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Graduate students mobilize research to benefit communities through United Way of 91ÑÇÉ« Region

When you’re a charitable organization in 91ÑÇÉ« Region seeking a research partner to inform your strategic directions and priorities, whom do you turn to? If you’re United Way of 91ÑÇÉ« Region (UWYR), you collaborate with 91ÑÇɫ’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit. This summer, three 91ÑÇÉ« students will gain valuable experience through internships with UWYR’s Community […]

91ÑÇÉ« professors partner with community agencies to find gaps in research and services for teen pregnancy

Until psychology Professor Jennifer Connolly began synthesizing information about teen pregnancy and teen mothers through a ResearchImpact Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) grant, she hadn’t realized that those youth who had dealings with youth protection services or the justice system were at increased risk of pregnancy compared to the general population. The other area of high risk […]

Canada's health policies failing its most vulnerable, researchers find

Dennis Raphael, a professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s School of Health Policy & Management in the Faculty of Health was quoted in the Aurora Banner's May 8 issue about his report, released April 29, that offers Canadians the opportunity to learn how their living conditions will determine whether they stay healthy or become ill: We’re products of […]

91ÑÇÉ« Leaderhship Roundtable gathers university, business, and community leaders

The 91ÑÇÉ« Leadership Roundtable event series connects senior business executives and community leaders in 91ÑÇÉ« Region with 91ÑÇÉ«'s researchers and senior administrators. Through the roundtable format, participants identify and generate ways to build upon their scientific and social innovation while sharing resources by forming research partnerships. 91ÑÇÉ«Region.com covered the most recent event May 6: […]

Panel to highlight two suburbia research projects based in 91ÑÇÉ« Region

A lunchtime panel featuring presentations by 91ÑÇÉ« researchers and urban planning professionals will wrap up two recent research projects tomorrow – "In-Between Infrastructure: Urban Connectivity in an Age of Vulnerability", based out of the City Institute at 91ÑÇÉ« (City), and geography Professor Lucia Lo's "Infrastructure in 91ÑÇÉ« Region: A GIS Analysis of Human Services". The panel discussion, […]

Universities need sustainable approach to strengthening external research partnerships

Stan Shapson, 91ÑÇÉ«'s vice-president research & innovation, recently gave a talk at a conference hosted by IP Osgoode and the Hennick Centre for Business and Law on developing strong public/private sector collaborations to create innovation. With the challenge of a changing external context for research in Canada — both a shifting economic and social […]