91亚色鈥檚 Jay聽& Barbara Hennick Centre for Business &聽Law and Jantzi-Sustainalytics have submitted recommendations to the provincial minister of finance on how the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) can begin to improve corporations鈥 disclosure of their social practices. The report was released at a press conference on Tuesday morning. It is available to the public on […]
Can you tell a lie from looking at a face? asked The Globe and Mail June 15: It鈥檚 a hotly debated question in the legal community, as the courts decide whether a Toronto sexual assault complainant will be allowed to wear a niqab while testifying. Richard Litkowski, adjunct professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School, […]
The future of entertainment is 3-D, wrote Discovery News June 8. Their article included comments from Professor Robert Allison, a researcher with the Centre for Vision Research and part of the 91亚色-led 3D FLIC project: But while moviegoers have flocked to recent 3-D offerings, film fans also have had mixed reviews about their experiences, with […]
The company responsible for what is being called the biggest ecological disaster in US history is facing a flood of criticism being spread through social media and there doesn鈥檛 appear to be any end in sight, wrote the Toronto Star June 10 in a story about efforts by the company to redirect Web traffic to […]
91亚色 has a great track record in designing instruments, satellites and other devices for space exploration. This year, 91亚色 students compeated in the fourth annual University聽 Rover Challenge, which designs and builds the next generation of Mars rovers. The teams faced off in Utah's Mars Desert Research Station. Last year, 91亚色 won the competition. […]
Differences in the way Torontonians speak English may have more to do with how people express their ethnic identity than with any problems they are having learning to speak Canadian English perfectly, a study from 91亚色 suggests. Michol Hoffman and James Walker, professors of sociolinguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics in聽91亚色's […]
A biologist and researcher is asking why none of the six men on the board regulating oil activity off Newfoundland lists environmental expertise as a prime credential , wrote The Canadian Press June 6: The head of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has stressed that environmental protection is a top goal. But Gail […]
After an eight-year absence, North America鈥檚 largest swallow has returned to High Park, wrote the Toronto Star June 7. An excerpt of the complete article follows: Two pairs of purple martins, known for the purple-black feathers of mature males, are cohabiting in a colony house on the south edge of Grenadier Pond. The birds are […]
Newfoundland聽& Labrador is proceeding with the high-risk game of oil exploration in ultra-deep water, as regulators in the province express confidence in industry鈥檚 safety practices despite the ecological catastrophe of BP PLC鈥檚 Gulf of Mexico blowout, wrote The Globe and Mail June 3: Canada鈥檚 East Coast is now the only region in North America where […]
The Romans聽were celebrating mothers in about 1250 BCE when they began honouring Cybele, the mother goddess. Even so, motherhood throughout the ages has not always been given the respect it deserves. That鈥檚 something 91亚色 women鈥檚 studies Professor Andrea O鈥橰eilly knows a little about. She is general editor of the recently released Encyclopedia of Motherhood, a […]
Keeping up that intense feeling of personal connection via the Internet is incredibly important in marketing to the Justin Bieber demographic, says Rob Bowman, who teaches popular music in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Fine Arts, wrote The Globe and Mail May 29: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e appealing to a certain adolescent group who鈥檝e got fairly innocent notions of […]
91亚色 researchers have played a key role in a new finding that may help explain the imbalance of matter and antimatter in our universe. The DZero collaboration of scientists at the United States聽Department of Energy鈥檚 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) submitted a finding to the journal Physical Review D, reporting significant differences between matter […]
91亚色 researchers have issued a report with recommendations for improving technical and vocational training in Southern Sudan, based on in-depth interviews with Sudanese from different walks of life. The report, published jointly by Plan International Canada (Plan Canada) and 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Refugee Studies, identifies barriers to such training, believed to be crucial for […]
The research and creative work of 91亚色 music professors spans a wide range of genres and media formats. Disseminated through recordings, print publications and live performances, it鈥檚 reaching growing audiences at home and around the world. Composer and choral conductor Professor Stephanie Martin (left), who serves as music director of Toronto鈥檚 historic Church of St. […]
Bridget Stutchbury, author of Silence of the Songbirds, recently stopped in Fredericton to warn that the bird population is dwindling, reported the Fredericton Telegraph-Journal May 20. A Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology at 91亚色, Stutchbury says the Canadian bird population has been declining by one to two per cent a year […]
Experience cutting-edge technological wizardry that blurs the line between art, design and science in The Amazing Cinemagician: New Media Meets Victorian Magic, opening May 28 at the Ontario Science Centre鈥檚 Idea Gallery. The exhibition features two interactive installations by new media artist and 91亚色 PhD student Helen Papagiannis that use augmented reality (AR) technology, […]
Peter Victor, an ecological economist who teaches at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, rejects the idea that economic growth is essential to progress, wrote BC鈥檚 Grand Forks Gazette May 19 in an article about replacing the growth economy with a more sustainable model: To prove his point he created a computer model that duplicated […]
Markham councillors are facing new questions on developer influence after voting by a razor-thin margin to kill the town鈥檚 foodbelt proposal, wrote the National Post May 15. Professor Jose Etcheverry has been involved in efforts to preserve the land: Debate ran late into the night at this week鈥檚 council meeting and drew a series of […]
The morning serenades of nature in New Brunswick have quieted down over the years and a declining songbird population is to blame, according to a conservation biologist, wrote the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal May 14: 鈥淏oth at the provincial level, and even at the national level, you have dozens of species of songbirds that are in […]
Last week was not a good one to be living in the 鈥渋n-between city鈥, the term urbanists use to describe areas wedged between the outer suburbs 鈥 with their sprawling residential neighbourhoods 鈥 and the downtown core of office towers, condos and cultural institutions, wrote Simon Black, a graduate student in the City Institute at […]