91亚色 has become the latest member of MaRS Innovation, the commercialization agent for many leading Toronto-based universities, hospitals and research institutes. 鈥91亚色 has become one of Canada鈥檚 fastest-growing centres for research and innovation,鈥 said Stan Shapson (right), vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色. 鈥淲e typically get 10 to 20 discovery disclosures a year. […]
Organic farms can be more energy efficient than conventional farms that mass produce crops using unsustainable practices, a surprising result from a study co-authored by a 91亚色 professor. Researchers analyzed 130 studies to compare the energy use and global warming potential of organic versus conventional farming. They concluded that organic farms were more energy […]
It's not enough to plant trees in exchange for carbon emissions in the fight to mitigate climate change, say 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Anders Sandberg and 91亚色 environmental studies master鈥檚 student Tor Sandberg in their new co-edited book Climate Change 鈥 Who鈥檚 Carrying the Burden?: The Chilly Climates of the Global Environmental Dilemma. Nor is […]
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 […]
Residents of Bala, located about a two hours drive north of Toronto, say they have nothing against hydro power, but fear the $23-million facility and its construction will destroy the tiny town鈥檚 main attraction: the falls that lure curious eyeballs and day-tripper cash, wrote The Globe and Mail Aug. 2: This is one local battlefield […]
91亚色 has appointed Janusz Kozinski as dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Kozinski will begin a five-year term at 91亚色 on July 1. He has been dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan since 2007, but spent much of his career at McGill University. A widely acknowledged expert […]
Michael Pollard, a chemistry professor in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, died suddenly of an aneurysm on Saturday, Feb. 27, in Toronto. He was just 36. Left: Professor Michael M. Pollard In聽Prof. Pollard's honour, 91亚色's聽flag will be lowered to half-mast at sunrise聽on Friday, March 5, until sunset on Saturday, March 6. Although he was […]