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Labour economics can provide a valuable perspective in addressing the supply of doctors and access to care, says an article in the December 6 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). “Understanding and accurately predicting the response of physicians to incentives is essential if governments wish to increase the supply of physician services,” says [...]
The Paradox of the Disinhibited
Power can lead to great acts of altruism, but also corruptive, unethical behavior. Being intoxicated can lead to a first date, or a bar brawl. And the mask of anonymity can encourage one individual to let a stranger know they have toilet paper stuck to their shoe, while another may post salacious photos online. What [...]
New understanding of the “natural city”
In 1950, only 30 per cent of the population lived in urban areas. Today, more than half do and by 2030, the United Nations predicts 60 per cent of the world’s populations will live in cities. The social and ecological implications of this massive and rapid urbanization are explored in The Natural City: Re-envisioning the [...]
OGI’s Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) is a unique and useful investment fund that is helping to enable the economic impact of outcomes of genomics and proteomics research projects and technology development. Specifically, it aims to provide early-stage funding as researchers move towards commercial applications and to speed up transfer of products from lab to [...]
Innovative experiment by business school, hospital
Some of the most creative people in Canada have psychiatric disorders. They long to support themselves, but don’t function well in a corporate environment. They dream of running their own business, but can’t get start-up funding. read more
Each year SSHRC makes a block grant to the University to support small-scale research activities in the humanities and social sciences. Research Services allocates award funds to departments according to a formula based on departmental success and participation in SSHRC competitions and advises departments that the funds are available. The funds may be used for [...]
Research Funds Summary Report The Research Funds Summary Report (RFSR) is a comprehensive AMS report providing a real-time overview of every detail of a unit’s research funding. The report combines data contained in both the FIS and RIS modules, and links directly to a number of other commonly-used reports. The expansive scope of the RFSR [...]
Honoured for work with MyVoice
Twenty-four-year-old University of Toronto graduate Alex Levy never intended to have his own business, but he’s just been given the title of Canada’s Top entrepreneur nonetheless. Read more.
Criminologist Scot Wortley weighs in on why—and why we still don’t feel safe
Statistics Canada reported recently that Canada’s homicide rate is at a 44-year low. We spoke to criminology professor Scot Wortley about why—and about why our perceptions of safety don’t reflect the fact that we’re safer than we’ve been in decades. Wortley has conducted research on a wide range of topics including racial profiling, attitudes toward [...]
USAID is seeking creative proposals that aim to find innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing development challenges. Proposals may focus on technological solutions, new business models, new processes, or novel combinations of existing techniques. USAID also wishes proposals to have the potential to change millions of lives, at a fraction of the usual cost. Funding USAID will [...]
