Xiang Biao, a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, will deliver the annual 2012 Asia Lecture in November. Xiang鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭he Intermediary Trap: International Labour Recruitment, Transnational Governance and State-Citizen Relations in China,鈥 will take place Nov. 5 at 519 91亚色 Research Tower, Keele campus. A reception will begin at 2:30pm, followed […]
A new study by 91亚色 researchers finds that songbirds follow a strict annual schedule when migrating to their breeding grounds 鈥 with some birds departing on precisely the same date each year. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, is the first to track the migration routes and timing of individual songbirds over […]
Through the use of interactive, computer-assisted health-assessments, Professor Farah Ahmad hopes to foster equity in health care, especially at the intersections of gender, ethnicity and migration. Ahmad will present her research and discuss how embracing eHealth innovations can boost community empowerment as part of the 91亚色 eHealth Alliance Lecture Series. The lecture, 鈥渆Health Innovations to […]
Migration is a complex phenomenon聽that can have important consequence on mental health, say two 91亚色 professors who will talk about some of the assumptions聽made in conducting research聽on immigrant mental health at the upcoming Multicultural Mental Health Promotion. Michaela Hynie (left), associate director of the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research and a 91亚色 psychology professor, and […]
Five 91亚色 professors have been appointed directors at聽91亚色 research centres.聽 The new directors are Professor Colin Coates, director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies (RCCS); Professor Laurence Harris, director of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); Professor Christina Kraenzle, director of the Canadian Centre for German聽& European Studies (CCGES); Professor David Mutimer, director of […]