Technological advancements have profoundly altered the lives of children and youth in the 21st century. While there are undeniable harms associated with excessive screen use, digital media has positively transformed how children learn, make friends, and interact with society. Research has firmly established the benefits of technology-based learning for young people’s reasoning and thinking abilities, […]

Gravimetry is an important geophysical method for remote sensing of sub-surface geological structures and systems via detection of mass and/or density changes. Applications are both academic and industrial. Currently, gravimetry surveys are carried out using sensors that are very sensitive, but also heavy and expensive. Both specifications make gravimetric studies expensive and practically very difficult, […]

Palliative care is an approach that aims to reduce suffering and improve the quality of life for people who are living with life-limiting illness. Almost all of the nearly 300,000 people who die in Canada each year could benefit from palliative care. There is a solid economic and social case for investing in palliative care […]

Ce projet pluridisciplinaire vise à développer des nanoparticules combattant la nétose, réaction immunitaire des neutrophiles qui est détournée par certaines maladies et qui conduit à la production massive et délétère de “filets d’ADN” qui compliquent le fonctionnement normal de l’organisme. Ce phénomène, qui provient du terme “NETs” en anglais, a été récemment identifié comme un […]

Salmonid populations are increasingly challenged by interruptions in watershed connectivity, and limited access to critical habitat. For spawning and rearing, salmonids require diverse habitat features, including gravel beds and large streamwood. However, many watersheds are deficient in large streamwood and gravel, in part due to dam structures limiting downstream transport. Therefore, there is a need […]

La maladie de Parkinson (PD) est un trouble du mouvement associé à l’âge, principalement causé par la mort des cellules dopaminergiques du cerveau. Plus de 90 % des cas de PD sont dit idiopathiques (iPD), c’est-à-dire d’étiologie inconnue. Les causes de la mort des cellules dopaminergiques ne sont pas entièrement comprises. Des éléments indiquent que […]

Canada, a country composed presently of 20 percentage of immigrants, aims to be a world leader in global problem-solving. To do so, and to draw from the insights and ingenuity of the immigrant population, requires that Canadian organizations develop faster and more effective ways of adapting newcomers into the labor market. Especially, as extant research […]

This project will make use of unique research knowledge and expertise (Gammel) and specialist archive collections within the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre at Ryerson University, including life writing materials such as autobiographical accounts, diaries and letters of figures, in particular Gertrude Stein and Florine Stettheimer. It aims to develop a queer/feminist methodology, through […]

Driver drowsiness is one of the leading causes of road-based crashes. Using a driving simulator study, I plan to help with the collection of data on drowsy drivers, analysing drivers’ physiological metrics, such as eye-tracking, heart rate variability and skin conductance, using low-cost consumer grade sensors. Using sensor fusion of the physiological data, I will […]

The project is intended to support and enhance the learnings provided by Stem Minds – a Toronto based start-up that provides digital learning focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), through the approach of gamification. The project will focus on the factors that motivate students to learn STEM subjects through gamification to deepen their […]

In the context of science teacher shortages in both countries, this exchange proposes to use already-collected data to compare and contrast how young people with a specialism in science in both the UK and Canada view the prospect of becoming a science teacher. This comparison will develop understandings of who does, and importantly who does […]

Vascular disease (problems with blood vessels) are a leading cause of death and disability. Stroke alone (blockage of blood vessels) is the 4th biggest killer globally (3rd in Canada), most disabling (2/3rd of survivors disabled) and costs society ~£26 billion a year in the UK. It can be hard to detect. A brain that has […]