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Environment - Social Sciences - 14.03.2025
Two new Canada Research Chairs named at Western, four renewed
Two new Canada Research Chairs named at Western, four renewed

Environment - Innovation - 14.03.2025
Taking action on the climate crisis
Taking action on the climate crisis

Information Science - 14.03.2025
Preschoolers can reason better than we think
Education researcher Sarah Dufour explores how young children sort, classify and group the toys they play with.

Veterinary - Art and Design - 14.03.2025
Crafting the Future: Meet Tony Stevens, UCalgary's Artiste in Residence for Veterinary Simulators
Crafting the Future: Meet Tony Stevens, UCalgary’s Artiste in Residence for Veterinary Simulators

Campus - Life Sciences - 14.03.2025
'Neurodivergent people are already here': The compatibilities between neurodiversity and academia
’Neurodivergent people are already here’: The compatibilities between neurodiversity and academia

Environment - Social Sciences - 13.03.2025
SFU announces 2025 honorary degree recipients

Earth Sciences - Environment - 13.03.2025
Solid Carbon receiving $24M to advance ocean-based carbon dioxide removal
Solid Carbon receiving $24M to advance ocean-based carbon dioxide removal

Psychology - Health - 13.03.2025
Patricia Conrod appointed scientific director of the CIHR's addiction institute
Patricia Conrod appointed scientific director of the CIHR’s addiction institute

Campus - 13.03.2025
Roxanne Sicotte: finding hope in suicide prevention
Roxanne Sicotte: finding hope in suicide prevention
As a new assistant professor in UdeM's School of Psychoeducation, she wants to make her research findings accessible and, as she puts it, "be helpful to others.

Health - 12.03.2025
Libin Precision Medicine Initiative launches enhanced cardiac care program
Libin Precision Medicine Initiative launches enhanced cardiac care program

Health - Life Sciences - 11.03.2025
Painless diabetes patch to replace needle pricks
Painless diabetes patch to replace needle pricks
Imagine a painless patch that continuously sends your health status to your phone. A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo is on a mission to deliver just that by developing next-generation technologies that can monitor and dispatch personalized medicine.

Art and Design - Health - 11.03.2025
Workshops at the museum to train tomorrow's doctors
Workshops at the museum to train tomorrow’s doctors

Health - Social Sciences - 11.03.2025
Time lost, ’time for me’, time suspended: life in the COVID years

Health - Pharmacology - 11.03.2025
The pandemic: a pause in research or a springboard?
The pandemic: a pause in research or a springboard?

Psychology - Health - 11.03.2025
Social media use amplifies delusional disorders: SFU study
A new study from Simon Fraser researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphic disorder.

Computer Science - Pedagogy - 11.03.2025
Ontario Tech students propose generative AI platform to preserve Indigenous languages
Ontario Tech students propose generative AI platform to preserve Indigenous languages
Student team gains national recognition for their technology-driven ideas to make education more accessible Since Anupriya Dubey began her studies at Ontario Tech University in 2021, she has been foc

Career - 10.03.2025
Ivey prof studies ’idea theft’ and how to stop it
It happens all the time. You're in a meeting, brainstorming with your team to uncover the next big idea.

Social Sciences - Innovation - 10.03.2025
Leadership grounded in integrity and service
Leadership grounded in integrity and service

Environment - Innovation - 10.03.2025
SFU’s School of Sustainable Energy Engineering partners with Corix to enhance biomass plant efficiency

Health - Social Sciences - 10.03.2025
Providing evidence to support Indigenous midwifery
Providing evidence to support Indigenous midwifery
Research project aims to improve maternal child health in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities Dr. Jennifer Leason's, PhD, most recent research project, Reclaiming Indigenous Birth, was b

Innovation - Sport - 07.03.2025
International Women's Day 2025
International Women’s Day 2025
The University of Waterloo is proud to mark International Women's Day (IWD) on March 8. Championing our female students, researchers and leaders makes Waterloo and Canada more resilient, innovative and prosperous.

Transport - Social Sciences - 07.03.2025
Alternative Montreal metro map celebrates women's contributions
Alternative Montreal metro map celebrates women’s contributions

Campus - Event - 07.03.2025
Fifty years of friendship and memories
Fifty years of friendship and memories

Health - Mathematics - 07.03.2025
Remembering Siv Sivaloganathan
Remembering Siv Sivaloganathan

Health - Pharmacology - 07.03.2025
Q and A with the Experts: Measles
Q and A with the Experts: Measles

Health - Pharmacology - 07.03.2025
Keeping watch on infectious diseases impacting Canadian kids
Keeping watch on infectious diseases impacting Canadian kids
Public Health Agency of Canada selects University of Calgary to lead national surveillance program The University of Calgary is leading one of the most comprehensive, active, hospital-based infectious disease surveillance systems for children in Canada that the country has ever had.

Health - Economics - 07.03.2025
Haskayne Business Exchange tackles human costs of workplace systemic failures
Haskayne Business Exchange tackles human costs of workplace systemic failures

Health - Event - 07.03.2025
Closing the gap: How the O’Brien Institute is driving change in women’s health

Astronomy / Space - 06.03.2025
Western astrophysicists predict origins of unexpected space objects in solar system
New model created to simulate interstellar activity in our solar system and next closest, Alpha Centauri Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and how it got here.

Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 06.03.2025
Indigenous languages: the pace of extinction is slower than expected-but still alarming
100 years from now, how many people will still be speaking one of Canada's 70 Indigenous languages? UdeM demographers come up with a nuanced projection.

Economics - Innovation - 06.03.2025
Waterloo startup joins YC to make hiring global talent easy
Waterloo startup joins YC to make hiring global talent easy

Physics - Materials Science - 06.03.2025
Western awarded $5M to study safe storage of advanced nuclear fuel
Western awarded $5M to study safe storage of advanced nuclear fuel

Economics - Innovation - 06.03.2025
UCalgary opens doors to innovators through new lab services program
UCalgary opens doors to innovators through new lab services program

Health - Innovation - 05.03.2025
Leading the way in AI-driven post-operative care
Leading the way in AI-driven post-operative care

Social Sciences - 05.03.2025
A stitch in time
A stitch in time

Economics - 05.03.2025
Q and A with the experts: U.S. banking in Canada
Q and A with the experts: U.S. banking in Canada

Health - Life Sciences - 05.03.2025
Genomic sequencing, a powerful ally against rare diseases

Environment - Campus - 05.03.2025
Sustainable Development Goals Month unites Canadian campuses
Sustainable Development Goals Month unites Canadian campuses

Campus - Career - 05.03.2025
Canadian Centre for Research Analysis and Methods hosts third-annual Rocky Mountain Methodology Academy
Canadian Centre for Research Analysis and Methods hosts third-annual Rocky Mountain Methodology Academy

Campus - Career - 05.03.2025
Catherine Heggerud appointed to lead Office of Signature Learning Experiences; Andrew Szeto appointed to lead Office of Institutional Commitments

Astronomy / Space - 04.03.2025
Q and A with the experts: The science of a Blood Moon
Q and A with the experts: The science of a Blood Moon

Career - Innovation - 04.03.2025
Meet JADA
Meet JADA

Health - Life Sciences - 04.03.2025
Carino Gurjao, colorectal cancer specialist, joins UdeM
Carino Gurjao, colorectal cancer specialist, joins UdeM

Health - Pharmacology - 04.03.2025
Philanthropy powers UCalgary research team using real-world evidence to improve cancer treatments
Philanthropy powers UCalgary research team using real-world evidence to improve cancer treatments
Calgary family's $2M gift helps Oncology Outcomes (O2) team make data research discoveries benefiting breast, kidney and lung cancer patients An innovative data research program at the University of C

Environment - Social Sciences - 03.03.2025
Celebrating phenomenal women in Environment
Celebrating phenomenal women in Environment

Economics - Environment - 03.03.2025
Nature Bee CEO wins Distinguished Alumni Award
Nature Bee CEO wins Distinguished Alumni Award

Campus - Computer Science - 03.03.2025
UVic offers Computing Gateway Program at new West Shore Campus
UVic offers Computing Gateway Program at new West Shore Campus

Health - Social Sciences - 03.03.2025
Emerging scholars vital to public health research and equity in Canada
O'Brien Institute for Public Health highlights students and trainees tackling health disparities through innovative research Public health research plays a vital role in addressing health disparities and improving outcomes for marginalized communities.

Environment - Campus - 03.03.2025
Caribou case study offers a new model to manage species at risk
Caribou case study offers a new model to manage species at risk
UCalgary researchers suggest a data-driven approach that identifies groups of at-risk caribou by movement patterns Researchers at the University of Calgary are suggesting a more comprehensive approach

Campus - Health - 28.02.2025
Three minutes, endless impact: UCalgary’s Postdoc Research Slam celebrates innovation and storytelling