Brainstorm, a special edition of YFile publishing on the first Friday of every month, showcases research and innovation at 91ÑÇÉ«. It offers compelling and accessible, feature-length stories about the world-leading and policy-relevant work of 91ÑÇɫ’s academics and researchers across all disciplines and faculties, and encompasses both pure and applied research.
In the January 2018 issue:
- shows racialized and Indigenous university faculty score low on power, prestige and influence; points the way to policy change at the university level and a greater institutional commitment to equity.
- Professor undertakes a pilot study that suggests memory training is feasible for patients with early-stage Huntington disease. This could lead to new directions for treatment.
- , a 91ÑÇÉ« professor and Canada Research Chair, undertakes remarkable project that provides new and unique place for dialogue on Indigenous environmental justice.
- When Theatre Professor got the call from his agent about made-up science fiction languages, he was up for the challenge. In this Q&A, he talks about his contribution to a constructed language for a hit television series.
- from 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Health reframes mainstream obesity discussion to highlight socioeconomic inequity ̶ nothing short of a paradigm shift.
Launched in January 2017, Brainstorm is produced out of the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation in partnership with Communications & Public Affairs; overseen by Megan Mueller, manager, Research Communications; and edited by Jenny Pitt-Clark, the YFileÌý±ð»å¾±³Ù´Ç°ù.