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 […]
Two 91亚色聽academics are finalists for a Heritage Toronto Award for books 鈥 one on the city's sculptures, the other an imagined look at the city through the eyes of various writers. A third 91亚色聽professor聽is involved聽with the work of the Psychiatric Survivors Archives of Toronto, which was nominated聽under the Community Heritage Category. 91亚色 Professor Emeritus John […]
The 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) is seeking an administrative clerk for a one-year contract. Applications are due by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The position has been reposted with new details. The Centre for Innovation in Information Visualization and Data-Driven Design (CIV-DDD) is seeking a project manager for a one-year contract. The position will […]
The 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) is seeking an administrative clerk for a one-year contract. Applications are due by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The Knowledge Mobilization unit it also seeking five graduate interns (students enrolled in master's or PhD programs) for placement with a variety of municipal partners in the GTA. There are several […]
The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) are holding a research open house Thursday to highlight some of the excellence in research within each of the three units. The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to […]
What do math and the flu epidemic have in common? Just ask 91亚色 Department of Mathematics & Statistics Professor Jianhong Wu, who studies disease progression and infection using math. Wu, a Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is leading two prominent Canadian teams on modelling and geo-stimulation of disease spread, and coordinates a […]
Research Month celebrates the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Throughout November, the Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring our faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by between 10 am and 2 pm each Wednesday to learn what 91亚色's researchers are doing. The Research Month index on 91亚色's Research […]
Disability Rights Promotion International provides innovative response to UN鈥檚 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities If you pass a law to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities, how do you know whether it鈥檚 being enforced, let alone making a difference? Marcia Rioux (right), director of the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) and […]
Professor Gina Feldberg, a faculty member in聽the Health聽& Society Program in the Department of Social Science in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies,聽died on Saturday, July 10, after a long illness. She was 54 years old. Prof. Feldberg made a significant mark at 91亚色. She spent a decade at Harvard, first as […]
In Sweden, long-term care workers聽often have time to take patients outside for a walk. In Canada, having a patient shuffle from their room down the corridor to the dining hall is聽frequently considered 鈥渁 walk鈥. It is this kind of difference in the nature of long-term care facilities from one country to the next that has […]
This year, 91亚色 is honouring sociology and women鈥檚 studies Professor Pat Armstrong and psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg with its highest award, Distinguished Research Professor, for their outstanding contributions to the University through research. The title will be conferred on Armstrong at the Spring 2010 Convocation on June 16 at 10:30am and on Greenberg during the […]
Four years after it was first published, a second edition of the book Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care has just been published, providing a fresh perspective on health, health care and illness. Co-edited by 91亚色 School of Health Policy聽& Management Professors Dennis Raphael and Marcia Rioux, along with University of […]
Pat Armstrong, professor of sociology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and an executive member of both the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research and the Graduate Program in Health Policy & Equity, recently received $2.5 million from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada to lead a study to identify […]
91亚色 researchers awarded two of SSHRC鈥檚 largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91亚色 researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]
Follow 91亚色 Research on Twitter for information about 91亚色 researchers, research findings, and funding announcements. You don't need to have a Twitter account to read the posts. Some 91亚色 research centres and departments are also tweeting, including: Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) Researchimpact, 91亚色's knowledge mobilization unit 91亚色 Institute for Health Research […]