Six Faculty of Health professors were honoured for their outstanding contributions at a presentation of the 2010-2011 Dean鈥檚 Awards for Excellence last week. An award is given to two faculty members, one in the early career category and another in the established career category, in the areas of research, service and teaching. The awards, which […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Jonathan Weiss (MA '02, PhD 鈥07) has recently been awarded a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)聽President鈥檚 New Researcher Award in recognition of his contribution to psychological knowledge in Canada. The award is, in part, based on the researcher鈥檚 record of early career achievement. For Weiss, that encompasses the research on developmental disabilities that […]
91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor Debra Pepler, considered an international leader in research on child and youth bullying, aggression and victimization,聽was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) during its annual general meeting yesterday in Ottawa. Election to Fellowship in the CAHS is considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian […]
The Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO) has awarded a Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship to Marian MacGregor, director of Osgoode's Community and Legal Services Program (CLASP).聽 It is one of two fellowships that the LFO announced on Sept. 6.聽 Left Marian MacGregor MacGregor, who will be on a leave of absence from the end of […]
The achievements of four 91亚色 professors have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), which has inducted them as Fellows.聽 Professor Pat Armstrong, a distinguished research professor of sociology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS); Professor Isabella Bakker in the Department of Political Science in LA&PS; Professor Rishma […]
Chemistry Professor Derek Wilson has been awarded $100,000 in funding under the Ontario government鈥檚 Early Researcher Awards program.聽聽 91亚色 West MPP Mario Sergio made the announcement Tuesday. 91亚色鈥檚 research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award.聽 The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers build research teams of […]
Researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at 91亚色 have been awarded more than $11.9 million from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of $237 million in funding and awards recently announced, span across nine 91亚色 Faculties and support research that improves the quality of life of Canadians, […]
91亚色 bestowed titles of the聽highest order upon four of its long-serving faculty members at Spring Convocation this year. Historian Nicholas Rogers and mathematician Jianhong Wu were named distinguished research professors for sustained and outstanding scholarly, professional or artistic achievement largely accomplished at 91亚色.聽聽 Political scientist David Dewitt and education scholar Don Dippo were named University […]
Five students were honoured recently for their research on Asia or the Asian diaspora聽by the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). For 91亚色 PhD candidate Conely de Leon in the School of Women鈥檚 Studies, the money that came with the award will help her fund her dissertation fieldwork in Manila, Philippines, during the upcoming academic […]
91亚色 environmental studies Professor Peter Victor has been named the recipient of this year鈥檚 prestigious Canada Council Molson Prize in the social sciences for outstanding lifetime achievement. Victor, a聽renowned research professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, is being recognized for his trailblazing research which has led to the emergence of a new discipline […]
Conference driven by 91亚色 research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]
The 91亚色 Rover Team 鈥 just call them YURTs 鈥 maintained their record of excellence at the international University Rover Challenge (URC) on the weekend, finishing in second place to a team from Poland in the hot deserts of Utah. (CBC also covered the team's success). Above: Members of the 91亚色 Rover Team […]
A cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism sharpens the mind, wrote The New 91亚色 Times May 30: Her good news: Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease symptoms. Dr. Bialystok, 62, a distinguished research professor of psychology at […]
Hailing it as 鈥渙ne of the best film schools in Canada鈥, the Canadian Film Centre鈥檚 Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF) is honouring 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Film with a dedicated retrospective screening at the Royal Ontario Museum on June 1. Now in its 17th year,聽WSFF is the leading venue for the exhibition and promotion of […]
Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The 91亚色 Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy,聽director of 91亚色鈥檚 Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy鈥檚 leadership, ABEL鈥檚 team […]
Some聽of the聽top Canadian and international lawyers, political economists, social and development theorists will meet with graduate students this week to analyze and debate the 鈥渘ew constitutionalism鈥, a central characteristic of the global political economy. It鈥檚 another way 91亚色 students are being given opportunities to engage with the wider community, says 91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor Stephen […]
Prize named to honour Professor Emeritus Donald V. Smiley A new book by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Stepan Wood (LLB '92) and University of Toronto political economist Stephen Clarkson has been nominated for the Canadian Political Science Association's prestigious 2011 Smiley Prize for the best book on Canadian politics. Examining Canadians鈥 complicated roles as […]
If there was ever any doubt, Charlie Sheen is not winning, wrote Chillonline.ca May 12. While it was beauty that killed the beast, it was most likely pressure (brewed in wealth, drugs and women) that pushed Sheen from atop his skyscraper of a life: Gordon Flett, Canada Research Chair in Personality and Health, examines psychological […]
Pair recognized for graduate and undergraduate teaching excellence Two 91亚色 nursing professors have won provincial awards for innovative and excellent teaching. At its fourth annual awards ceremony Saturday, the Council of Ontario Universities Programs in Nursing (COUPN) presented Patricia Bradley with the Teaching Innovation Award and Christine Jonas-Simpson with the Excellence in Teaching Award. Above: […]
For two 91亚色 professors, receiving an award for Lifetime Achievement in African Studies from the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) represents a major acknowledgement of decades of work in African liberation, research and teaching. 91亚色 Professor Emeritus John S. Saul and 91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor in African history and Canada Research Chair Paul Lovejoy […]
