Rappers Kardinal Offishall and Saukrates, singer Jully Black, video director Lil鈥 X and deejay collective Baby Blue Soundcrew may not be familiar names to Torontonians over the age of 40, but anyone born after 1969 who loves hip hop and R & B is aware of these artists鈥 foundational roles in Canada鈥檚 urban music culture, […]
Most people think of slavery as a thing of the past. But that鈥檚 a misconception, says 91亚色 PhD history candidate Karlee Sapoznik of the newly formed Alliance Against Modern Slavery (AAMS). Human trafficking alone is a $32 billion annual industry today and, at聽any聽given time,聽there are聽up to 27 million slaves around the world 鈥撀爐he majority of […]
A few months ago, I was introduced to Helen Papagiannis, an artist, designer and researcher working with the emerging technology Augmented Reality (AR), wrote Rob Rothfarb in Museum Virtual Worlds Jan. 10 in a published interview with the student in the 91亚色/Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture: Papagiannis: 鈥淚 began experimenting with AR […]
Theatre @ 91亚色 will perform the 2005 off-Broadway hit, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, an imaginary retrial of the man who betrayed Jesus, beginning Sunday. Paul Muir directs fellow students from 91亚色鈥檚 Master of Fine Arts Theatre Program in this fast-paced, edgy courtroom 鈥渄ramedy鈥 by Stephen Adly Guirgis presented in聽the Joseph G. Green Studio […]
The Daily Planet featured the robotics collaboration between 91亚色 Professor Michael Jenkin and McGill University Professor Gregory Dudek on January 14, 2011.They are the co-creaters of AQUA, a small submersible robot that swims using paddle legs and carries cameras and position sensors that relay information back to the screen of the tablet computer via an […]
Psychology researchers in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health, PhD student Gregory Knoll (MA 鈥07) and Debra Pepler, Distinguished Research Professor, along with Professor Wendy Josephson of the University of Winnipeg, will provide three days of training to youth outreach workers and supervisors this month as part of a growing program. Stages of Change training will involve […]
Research from 91亚色 is revealing which regions in the brain 鈥渇ire up鈥 when we suppress an automatic behaviour, such as the urge to look at other people as we enter an elevator. A 91亚色 study, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, used fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to track brain activity […]
A 91亚色 researcher and her graduate student are working to shed some light on one of the big questions in physics 鈥 what is dark matter and why can鈥檛 we see it? Professor Veronica Sanz, a particle physicist in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, who joined the faculty this past summer, and graduate student […]
Helen Papagiannis, a PhD student in the Faculty of Fine Arts' Department of Film, participated in 91亚色's inaugural Tedx91亚色u event earlier this month. Her talk on how wonder guides the creative process is the now available on youtube: Papagiannis is an artist, designer and researcher specializing in augmented reality (AR). Hailed as being among the […]
The work of three researchers from the Faculty of Science & Engineering (FSE) was honoured聽during the FSE Honours & Awards night on Nov. 18. The evening saw the presentation of the faculty's inaugural internal research awards to聽chemistry Professor Dasantila Golemi-Kotra, recipient of the 2010 Early Researcher Award; biology Professor Chun Peng, recipient of the 2010 […]
The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites proposals for its Graduate Student Workshop series taking place from January to April 2011. This series聽is an opportunity for graduate students conducting research on Asia and the Asian diaspora to present their research-in-progress to graduate students and a 91亚色 faculty member. It is intended for 91亚色 students […]
While researching the historical rights of his First Nation鈥檚 community of Listuguj in the Gespe鈥檊ewa鈥檊ig district of the Mi鈥檊maw on the southwest shore of the Gasp茅 peninsula for his doctoral thesis, 91亚色 PhD candidate Alfred Metallic came to believe there was something missing in what he was doing 鈥 an integral piece of a larger […]
Bridget Stutchbury, author of Silence of the Songbirds and The Bird Detective, speaks about how her Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology has changed and broadened her research agenda: Stutchbury is one of 91亚色's 28 Canada Research Chairs. The program celebrates its 10th anniversary November 24 and 25 at the Metro Toronto […]
Writing yourself a feel-good letter can lead to a long-term boost in emotional well-being, although it won鈥檛 work if you鈥檙e extremely needy,聽a 91亚色 study has found. Individuals who wrote themselves a compassionate or optimistic letter every day for a week were less depressed up to three months later and reported an overall increase in […]
When it comes to Canadian Patient Safety Week, the play鈥檚 the thing. Researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health have come up with a pioneering way to convey their evidence-based research on what can happen when health-care mistakes are made 鈥 they鈥檙e putting on a play about it. Seeing the Forest, inspired by a true story […]
Research Month celebrates the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Throughout November, the Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring our faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by between 10 am and 2 pm each Wednesday to learn what 91亚色's researchers are doing. The Research Month index on 91亚色's Research […]
People who can no longer recognize faces compensate with heightened voice recognition abilities, says a 91亚色 study, which also finds that our brains may identify people and things on separate neurological planes. The study, recently published in the journal Neuropsychologia looked at a rare disorder called prosopagnosia, in which the ability to visually identify […]
91亚色 will host a TEDx91亚色U event at Glendon on Saturday, Nov. 6.聽Based on the popular TED Conference, TEDx91亚色U invites speakers to share their important visions for the future and involves audience participants in sharing ideas, addressing new perspectives and spreading inspiration. 91亚色 community members are invited to apply to be an audience participant […]
The Victorian Studies Network at 91亚色 (VSNY) will delve into New Directions in Victorian Research at its third annual symposium this Friday. Faculty and students from English, history, political science, science & technology, and the Scott Library will discuss their current scholarship during the symposium, which will take place Oct. 22, from 10am to 2:45pm, […]
Historian and 91亚色 grad Sharon Wall (PhD 鈥03) has won two awards for her book, The Nurture of Nature: Childhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55. In the spring, the book won the Canadian Historical Association's 2010 Clio Prize for Ontario, and now it has won the Champlain Society鈥檚 Floyd S. Chalmers Award in Ontario […]
