Study co-authored by Professor Stephen Gaetz, who leads SSHRC-funded homelessness project Homeless young people are victims of crime at rates that society would consider unacceptable for any other group, according to a new report by researchers at 91亚色 and the University of Guelph. The report, Surviving Crime and Violence: Street Youth and Victimization in […]
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 […]
Research funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Medtronic Canada and Can-Am Care A new study led by 91亚色 researchers finds that young athletes with Type 1 diabetes may experience a marked decrease in performance as a result of their blood sugar levels. The study, published in the International Journal […]
When you鈥檙e a charitable organization in 91亚色 Region seeking a research partner to inform your strategic directions and priorities, whom do you turn to? If you鈥檙e United Way of 91亚色 Region (UWYR), you collaborate with 91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit. This summer, three 91亚色 students will gain valuable experience through internships with UWYR鈥檚 Community […]
Until psychology Professor Jennifer Connolly began synthesizing information about teen pregnancy and teen mothers through a ResearchImpact Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) grant, she hadn鈥檛 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 […]
Four students from 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate Studies have won Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for research on everything from protecting vulnerable women to finding alternatives to the global takeover of organic agriculture. This is only the second year the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships have been awarded. 鈥淲e are delighted with the results of the Vanier […]
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 […]
Sarah Flicker, assistant professor in 91亚色's Faculty of Environmental Studies with research expertise incommunity development, public health, HIV and adolescent development, was interviewed by the Hamilton Spectator April 15 about Ontario's new curriculum that will teach more detailed sex education to schoolchildren in earlier grades beginning this September: Sarah Flicker, a professor in 91亚色's Faculty […]
91亚色's Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit produces clear-language research summaries that concisely communicate聽research results to non-academic audiences. These summaries support research dissemination, allowing research findings to have a broader impact on decision-making, policy development and professional practice. This unique institutional capacity was recently featured in The Globe and Mail and was聽the subject of a聽presentation聽at the […]
91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit has released 40 new ResearchSnapshot summaries and opened two new Community Collaboration Stations. The announcement of the new initiatives was made聽Dec. 2 during an afternoon research forum hosted at the University by the KM Unit. The summaries are available in a searchable online database located on the KM Unit's […]