The risk of a catastrophe on the scale of BP鈥檚 offshore Deepwater Horizon disaster happening in聽Canada聽poses a real threat to people鈥檚 health and the economy. At the Oil: Slick Suits and Sinister Scenarios symposium tomorrow, leading researchers in risk, disaster management, ethics and the environment will provide insights into the murky world of oil and […]
91亚色 jazz Professor Barry Elmes has been a mainstay of the Canadian jazz scene since the early 1980s. A drummer, composer, producer, recording artist and educator, he has performed all over the world and his work has been documented on more than 60 CDs. On Thursday and Friday, the renowned jazz musician will perform at […]
Not so long ago, many in the medical profession thought infants didn鈥檛 feel pain, and whether it was a heel prick or open heart surgery, pain relief was not required. 91亚色 psychology Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell (BA Spec. Hons.聽'96), had a different take 鈥 that infants聽did experience pain and it was important to figure out […]
Religion and culture Professor Carol Duncan of Wilfrid Laurier University will explore Caribbean women鈥檚 religious dress traditions at the next instalment of the Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean鈥檚 (CERLAC) Caribbean Lecture Series. 鈥淐aribbean Religion and Female Esthetic鈥 will take place Thursday, March 10, from 12:30 to 2:30pm in the Conference Centre […]
91亚色 researchers have zeroed in on a genetic process that may allow ovarian cancer to resist chemotherapy. Researchers in the University鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering studied a tiny strand of our genetic makeup known as a microRNA, involved in the regulation of gene expression. Cancer occurs when gene regulation goes haywire. 鈥淥varian cancer […]
What does the economic crisis in Europe mean for the future of the European Union? That鈥檚 the question 91亚色 faculty from economics, public policy and history will grapple with at a round table discussion tomorrow. Round table Discussion: The European Union in Crisis? will take place from 2 to 4pm at 305 91亚色 Lanes, Keele […]
Professor Emeritus Delmar McCormack Smyth, dean of Atkinson College聽from 1963 to 1969 and past director of the Centre for Continuing Education at 91亚色, died peacefully at St. Joseph鈥檚 Hospital in Hamilton on Feb. 21. He was 88. Prof. McCormack Smyth, or simply 鈥淢ac鈥 as he was known to his family, colleagues and friends, was […]
Although Rabindranath Tagore was a celebrated poet during his time 鈥 the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1913 鈥 and a prominent figure in India鈥檚 struggle for independence and social justice, he is not well known outside of India today. With the 150th anniversary of his birth coming up this […]
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 […]
Sault College has partnered with 91亚色 and the Garden River First Nation to deliver a pre-diabetes detection and physical activity intervention delivery program, also known as PRE-PAID, wrote SooNews.ca Feb. 15: The PRE-PAID project, funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport and Ontario Trillium Foundation, targets groups at high risk for diabetes […]
91亚色's Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance, Ron Westray, makes his Faculty Concert Series debut March 1 with a swinging concert of jazz standards and original works in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall on 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. Joining Westray on stage will be Toronto jazz artists Chris Banks and John Maharaj on bass and […]
Health care practitioners can increase the number of patients referred to a cardiac rehabilitation program by more than 40 per cent, helping them to reduce their risk of dying and improve their quality of life, say researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. Researchers explored multiple strategies to increase referrals to cardiac rehabilitation programs at […]
If you are a researcher or an administrator of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada Research Chair (CRC) or Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant, there are a number of upcoming important deadlines. Research Accounting is planning its聽process for financial […]
Although Quechua dates back to the time of the Incas and is spoken by millions in Peru, its success as a written language has been limited. Despite its official language status, it鈥檚 considered marginalized and is dogged by stigma and misconceptions. During the first half of the 20th century, however, there was a sudden flurry […]
Did you know that African Canadians worshipping on the lakeshore founded Toronto's first Baptist Church in 1826? Did you know that Upper Canada was the first place in the British Empire to make laws limiting slavery (1793)? Did you know that Mathieu Da Costa, a multilingual translator of African descent, came to Canada with Samuel […]
The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) will be accepting applications for three awards offered in the winter 2011 term 鈥 the Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award, the YCAR Language Award and the Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Fellowship. The application deadline for all three awards is 4pm on Monday, Feb. 14. There is one Vivienne […]
Can 3D images be made to look more realistic? 91亚色 vision researchers have discovered how a to keep our eyes on the prize, so to speak. In order to see 3D images properly, our left and right eyes have to view separate images. Because 3D display technology isn鈥檛 perfect, there are times when images […]
In the late 1800s, German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus set out to memorize hundreds of nonsense syllables and discovered it was more efficient to space out his study sessions than to try to learn long lists in one sitting [wrote The Globe and Mail Feb. 7]: Hundreds of studies carried out since have established the power […]
What made a man in the 18th and 19th century? That鈥檚 what 91亚色 Professor Carolyn Podruchny, graduate director of the Department of History, will reveal at her public lecture聽tomorrow as part of the Canada: Like You've Never Heard It Before Speakers' Series. Podruchny鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭ough Bodies, Fast Dogs, Well-Dressed Wives: Measures of Manhood Among French-Canadian […]
After a two-year hiatus, the highly popular Empire series of interdisciplinary talks returns to 91亚色's Keele campus this Thursday. Empires II is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology, History and Sociology in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and offers University community members an opportunity to participate in free talks that […]
