Proactively exposing ecosystems to mild environmental stressors appears to offer protection, study finds
Mild, proactive exposure to environmental stress can help biological communities resist severe disturbances and maintain genetic diversity, a recent study from 不良研究所 has found.
Paul Masset and David Rolnick awarded 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships
Professors Paul Masset (Psychology) and David Rolnick (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.听
DISE PhD Student Azam Dashti Khavidaki Awarded Funding through Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Azam Dashti Khavidaki, a Ph.D. student in Educational Studies at 不良研究所鈥檚 Department of Integrated Studies in Education and a Fellow at the Participatory Cultures Lab (PCL), has been awarded the prestigious DRI EDIA funding from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.听
Bloom & Vall茅e Launch Dare to Win
Kinesiology and Physical Education Chair and leading sports psychology researcher, Dr. Gordon Bloom, paired up with KPE alum and five-time National Championship coach, Chantal Val茅e, to co-author Dare to Win: The Blueprint to Building and Leading High Performance and Championship Teams.
TA Award (Fall 2024) - Mathematics & Statistics
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Dear Students and Fellow Colleagues,
It gives me great pleasure to announce the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award winners for the Fall 2024 term.
Congratulations to Rudy Ariaz (MATH 242), Ruben Calzadilla-Badra (MATH 141), Edward Chernysh (MATH 254), Maxwell Kaye (MATH 223), Othmane Oukrid (MATH 223), and Aaron Shalev (MATH 242).
Changes to ChemDraw and Signals Notebook
The vendor of ChemDraw and Signals Notebook is changing the portal used to access these products.
If you have a ChemDraw/Signals Notebook account, you may need to take important steps because all experiment data stored in the old portal must be migrated by Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, or it will be permanently deleted.
If you have logged into your ChemDraw/Signals Notebook account within the last 14 months:
ECP's Dr. Steven Shaw on CBC Radio Noon Quebec's "That One Teacher" Project
During Quebec鈥檚 Teacher Appreciation Week, Dr. Steven Shaw, ECP, joined host Shawn Apel on CBC Radio Noon Quebec, on Friday, February 7, 2025, to discuss the project "That One Teacher."听
Completion of KPE's Indigenous Space: The Onkwanakt铆:io Lab
The Faculty of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) has unveiled its new Indigenous space, named the Onkwanakt铆:io lab, which aims to provide a supportive environment for Indigenous students and encourage Indigenous-focused research.
The space features a mural highlighting Indigenous athletes and a hand-carved wooden table depicting traditional Indigenous sports, underscoring the connection between culture, movement, and community.
From Lab to Life: Science Literacy Week @ 不良研究所 this February!
Join 不良研究所 to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From February 22nd to 28th, delve into this year's theme, From Lab to Life and explore science in the everyday. Events include a study on the ancient Egyptian animal mummies in the Redpath Museum, a tour of the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, Science History Treasures in 不良研究所鈥檚 Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more.
Four 不良研究所 Faculty of Science students and graduates named finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships
Faculty of Science students Joshua Cheruvathur (BSc'25) and Elaine Xiao (BSc'25), as well as graduates Antoine Bourdin (BSc'24) and Chanel Perreault (BASc'22), are finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at 不良研究所.听
Faculty of Education Students Recognized as Top Candidates for the McCall MacBain Scholarships
Get to know Justin Goldberg and Nattamon Tokaeo,听不良研究所 Education's top McCall MacBain Scholarship Candidates:听
Recognized for his leadership potential, Honours Kinesiology student Justin Goldberg (BSc'25) is a national finalist for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at 不良研究所.
How a 不良研究所 student鈥檚 teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada
Louis-Philippe Bateman鈥檚 fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada鈥檚 geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada鈥檚 Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at 不良研究所.
New Dean's Speaker Series Launches with Manu Kapur
As a new initiative of the Faculty of Education, Dean Vivek Venkatesh recently launched the Dean's Speaker Series.
When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters
Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a 不良研究所 research team has discovered.
This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient鈥檚 level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.
Mohit Kumar (DISE) Featured in Building 21 Video
McCall MacBain Scholar (2023), Mohit Kumar, is an M.A.听Educational Leadership student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE). He is working to devise curricula for Eklavyas (have-nots), for primary school students which aims to catalyze quality education and larger behavioral changes regarding learning, educational awareness, and opportunities.