-Sustainalytics have submitted recommendations to the provincial minister of finance on how the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) can begin to improve corporations鈥 disclosure of their social practices. The report was released at a press conference on Tuesday morning. It is available to the public on […]