Suzanne MacDonald, a comparative psychologist who studies raccoon behaviour at 91ɫ in Toronto, has compared the problem-solving skills of rural and city raccoons. The result? Urbanites trump their country cousins in both intelligence and ability, reported Nautilus Oct. 9…. “We’ve devised all sorts of ways of protecting our garbage, which all fail,” says 91ɫ psychology Professor Michael Pettit. .
“I just about fainted,” said Mary Loucks, the daughter-in-law of Sadie Arbuckle, at the opening of the Dear Sadie - Love, Lives and Remembrance from Ontario’s First World War exhibit at the Archives of Ontario at 91ɫ, held in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the First World War. “After the story was published, this really took off. Sadie would have loved it,” Loucks said in the North 91ɫ Mirror Oct. 8. .
While most “mooters” don’t end up on the high court, such simulated courtroom appeal hearings have become a rite of passage in many successful legal careers, reported University Affairs Oct. 8. “A high proportion of Supreme Court law clerks have demonstrated excellence in mooting,” says Marilyn Pilkington, professor emeritus and former dean of 91ɫ’s Osgoode Hall Law School who won the Gale in its first year. “It's the difference between studying anatomy in class and actually doing surgery.” .
The debate Oct. 7 in the North 91ɫ Civic Centre council chambers featured incumbent Councillor John Filion, his main rival David Mousavi and candidates Kun-Won Park and Carmen Kedzior, reported the North 91ɫ Mirror Oct. 8…. Mousavi proposes to create an “incubator,” an organization geared to speeding up the growth of start-up companies. The initiative would capitalize on the community’s prime transportation links such as Hwy. 401 and educational institutions such as 91ɫ and Seneca College, he said. .
Last month, 91ɫ students Shiuhao Zhang and Naimig Lee, who are interning with the Brantford Fire Department as a component of their graduate degrees in disaster management, designed and staged a simulated disaster to test the community's preparedness, reported the Brantford Expositor Oct. 9. .