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Research forum provides new perspective on ways to end youth homelessness

A systems approach is needed to respond to youth homelessness in 91亚色 Region and Canada. This was the message at yesterday鈥檚 research forum: Re-Imagining Our Response to Youth Homelessness: A Canadian and Global Perspective, organized by United Way 91亚色 Region (UWYR) and 91亚色 at the Markham Convergence Centre. 鈥淎 multi-sectoral approach is necessary. Non-profit […]

Innovation 91亚色 positioned as launch pad for commercialization

Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅 announces the development of a new suite of commercialization and industry liaison services under the umbrella of Innovation 91亚色.聽 Commercialization and industry liaison services at 91亚色 in the past聽have been delivered via two units: the Intellectual Property & Research Agreements unit (IPRA) within the Office of Research Services […]

David Phipps and 91亚色's KMb Unit named Canada's biggest influencers

David Phipps, director of 91亚色's聽Research Services and Knowledge Exchange, has been named the most influential knowledge broker in Canada, according to a report by Knowledge Mobilization Works,聽a consulting and training company based in Ottawa. The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization 100, a survey run by Knowledge Mobilization Works, asked respondents to rank the biggest influences of their […]

Professor Robert Hach茅 is 91亚色's new vice-president research & innovation

Robert Hach茅, a聽molecular聽and cellular biologist and biochemist, will assume the role of vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色 for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2011. The announcement of Hach茅's appointment was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淚 am thrilled that Dr. Hach茅 is coming to 91亚色,鈥 said聽Shoukri. 鈥淒r. […]

91亚色 becomes 17th member of MaRS Innovation

91亚色 has become the latest member of MaRS Innovation, the commercialization agent for many leading Toronto-based universities, hospitals and research institutes. 鈥91亚色 has become one of Canada鈥檚 fastest-growing centres for research and innovation,鈥 said Stan Shapson (right), vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色. 鈥淲e typically get 10 to 20 discovery disclosures a year. […]

91亚色 participating in Science Rendezvous festival in Markham May 6-8

Have you ever wanted to make a DNA banana necklace, watch a robot chasing light or attempt to walk on water? Asked 91亚色Region.com May 2: Science Rendezvous, Ontario鈥檚 largest public science festival, returns to Markham Village next Saturday, with the goal of making science more accessible. 鈥淭his is bringing science to the community as opposed […]

91亚色 Autism Research Alliance shares research findings with wider autism community

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 […]

91亚色 displays research and innovation at YTA Solutions Showcase

91亚色 researchers and students displayed their research projects and innovations at the聽91亚色 Technology Alliance鈥檚聽Solutions Showcase event, which took place at the Markham Convergence Centre (MCC) on March 10. Titled 鈥淕ame Changers: How local innovations are creating a new 鈥榖usiness as usual'鈥, the 91亚色 Technology Alliance (YTA) showcase encouraged participants from industry, academia and government agencies […]

91亚色 partners with life science trade mission to Israel

Members of Markham council will go on a trade mission to Israel to participate in the Israel Life Science Industry Biomed conference in Tel Aviv, May 20 to 29, wrote 91亚色Region.com March 17: The May business mission is a partnership between the Town of Markham, the Regional Municipality of 91亚色, 91亚色 and Miller Thomson […]

Better care aim of hospital research partnership between 91亚色 and Southlake

If you're a patient at Southlake Regional Health Centre, there's now a better chance you'll be part of a research project, wrote the Newmarket Era March 16; the story also appeared on 91亚色Region.com: A partnership between the local hospital and 91亚色 will embed leading scientists from the postsecondary institution as researchers to work alongside […]

New partnership embeds 91亚色 researchers at Southlake Hospital

A new research initiative involving a partnership between 91亚色 and Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket will see聽feature leading scientists from the University serving as embedded researchers at the hospital. 91亚色 Professors Chris Ardern, Imogen Coe, Paul Ritvo and Lauren Sergio will work on site聽for one to聽two days a week with hospital clinicians to […]

91亚色 Central Hospital's partnership with 91亚色 will improve patient care

"Knowledge translation", says Dr. Indy Ghosh, will be one of the greatest benefits of a partnership between 91亚色 Central Hospital and 91亚色 to foster research and access to research at the hospital, wrote 91亚色Region.com March 1: It will not only ensure patients receive leading-edge care but help build a reputation for excellence at the […]

Professor Roger Keil says multiculturalism more successful in Canada than Europe

Declarations by European leaders that multiculturalism is a failure are not applicable to 91亚色 Region, academics and immigration advocates said, wrote the Aurora Banner, Feb. 18: The dialogue sparked by the leaders mystifies 91亚色 City Institute director Roger Keil, himself a newcomer from his native Germany in the 1990s. 鈥淚鈥檓 puzzled (that) the national […]

91亚色 launches commercialization presence in 91亚色 Region

If collaboration across industry, academic and public sectors is key to bridging Canada鈥檚 innovation gap, how do you make university research more accessible to the people and organizations who need this expertise? 91亚色 has answered this challenge by launching Innovation 91亚色 (IY). Strategically located in 91亚色 Region, IY is the public face and conduit […]

NSERC awards over $1 million to 91亚色-led research partnerships

Funding supports projects in 3D film and personalized cancer diagnosis over three years Two 91亚色-led industry-academic partnerships have received a total of $1,237,136 through the Natural Sciences聽& Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Strategic Projects Grants program. Sergey Krylov, professor in the Faculty of Science聽& Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry, has received […]

Knowledge Mobilization launches 28 new ResearchSnapshots; part of United Way of 91亚色 Region partnership

91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit is expanding聽its repository of聽clear language research summaries 鈥 RsearchSnapshots 鈥 as part of its mandate to maximize the impact of research. Using peer-reviewed 91亚色 research, students working within the KMb Unit developed 28 new summaries over the summer. This brings the existing searchable database of ResearchSnapshots to over 120 summaries. […]

United Way and 91亚色 launch Change Inc. to address complex social issues in 91亚色 Region

Collaboration to incubate new ideas and support social entrepreneurs United Way of 91亚色 Region and 91亚色 have launched Change Inc., a collaboration that will incubate and invest in promising innovations to tackle complex social issues and build capacity in 91亚色 Region. Daniele Zanotti, CEO of United Way, and Stan Shapson, vice-president research & innovation […]

Canadian Jewish News covers Sherman Health Science Research Centre opening

It used to be a hockey arena. Now it houses the latest functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, wrote the Canadian Jewish News Sept. 22: Last week, 91亚色 officially opened the Sherman Health Science Research Centre, a facility for research in brain and vision, biomechanics, virtual reality and robotics. Planning for the facility, which […]

91亚色 researchers receive $10 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at 91亚色 have been awarded over $10 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of $190.5 million in funding and awards invested across the country, will support over 220 innovative 91亚色 research projects to improve Canadians鈥 quality of life while […]