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Big Sugar and neglect by global health community fuel oral health crisis
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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