The University of Toronto’s Connaught Committee has announced the recipients of its 2011-12 Innovation Award and Summer Institute competitions, recognizing research excellence in projects as varied as plastic solar cells, “extreme” astronomical devices to detect earth-like planets outside our solar system and the potential of music to promote healing. Founded in 1972, the Connaught Fund [...]
Urban Aboriginal population has high rates of illness and poverty
More than 60 per cent of Canada’s Aboriginal population live in urban areas and are experiencing high rates of illness, poverty and challenges in access to food and housing security, new University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital research shows. “We all continue to be shocked by the living conditions in places like Attawapiskat, but [...]
Yes, says Professor Valerie Tarasuk, they help the hungry but they can’t solve the problem of hunger.
The community food bank has become our way of helping people on social assistance to have access to food. But food bank donations were down during the annual Easter food drive in Toronto, leaving people who run food banks to wonder how they are going to manage.
The Connaught Secretariat thanks the following individuals who served on the Connaught Review College in the 2010-11 academic year.[1] Humanities Robert Gibbs (Panel Chair) Philosophy Paul Thompson Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology Robin Elliott Music Lynne Magnusson English Life Science (Epidemiology & Health Outcomes) Review Panel Elizabeth Badley (Panel [...]
Chair Paul Young is a renowned engineering geophysicist. He was previously Chair of U of T’s Department of Civil Engineering and holds the Keck Chair of Seismology and Rock Mechanics. An outstanding scientist and teacher, Young was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007. A native of Britain, Young was recruited [...]
The CHRP program supports focused collaborative research projects involving any field of the natural sciences or engineering and the health sciences. Proposed projects may range from fundamental knowledge creation to research on knowledge application relevant to industry or public policy. Support will be for up to three years for defined projects (which are not existing [...]
The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame honours, celebrates and promotes excellence by recognizing distinguished Canadian medical scientists and citizens for their outstanding contributions to the health sciences. Awards may be bestowed for a single meritorious contribution or a lifetime of superior accomplishments. Awards are given in one or more of the following categories: Applied Medical [...]
Sixty-nine researchers across the university have been awarded grants from the newly-revamped Connaught New Researcher Program, providing support as they launch their academic careers. The Connaught New Researcher Program is designed to foster excellence in research and innovation by providing support for researchers at the assistant professor level who are within the first five years [...]
All applicants MUST submit their Applications electronically (via the Killam website by clicking on “University approval”) by TBA, including a signed RIS Form. **For those who would like an editorial review of their proposal, submit your draft application by TBA. The Killam Research Fellowships are awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to support scholars doing [...]
Doing science without making essentialist assumptions about the body
A question central to Gillian Einstein’s research is, How can I do science that would not make essentialist assumptions about the body? Paraphrasing sociologist Myra Hird, Einstein, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, said it’s very odd that we think about diversity in other species but [...]
