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Due to today’s storm, º«¹úÂãÎè classes are cancelled. Please note that campuses remain open, including Libraries, according to their schedules. For details, see the Alert email.


En raison de la tempête, les cours à º«¹úÂãÎè sont annulés aujourd’hui. Veuillez noter que les campus restent ouverts, y compris les bibliothèques selon leurs horaires. Pour plus de détails, voir le courriel d'alerte.

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SSHRC invests $8.9M in º«¹úÂãÎè research

By Amanda Testani

Published: 18 Jul 2019

Two º«¹úÂãÎè Researchers receive $3.3M from NSERC CREATE program funding

Hanadi Sleiman of the Department of Chemistry and Jaswinder Singhof the Department of Plant Science have each received $1.65 million in research grants, to be distributed over six years, from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Colla

Published: 11 Jul 2019

Government of Canada Promotes Equity and Invests in Discovery Research at º«¹úÂãÎè

In conjunction with a $35 million research funding announcement to support 128 researchers through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, Canada’s Minister of Science and Sport, Kirsty Duncan, was on campus today to sign the

Published: 11 Jul 2019

Airbnb is removing rental housing in Canadian cities and rural areas

The American online marketplace Airbnb has likely removed approximately 31,100 units from Canada’s long-term rental markets. This could make it difficult for Canadian cities and provinces to prevent growing housing affordability issues.

Published: 20 Jun 2019

Serotonin linked to somatic awareness, a condition long thought to be imaginary

An international team spearheaded by researchers at º«¹úÂãÎè has discovered a biological mechanism that could explain heightened somatic awareness, a condition where patients experience physical discomforts for which there is no physiological explanation.

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Published: 19 Jun 2019

26 New and Renewed Canada Research Chairs for º«¹úÂãÎè

Today in Victoria, British Columbia, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced an investment of over $275 million for 346 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 52 institutions across Canada.

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Published: 18 Jun 2019

Pregnancy-specific anxiety may impact how long a woman exclusively breastfeeds her child

Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended by the World Health Organization for the first six months of life because of the benefits for both mom and baby. In Canada, approximately 32% of women meet this recommendation.

Published: 17 Jun 2019

º«¹úÂãÎè receives its largest gift for Indigenous education

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a US$1.25-million grant to º«¹úÂãÎè, in support of a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative. The Initiative will be implemented over the next five years.

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Published: 14 Jun 2019

º«¹úÂãÎè’s Centre of Genomics and Policy Receives Funding to Create Ethics and Governance Resources for the Human Cell Atlas Initiative

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Klarman Family Foundation today announced $468,860 in collaborative funding to support ethical biomedical research and responsible data sharing for the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international effort to map all cells in the human body.

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Published: 11 Jun 2019

Towards a new era of small animal imaging research

Have you ever spent half an hour trying to take the best photo of your pets but they won't stay still in the perfect angle? This is also true for small animal imaging research using positron emission tomography (PET). Because of this, the use of anesthesia is a widespread practice in animal imaging.

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Published: 30 May 2019

Chandra finds stellar duos banished from galaxies

Astronomers use the term "binary" system to refer to pairs of stars orbiting around each other. These stellar pairs can consist of combinations of stars like our Sun, or more exotic and denser varieties such as neutron stars or even black holes.

Published: 28 May 2019

Thirteen early-career researchers explore new frontiers

By Meaghan Thurston

Published: 23 May 2019

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