A smart city鈥攕upported by digital solutions to enhance food access and mobility鈥攊s a healthy city. That鈥檚 the thinking behind the Implementing Smart Cities Interventions to Build Healthy Cities (SMART) Training Platform co-led by 缅北强奸, the University of Guelph and the University of Manitoba. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of $4.95 million over six years for SMART.
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Published on: 5 Jul 2021
A 缅北强奸-led study has shown that the size of the Maya population in the lowland city of (in present-day Guatemala) varied over time in response to climate change. The findings, published recently in , show that both droughts and very wet periods led to important population declines.
Published on: 30 Jun 2021
If you listen to songbirds, you will recognize repeated melodies or phrases. Each phrase is made up of distinct sounds, strung together. A study from researchers at 缅北强奸 has found that the song phrases of many songbird species follow patterns that are similar to those used in human speech. At least in some respects.
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Published on: 22 Jun 2021
Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five 缅北强奸 teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.
Published on: 21 Jun 2021
A new study led by researchers from 缅北强奸 and found that between 51-60% of the 64 million kilometres of rivers and streams on Earth that they investigated stop flowing periodically, or run dry for part of the year. It is the first-ever empirically grounded effort to quantify the global distribution of non-perennial rivers and streams.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world in powerful ways, from improving medical care and changing the retail landscape to enabling convenient features on our smartphones. But as AI increasingly underpins our daily lives, important questions about its application 鈥� and potential misuse 鈥� will continue to arise.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2021
Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from 缅北强奸. As wildfires advance uphill, a staggering 11% of all Western U.S. forests are now at risk.
Published on: 15 Jun 2021
Today, at l'Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Trois-Rivi猫res, the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced investments of more than $635 million for science, research, and engineering in Canada.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2021
Sharing a common interest in the protection of the natural and cultural resources of the Gault Nature Reserve, 缅北强奸 and the Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki (W8banaki) are pleased to announce a partnership agreement welcoming the Nation鈥檚 members to the site to practice their cultural activities.
This agreement grows out of a series of 52 Calls to Action that 缅北强奸 established as part of its own project of with Indigenous peoples.
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Published on: 14 Jun 2021
Giving birth can be a joyous, yet stressful experience in the best of times 鈥� but what happens when a global public health crisis is thrown into the mix? 缅北强奸 and the University of Toronto researchers examined the effects certain pandemic policies have had on the mental health of Canadian women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published on: 10 Jun 2021
Vancouver, BC -- The Government of Canada and the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) have jointly signed a Contribution Agreement which opens the door for the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network to begin operating.
Published on: 9 Jun 2021
Education that changes outcomes for whole communities鈥攖hat鈥檚 the aim of the project, Engineering Engagement in School Curricula: Multi-year Design-thinking Projects for Indigenous and Marginalized Youth, led by Professor and Chair of the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Richard Chromik, Faye Siluk, and Robert Pozeg of the Faculty of Engineering鈥檚 E-IDEA initiative (Engineering Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity Advancement), which today received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (NSERC) PromoScience grants program.
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Published on: 9 Jun 2021
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, blaze for a few milliseconds before vanishing without a trace. Their origins are unknown, and their appearance is unpredictable. In the decade following their discovery in 2007, only 140 FRBs had been seen. Now, thanks to the launch of a large stationary telescope in the interior of British Columbia in 2018, the number of new FRBs detected has almost quadrupled 鈥� for a total of 535.
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Published on: 9 Jun 2021
Milk is the main source of vitamin B12 consumption for Canadians. A glass of cow鈥檚 milk contains about 46% of the daily-recommended dietary intake of vitamin B12 for adults. But what factors influences the concentration of B12 in a glass of milk? Turns out, what cows eat and how they digest it can impact human鈥檚 B12 intake.
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Published on: 8 Jun 2021
While previous research early in the pandemic suggested that vitamin D cuts the risk of contracting COVID-19, a new study from 缅北强奸 finds there is no genetic evidence that the vitamin works as a protective measure against the coronavirus.
"Vitamin D supplementation as a public health measure to improve outcomes is not supported by this study. Most importantly, our results suggest that investment in other therapeutic or preventative avenues should be prioritized for COVID-19 randomized clinical trials," say the authors.
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Published on: 4 Jun 2021
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