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Stroke is one of the leading causes of acquired long-term disability worldwide. There are >60,00 thousand new cases of stroke each year and >400,000 patients currently living with chronic disabilities. There are limited interventions to treat the acutely stroke injured brains and no treatments to improve the chronic condition. Herein, we will explore the efficacy […]

Young adults are at risk for social disconnection, and the severity of this unfortunate reality has been compounded by a decade’s-long trend toward worsening social health. There is, therefore, an urgent need for strategies that will effectively promote social health. To this end, researchers at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the GenWell Project, […]

Sunnybrook Research Institute has developed the Medventions internship program, an immersive 4-month project-based internship program that brings together multidisciplinary teams of students in the process of identifying hospital-based clinical challenges and the conceptualization and implementation of technology to improve healthcare. The interns are given a unique opportunity to directly observe the full cycle of care […]

Agriculture is on the brink of a paradigm shift due to sustainability challenges and the demands of a growing population. This transformation is being led by cellular agriculture, an emerging industry that encompasses lab-grown products ranging from sugar substitutes to meat-in-a-dish. Canada’s pork industry, one of the world’s largest, stands to benefit from this innovation […]

Canada is in the midst of a 12-month federal debate regarding the constitutionality of prostitution-related activities which has led the Supreme Court of Canada and Government of Canada to seek international expertise to inform future policies and legislation. Parallel to this debate, in preparing for the 2015 Pan/Parapan American event, Toronto must plan for the […]

Society uses thousands of chemicals and the potential risks to humans and the environment for the vast majority of these chemicals are largely unknown. It is not feasible to measure all of the chemicals and there are substantial data gaps; therefore, models are required to screen and evaluate chemicals for potential exposures and risks to […]

Based on the evaluation of modelled soil vapour concentrations it is common for soil contaminants of concern (i.e., volatile contaminants) to pose a potential health risk to receptors via the soil-to-indoor air vapour migration pathway. However, it is understood that the approach used to model vapour concentrations in indoor air, though acceptable to the Ontario […]

Understanding the interplay among the diverse values that provide ecological services is an important research undertaking. Objectives of the proposed research are to examine the interaction between landscape-scale wildlife and carbon values and to investigate the use of wolves as foci for ecotourism activities. Internship objectives are: 1) estimation of wolf and prey densities through […]

The collaborative effort between INSA Rennes and the University of Toronto will center around advancing research related to beam/column joints with passing-through plates-to-SHS connections, where the SHS column is infilled with concrete. This collaboration seeks to leverage the expertise and unique contributions of both institutions to address the gaps in current knowledge, especially in the […]

We aim to evaluate a virtual reality (VR) application and refine another VR prototype design to reduce social anxiety. The first application is a virtual forest where users can navigate through a calming forest and engage in activities like guided meditation and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) exercises. We will evaluate the usability of this application in […]

The proposed project will support an international collaboration between researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Melbourne / Orygen. As an integrated youth mental health service centre, built by top researchers leading mental health service reform internationally, Orygen provides an optimal setting to conduct research into complex processes of resilience and functional […]