Former astronaut Dave Williams, president and CEO of Southlake Regional Health Centre, will talk about how his brain聽handled the weightlessness of聽outer聽space at the upcoming joint 91亚色 Neuroscience - Centre for Vision Research seminar. The talk, 鈥淢y Brain in Space鈥, will take place, Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 4pm at 519 91亚色 Research Tower , Keele campus. […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Robert聽Muller has won a prestigious international award for his book about how to treat adult trauma survivors who resist therapy. The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) presented聽its Written Media Award to Muller for his 2010 book Trauma and the Avoidant Client: Attachment-Based Strategies for Healing. Muller鈥檚 […]
91亚色 has been named Canada鈥檚 top university in research publication intensity growth in the comprehensive category for the period聽2004 to聽2009 in a ranking released last week by Research Infosource Inc.,聽a Canadian leading research analysis firm.聽 鈥淓xcellence in research is central to 91亚色鈥檚 mission,鈥 says Robert Hach茅, 91亚色's vice-president research & innovation.聽鈥淭hese results recognize […]
Yesterday was a very good day for聽future generations of Canadian聽engineers. During a special聽event held at 91亚色's Keele campus, President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri announced a $25-million dollar transformative donation from Pierre Lassonde, chairman of the聽Franco-Nevada Corporation, for an expanded School of Engineering. 聽[stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3D3IXewlKqpmM img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/3IXewlKqpmM/0.jpg embed=false share=false width=400 height=300 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false […]
New music pioneer Trichy Sankaran, whose work is known for bridging the traditions of India and the West, has won the Muriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Music. The 91亚色 professor received the $10,000 prize Oct. 20 at the 2011 Toronto Arts Foundation Awards ceremony at the annual Mayor鈥檚 Arts Awards Lunch. More than […]
Can you blame the financial crisis on mathematicians? What exactly is a Canadian utopia? Why is walking such a balancing act? And is there something to be learned聽from Halloween鈥檚聽contentious history? Four 91亚色 professors will address these questions as part of the next 91亚色 Circle presentation on Saturday, Oct. 29. As with previous 91亚色 Circle […]
Hugh Raffles is a professor of anthropology at Eugene Lang College at The New School for Social Research in New 91亚色 City. Raffles will聽deliver a special guest lecture today titled, "Rocks, Stones & Other Vital Things" as part of the fourth annual lecture hosted by the Department of Anthropology at 91亚色. The lecture, which […]
A growing number of people are experiencing the effects of climate change in their daily lives, but those effects are not distributed equally. A workshop at 91亚色 on Wednesday will discuss the issue of climate change and who it affects and how, the role of governments聽and what should be done. The Climate Justice and Politics […]
Haints: American Ghosts, Millennial Passions, and Contemporary Gothic Fictions, a new book by the chair of 91亚色鈥檚 Department of English, Art Redding, will launch next Wednesday. Published by the University of Alabama Press, Haints (see YFile, Sept. 14) examines the work of contemporary American authors who draw on the gothic tradition in their fiction, not […]
Viva聽collaboration! 聽 After five years of transnational research by educators and artists in Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, the United States and Canada,聽the VIVA! Project is launching its new book, iVIVA! Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas, edited by project lead Deborah Barndt, a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) and coordinator of […]
The Economist magazine has ranked the Schulich School of Business at 91亚色 among the top 10 MBA programs in the world. The rankings, which were released Friday by the prestigious publication, ranked Schulich ninth overall, up from 10th place the previous year.聽Schulich was the only Canadian business school to make the top 10. Right: […]
Slavery survivors, researchers and activists aim to put the issue of modern slavery on the map during tomorrow's聽conference at 91亚色. The second annual conference, organized by the Alliance Against Modern Slavery聽(AAMS), seeks to illuminate lesser known forms of contemporary slavery that are thriving at home and abroad. These include domestic slavery, debt bondage, child […]
Over the last 40 years, tax expenditure analysis has reshaped the way policy makers and practitioners around the world think about the design of tax systems. On Monday, Oct. 17, Jeffrey Simpson (right), The Globe and Mail's award-winning national affairs columnist, will be the keynote speaker at the official launch of Tax Expenditures: State of […]
The Critical Border Studies Speaker Series (CBSSS) is a new initiative being spearheaded by Dr. Elizabeth Lunstrum (Geography), PhD Candidate David Moffette (Sociology) and the 91亚色 Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS). The purpose of this series is to bring to together developing and established scholars from within and beyond the 91亚色 community in […]
Leading investigative journalists, media lawyers and academics from Canada, the US and the UK will gather at Osgoode Hall Law School at 91亚色 on Friday, Oct. 14,聽for a day-long, original program dealing with such hot topics as freedom of the press, defamation law, media accountability, confidentiality of sources and access to information. The conference, […]
What is the connection between Canadian literature and the environment? That question is what the Faculty of Environmental Studies wants to explore through its three-day event, Green Words/Green Worlds: Environmental Literatures & Politics in Canada, encompassing a public forum, a conference and writing workshops. Notable Canadian environmental poets Brian Bartlett, Armand Garnet Ruffo and Rita […]
Leading researchers, industry representatives and academics in science and engineering from Canada and India are gathering today at 91亚色's Keele campus聽as part of a two-day聽Canada-India Frontiers workshop, which聽will聽explore new developments聽in science and engineering The first event of its kind,聽the聽workshop,聽which began yesterday and continues聽today,聽offers a forum for participants to share ideas, resources and聽technologies, and聽engage in discussions […]
91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit, in partnership with the 91亚色 Region Community Foundation (YRCF),聽has released its first Living in 91亚色 Region Vital Signs report. Titled "Living in 91亚色 Region: Our Community Check-up", the report presents context indicators for 12 issue areas and summarizes the opinions of more than 1,000聽91亚色 Region residents who attended focus groups […]
Robert Hach茅, 91亚色 vice-president research & innovation, has appointed聽Professors Lisa Philipps and Walter Tholen, as associate vice-presidents research for five-year terms, effective Nov. 1. 鈥淚 am delighted that Lisa and Walter have accepted the positions,鈥 said Hach茅.聽鈥91亚色 is home to exceptional students, staff and faculty in every discipline. Recognizing our strengths in interdisciplinary and collaborative […]
A cross section of creative artists from the Faculty of Fine Arts is on deck for tomorrow's聽all-night art party. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, which will take place throughout downtown聽Toronto, features the work of more than 500 local, national and international artists聽 Theatre Professor Shawn Kerwin collaborated with Laurel McDonald to create "Alone Together", an 鈥渁rt-app鈥 for […]
