鈥淐anada鈥檚 coolest poet鈥, 91亚色 English Professor Priscila Uppal (BA Hons. 鈥97, PhD 鈥04), has received one of the country鈥檚 highest forms of recognition 鈥 election as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Uppal has accomplished a great deal in her 39 years. She has published 10 collections of poetry, two novels, a […]
More than 200 local high school science students visited 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus this fall to attend a lecture delivered聽by two award-winning scientists as part of the Gairdner Foundation High School Outreach Program. Accompanied by their teachers, the students listened to two leading scientists聽discuss their research,聽potential discoveries and why they chose a career in science. This […]
From the Milky Way to antihydrogen atoms and managing superbugs in hospitals, scientists at this year鈥檚 upcoming Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science gala will answer some tough questions for their dinner. The gala dinner will take place Thursday, April 26, from 6 to 9:30pm, at the MaRS Discovery District, 101 College […]
Canadian-led team of scientists, including two 91亚色 students, has offered the world its first glimpse of antihydrogen鈥檚 properties, in the first experiment ever performed on the anti-atom. Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in an international collaboration led by Canadians, used microwave spectroscopy 鈥 one of the most sensitive techniques for […]
A 91亚色 research team will comb through digitized 19th-century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Led by Professor Colin Coates (left), Canada Research Chair聽in Canadian Cultural Landscapes and professor of Canadian Studies at Glendon College,聽the聽project is expected to cast light on the impacts of […]
Bees may miss pollinating entire species of plants if climate change continues unchecked, according to a study released yesterday by a group of academic and museum collaborators including a 91亚色 researcher. The study, led by Rutgers University, finds that bees are emerging earlier each spring, advancing their life cycle by nearly a day per […]
The way you walk can say a lot about you, but until recently scientists could only study gait in a laboratory environment. With聽the latest聽advancements in sensory technology, all that has changed. Join Professor William Gage, associate dean of research & innovation in the Faculty of Health (FoH) at 91亚色, and Professor Andrew Eckford of 91亚色鈥檚 […]
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 […]
Although overt racist behaviour is now taboo 鈥 and racial discrimination quite illegal in many parts of the world 鈥 scientists claim that harbouring implicit racist attitudes is commonplace behaviour, wrote Australia鈥檚 Fairfax Media in its dozens of local newspapers July 7. Modern-day social pressures may have driven ''traditional'' forms of racism underground, particularly in […]