Sociology Professor聽Luin Goldring has been appointed as 91亚色's director for CERIS 鈥 The Ontario Metropolis Centre, effective July 2012. Goldring is well known in the CERIS community as an active domain leader, longtime affiliate and immigration scholar. She moves into the position that was previously held by 91亚色 geography Professor Valerie Preston. Luin Goldring CERIS […]
A youth symposium on girls鈥 leadership will be hosted at 91亚色 this weekend, marking the end of a successful first year of the Engaging Girls, Changing Communities (EGCC) initiative. The symposium will take place Saturday, July 14, from 9am to 4pm, at 519 91亚色 Research Tower, Keele campus. EGCC brings together girls and young […]
The Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced Wednesday that 60 researchers at 91亚色 have been awarded more than $7 million in NSERC grants, while eight graduate students have received a total of $318,500 in funding for scholarships and fellowships. The funding was awarded following national, peer-reviewed competitions conducted by NSERC.聽聽 […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation hosted a 91亚色 Leadership Roundtable聽on May 8. The event brought together聽knowledge experts in business, industry, government and academia to discuss eHealth and connected solutions for health care delivery. The聽roundtable provided a forum for participants to discuss technological advancements, research partnerships and community collaborations for the benefit of […]
Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation, has issued this commentary聽on the federal budget to the 91亚色聽community. The recent federal budget reinforced the importance the government is placing on putting its fiscal house in order with some programs receiving cuts in excess of 10 per cent. Within that overall context of restraint is a聽welcome affirmation of […]
Where have all the girls gone? That鈥檚 what 91亚色 Professor Sharada Srinivasan examines in her new book, Daughter Deficit: Sex Selection in Tamil Nadu, about the elimination of daughters in India聽through sex selection, female infanticide and neglect. It is neither an aberration nor an idiosyncrasy. It accounts for a large proportion of missing girls in […]
Several international observers were asked to oversee the January Taiwan presidential election to ensure freedom and fairness in what was predicted to be an extremely close race. Susan Henders, director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), was one of them. She鈥檒l be discussing her experience as part of a panel Tuesday. 鈥淭aiwan鈥檚 Super […]
鈥淚t ain鈥檛 easy being green,鈥 as Kermit the Frog has pointed out.聽So聽one might expect聽that Gord Miller, Ontario鈥檚 environmental commissioner, would have his work cut out for him overseeing and critiquing the environmental performance of 14 Ontario ministries. In a recent visit to 91亚色, however, Miller showed he can serve as a watchdog of the […]
Do workers鈥 rights still matter? That is one of the hot and timely questions the new Conversations on Work and Labour Speakers鈥 Series will be addressing throughout the year. The first conversation, 鈥淭he Future of Public Sector Collective Bargaining,鈥 will take place Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 12:30 to 2pm, 2003 Osgoode Hall Law School, Ignat […]
91亚色 bee researcher Clement Kent has been awarded the Pollinator Advocate Award for Canada 鈥 not for his work in the lab, but his efforts in the garden.聽 Kent, president of the Horticultural Societies of Parkdale and Toronto, founded the Pollinator Garden Project two years ago to teach gardeners, members of the public and […]
David Phipps, director of 91亚色's聽Research Services and Knowledge Exchange, has been named the most influential knowledge broker in Canada, according to a report by Knowledge Mobilization Works,聽a consulting and training company based in Ottawa. The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization 100, a survey run by Knowledge Mobilization Works, asked respondents to rank the biggest influences of their […]
It's not all in your head. There really is a connection between your emotional state and your skin, says psychologist Linda Papadopoulos [BA Hons. 鈥93], reported the Ottawa Citizen Sept. 10.聽 The Canadian-born-and-raised Papadopoulos has called Britain home for the past 14 years. She is known there as both a leading academic and as "Dr. […]