While researching the historical rights of his First Nation鈥檚 community of Listuguj in the Gespe鈥檊ewa鈥檊ig district of the Mi鈥檊maw on the southwest shore of the Gasp茅 peninsula for his doctoral thesis, 91亚色 PhD candidate Alfred Metallic came to believe there was something missing in what he was doing 鈥 an integral piece of a larger […]
Writing yourself a feel-good letter can lead to a long-term boost in emotional well-being, although it won鈥檛 work if you鈥檙e extremely needy,聽a 91亚色 study has found. Individuals who wrote themselves a compassionate or optimistic letter every day for a week were less depressed up to three months later and reported an overall increase in […]
When it comes to Canadian Patient Safety Week, the play鈥檚 the thing. Researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health have come up with a pioneering way to convey their evidence-based research on what can happen when health-care mistakes are made 鈥 they鈥檙e putting on a play about it. Seeing the Forest, inspired by a true story […]
People who can no longer recognize faces compensate with heightened voice recognition abilities, says a 91亚色 study, which also finds that our brains may identify people and things on separate neurological planes. The study, recently published in the journal Neuropsychologia looked at a rare disorder called prosopagnosia, in which the ability to visually identify […]
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, […]
91亚色 will host a TEDx91亚色U event at Glendon on Saturday, Nov. 6.聽Based on the popular TED Conference, TEDx91亚色U invites speakers to share their important visions for the future and involves audience participants in sharing ideas, addressing new perspectives and spreading inspiration. 91亚色 community members are invited to apply to be an audience participant […]
Nominations are now being accepted for the title of Distinguished Research Professor, to be conferred at the spring or fall 2011 convocation. The title of Distinguished Research Professor is awarded for life and evolves into a Distinguished Research Professorship Emeritus/a on retirement. All of 91亚色鈥檚 Distinguished Research Professors are encouraged to continue their involvement in […]
Collaboration to incubate new ideas and support social entrepreneurs United Way of 91亚色 Region and 91亚色 have launched Change Inc., a collaboration that will incubate and invest in promising innovations to tackle complex social issues and build capacity in 91亚色 Region. Daniele Zanotti, CEO of United Way, and Stan Shapson, vice-president research & innovation […]
Ian Mosby (MA '06), a 91亚色 PhD history student, has won the Nicholas C. Mullins Award for his essay, titled 鈥淭hat Won-Ton Soup Headache鈥: The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, MSG and the Making of American Food, 1968鈥1980鈥. 鈥淚 was surprised and truly honoured鈥.I'm very lucky to have had such a supportive group of friends, supervisors, and […]
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 […]
A Superior Court justice gutted the federal prostitution law in Ontario on Tuesday, allowing sex-trade workers to solicit customers openly and paving the way for judges in other provinces to follow suit, wrote The Globe and Mail Sept. 29: Justice Susan Himel struck down all three Criminal Code provisions that had been challenged 鈥 communicating […]
Almost three-quarters of homeless young people in Toronto say they have been the victim of multiple crimes, a new survey suggests, wrote CBC News online: 鈥淏eing homeless means constant exposure to dangerous people and places,鈥 said the report, "Surviving Crime and Violence: Street Youth and Victimization in Toronto". It was released Monday. While most criminal […]
You can read how researchers from the Centre for Vision Research at 91亚色聽used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the effect of video-game experience on the neural control of increasingly complex visuomotor tasks in young men, in the October issue of Cortex, an Elsevier journal, wrote MediLexicon.com Sept. 27: Lead author and PhD […]
The Department of Film in the Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and is marking this milestone with a series of events highlighting past achievements and looking to the future. One of the 鈥渂irthday鈥 productions is The 40 Film, a specially commissioned compilation of one-minute clips from 40 student films made […]
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 […]
Without bees, we wouldn鈥檛 have coffee to drink at breakfast, tomatoes in your sandwich at lunch or fruit for a snack on the go. While bee populations all over the world are in trouble, there are lots of things individuals can do to create bee-friendly gardens 鈥 even if your personal green space is limited […]
Despite good intentions, education systems can still succumb to the influence of flawed perceptions of meritocracy, says 91亚色 PhD candidate Gillian Parekh (BEd '02, MA '09)聽in a recent winning paper. That means, in at least two parts of the world, governments' prioritization of economic returns can trump students' rights to equitable and quality educational opportunities. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ontario鈥檚 electricity system will continue to lurch from crisis to crisis until a long-term strategy focused on environmental and economic sustainability is adopted, concludes a study led by 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Mark Winfield. It was聽published in the international journal Energy Policy this month. The study finds that the conventional approaches to electricity system planning […]