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Motivated by her late father's disability, UCalgary geographer Victoria Fast leads Mapping Our Cities for All project to measure accessibility of Canadian cities Dr. Victoria Fast, PhD, and her

STEM with Disabilities was inspired by the frustration of being a student with disabilities and the epiphany of the power that comes from community.

A new study about the effect of terror incidents on financial reporting says they might Terrorist attacks and mass shootings are devastating for the people and communities they affect.

Violence against women takes many forms, including reproductive coercion: control over a woman's reproductive choices by her spouse or family.

Two UdeM experts shed light on what triggers some kids with autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders to lash out - and offer ways to cope.

Most have experienced it - struggling to hear a conversation in a noisy restaurant or deciphering a TV dialogue while the dishwasher roars in the background.

Working with industry partner, Earth sciences professor Roberta Flemming successfully tested miniaturized device A Western-led research team has developed the first-ever hand-held diffraction tool for the identification of minerals in their natural setting on planetary surfaces such as Mars.

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has expanded the reach of Pacific Ocean monitoring with the deployment of new deep-sea Argo floats that collect vital ocean data while traveling up and down through the water column, the space between the sea surface and the seafloor.

Literature professor Marcello Vitali-Rosati has some thoughts on the question.

Undergraduate students collaborate with campus partners and external organizations to grow their skills in social entrepreneurship By Jenna Braun Faculty of Health Current complex health problems lik

Idea generates local and national collaborations, a philanthropic gift toward a new research centre and an entrepreneurial opportunity Dr. Franz Zemp, PhD, gets chills talking about how his idea to target a specific cancer cell has evolved. "I never thought I'd be that close to a patient. I never thought anything that I would build, or design would be in a clinical trial," says Zemp, an adjunct assistant professor at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM).

Women with disabilities who experience intimate-partner violence face substantial barriers when they decide to leave their partners.

Each policy will help reduce carbon emissions, preventing concomitant climate change and premature deaths In a recent review of more than 180 peer-reviewed articles - which I conducted with fellow res

Generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT raise questions about how it can be used and controlled in the field of law, say two UdeM professors.

Waterloo works in partnership with Rogers to revolutionize the landscape of telecommunication and network management By Jordan Flemming University Relations The emergence of 5G technology is transforming telecommunications, granting people and industry remarkable capabilities.

Lights, camera, action. Confused and disoriented, Bobby stumbles into the men's washroom at a shelter where he's spending the night.

Topics First-in-Canada tool by Western-led team helps women experiencing partner violence More than 40 per cent of Canadian women experience intimate partner violence at some point in their lives.

Say hello to the Sidney-Altman RNA Therapeutic Hub. Inaugurated today by the UdeM-affiliated IRCM, it gives scientists a major tool in their arsenal against diseases like cancer.

Alejandro J. Cuellar De Lucio wins Vanier Graduate Scholarship for researching eco-friendly method of producing ammonia The Haber-Bosch process are three words everyone should know.