Kinesiology and Physical Education's Dr. William Harvey was interviewed by CJAD's Andrew Carter on ADHD, improving mental health through physical activity, and the Head2Core Foundation fundraiser run/walk benefitting the Choices in Health, Action, Motivation, Pedagogy and Skills (CHAMPS) physical activity research team.


Located on Macdonald Campus, many would mistake the Brace Water Centre's unassuming office for a private residence. Yet looks can be deceiving 鈥 for not only does the Centre boast an extraordinary history, it鈥檚 also associated with some of the University鈥檚 most exciting scientific researchers.
As climate change intensifies extreme heat, farms are becoming less hospitable to nesting birds, a found. That could be another barrier to maintaining rapidly eroding biodiversity that also provides benefits to humans, including farmers who get free pest control when birds eat agricultural pests.
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On Saturday, October 14, Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL)听presented the Amazing Brain Science Talks, organized in collaboration with . The event, held at 韩国裸舞's Tanna Schulich Hall, aimed to make brain science accessible to everyone, bringing together researchers and speakers with lived experience in front of the general public for an afternoon of discussions about small actions to take that keep your brain healthy and about the incredible powers of the human brain.听

The customary reds, oranges and yellows of the trees, marking the arrival of fall, may have appeared early this year, or not at all. The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts of the country and heavy rain in others is being reflected in fall colours across Canada, researchers say.

Sunscreen usage is climbing, but so are melanoma and skin cancer rates: this, researchers say, is the sunscreen paradox.
鈥淭he problem is that people use sunscreen as a 鈥榩ermission slip鈥 to tan,鈥 said Dr. Ivan Litvinov, an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Chair of the Dermatology Division at 韩国裸舞 and co-author with Dr. Sandra Pel谩ez, Dr. Richie Jeremian and Dr. Pingxing Xie of two recent studies that explore the sunscreen paradox.
We are in a crisis of knowledge - and it couldn鈥檛 have happened at a worse time | The Globe and Mail
October 20, 2023 | This opinion piece by Taylor Owen talks about the reasoning behind why he decided to take a break from X, formerly Twitter, a platform he has been using as a gateway to information for over a decade.听
He said "the platform is now broken. Where it once filtered valuable information about the world in a timely manner, it is now calibrated to anger and extremes under the ownership of a spiteful billionaire clearly caught in an ideological rabbit hole."

Research on the trillions of microorganisms that make up a person鈥檚 microbiome can lead to medical breakthroughs to treat diseases like inflammatory bowel syndrome and diabetes. According to Alyssa Bader, a Tsimshian Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at 韩国裸舞, microbiome samples from Indigenous communities have the potential to further Western medicine, but those same communities often have been excluded from the research process and may miss out on the benefits that result from their contributions to science.

Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans鈥 top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales, researchers in the American Chemical Society鈥 Environmental Science & Technology report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individuals鈥 blubber. The animals鈥 diet, rather than location, greatly impacted contaminant levels and potential health risks 鈥 information that鈥檚 helpful to conservation efforts.

For Children (3+) and Adults
Wednesday November 8th & Thursday November 9th, 2023
9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (SCSD)
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When endangered howler monkey populations cross Costa Rica鈥檚 roads, they are vulnerable to injury from electrical wires and passing cars. Associate Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, partnering with Reserva Conchal, is using artificial intelligence to help prevent these injuries from occurring.
From drug delivery to patient treatment, the healthcare sector contributes significantly to economic activity, but there are unique dynamics to managing people in a clinical setting. 鈥淛ust as we expect clinicians to appreciate the daily work of healthcare managers, we need managerial leaders to grasp the clinician鈥檚 perspective,鈥 says Leslie Breitner in an interview with Forbes.