Explore arts, environmental studies and social sciences based-research at a celebration highlighting Public Engagement for a Just and Sustainable World. The celebration is being co-hosted by four of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculties, in collaboration with the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation on Wednesday, April 16. The event will highlight the research of six 91亚色 scholars, […]
91亚色 recently initiated a roundtable discussion on the development of a Pan-Canadian strategy to advance and support knowledge mobilization led by the ResearchImpact-R茅seauImpactRecherche (RIR), Canada鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Network.聽 The discussion was held at the University on Oct.24 and 25. During the roundtable, members of the 91亚色-led RIR Network, which included vice-presidents and research directors […]
David Phipps, executive director of research and innovation services and adjunct professor in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, has been nominated and selected by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as one of three finalists for the prestigious SSHRC Impact Award, recognizing his outstanding achievements in postsecondary knowledge mobilization. David Phipps […]
91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)聽Unit聽has joined forces with NeuroDevNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), to provide knowledge translation (KT) leadership and services within the University of British Columbia-based network. 聽鈥91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit is continuing to make an impact by supporting transformative research through knowledge translation,鈥 said Robert Hach茅 (left), 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research […]
Death leaves an indelible mark on the hearts of those left behind, and an increasing number of individuals are choosing to make that loss visible by commissioning tattoos honouring their deceased loved ones. Now, 91亚色 sociology Professor Deborah Davidson (right), along with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, plans to capture these images 鈥 and […]
Members of the urban Aboriginal community, including students, parents and teachers from the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) will gather at Macdonald block Thursday, June 27 to invite politicians, administrators, policymakers and the public to see, listen and participate in conversations with the Aboriginal community. It is part of inVISIBILITY: Indigenous in the City, a […]
91亚色 leads the country in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (SSHRC's) large-scale awards competitions valued at $1 million or more. An analysis conducted by the Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives Unit, in the Office of Research Services at 91亚色, revealed that between 2006 and 2012, 91亚色 researchers received more SSHRC […]
Five researchers from 91亚色 have been awarded $499,152 from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to support social research and knowledge mobilization initiatives. The Public Outreach Grants support existing and ongoing projects that mobilize research results to a range of audiences beyond academia. The grants, part of $6.3 million in […]
Cardiovascular rehabilitation programs following heart attacks or surgeries should be considered an essential health service in every country, says 91亚色 Professor Sherry Grace, who is leading an international initiative to promote the low-cost, lifesaving programs. Sherry Grace Grace returned yesterday from the World Congress of Cardiology, held in Dubai, where she presented an聽International Charter […]
Two upcoming events hosted by the United Way 91亚色 Region聽have聽a special connection to 91亚色's Knowledge Mobilization Unit.聽 The first is a community forum聽tomorrow, Nov. 9 to discuss food policy and the development of a聽food charter for 91亚色 Region. The聽second event on Tuesday, Nov. 29, features a community dialogue on聽pressing social issues facing the region. […]
91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit, in partnership with the 91亚色 Region Community Foundation (YRCF),聽has released its first Living in 91亚色 Region Vital Signs report. Titled "Living in 91亚色 Region: Our Community Check-up", the report presents context indicators for 12 issue areas and summarizes the opinions of more than 1,000聽91亚色 Region residents who attended focus groups […]
If where you鈥檙e born, live and work 鈭 and the health-care system you access 鈭 determines a lot about how healthy you鈥檒l be, what can local governments and community agencies do to improve your well-being? The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded 91亚色 and the United Way of 91亚色 Region $93,000 to […]
IP Osgoode has partnered with Ontario Centres of Excellence鈥檚 (OCE) Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR) to create a unique intellectual property (IP) clinical program聽that will match Osgoode law students with OCE-supported companies to help them secure and protect their IP en route to commercial success. IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School鈥檚 Intellectual Property聽& Technology […]
The Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth Project celebrated its youth researchers with an awards ceremony at the conclusion of a day-long partnership group meeting at Black Creek Pioneer Village. Above: From left, front row, ACT for Youth Project research interns Stephanie Lucas, Stephanie Henry, Aziz Mohammed, Muzna Rehman, Enoruwa Osagie, with youth co-chair Alex […]
Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The 91亚色 Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy,聽director of 91亚色鈥檚 Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy鈥檚 leadership, ABEL鈥檚 team […]
Thomas Klassen, a professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy聽& Administration in the Faculty of Liberal聽& Professional Studies, has been invited to South Korea to be a visiting researcher. Right: Thomas Klassen The Korea Labor Institute has asked Klassen to conduct research on new policies for Korea鈥檚 labour force […]
Some 24 outside agencies came to the inaugural 91亚色 Autism Research Alliance鈥檚 Research Showcase at 91亚色 last week to hear what researchers were working on 鈥 everything from isolating three to 20 genes potentially responsible for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to looking at how children with ASD process visual and auditory information. 鈥淭he take home […]
Seniors receiving hospital care in acute care for elders units have shorter hospital stays, experience fewer declines in physical functioning and are less likely to be discharged to a nursing home than when treated in regular hospital units. This is one of聽the preliminary findings of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded study led at 91亚色. […]
Nancy Nicol鈥檚 team receives $1 million to study LGBT human rights around the world 91亚色 visual arts professor Nancy Nicol will lead a major international project on the impact of criminalizing sexual orientation and gender identity, with $1 million in funding over five years from the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). […]
In his recent book, Writing Justice: Voicing Issues in the Third Media, 91亚色 public policy & equity studies Professor Lorne Foster provides a retrospective review of the burning issues of the last decade from the perspective of Canada鈥檚 black community. The launch for Writing Justice (Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 2011) will take place on […]