Canada’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has implications for both domestic and foreign policy in a complex, shifting, and interdependent global health system crowded with multiple actors and stakeholders. The array of activities involved with global public health practice necessitates engagement with health policy and systems research (HPSR), and Knowledge Translation (KT) is […]

Native grasslands provide important breeding habitat for many grassland birds, including species at risk. However, the quantity and quality of remaining native grassland may be threatened by increased development associated with the oil and gas industry. Recent evidence suggests that the relative abundance of some grassland bird species is lower near gas wells and in […]

A power-assisted wheelchair is a hybrid between manual and power wheelchairs that consists of an electric-assist system that can be easily mounted on a manual wheelchair. The market for power-assisted wheelchair systems has seen growth in the past decade because of their benefits on the health and mobility of manual wheelchairs users. However, current power-assisted […]

PRISM-ACCESS Open Minds is a health services research project that leverages online technologies. “PRISM” stands for: Pathway for Rapid, Internet-based, Self-referral to Mental health services for youth. The objective of PRISM-AOM is to develop, implement, and evaluate an online self-referral pathway to facilitate rapid and direct access to mental health services for youth. The pathway […]

Tomato is one of the most important greenhouse crops. The high nutritive quality, huge consumption, high yield potential and marketing value make tomato a popular household food and ideal commercial crop. However, frequent outbreaks of tomato canker disease resulting in devastating economic loss place it as a big threat to greenhouse tomato production. Tomato canker […]

The bedsore or pressure ulcer is a serious health problem that affects many individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). These ulcers mostly develop on skin that covers bony prominences of the body, such as the hips and tailbone. Pressure ulcers are often very difficult to treat and not only negatively affect patients’ health, but also […]

Journalism in Canada and elsewhere has been disrupted by changes in technology, in markets, and in people’s habits of news consumption. This disruption has been bad for business, and over one-third of journalists have in Canada lost their jobs in the last decade. It’s also been bad for public knowledge, as seen by the rise […]

An organization’s greatest strength are employees who live their values, who feel valued, and whose ideas are valuable to the continued success of their workplace. On an individual level, the alignment of personal values with the work undertaken is essential to achieve personal and professional potential as well as job satisfaction and general well-being. In […]

Pressure ulcers are among the top five leading causes of re-hospitalization in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Unfortunately, current conventional prevention and treatment methods have neither decreased the prevalence of these ulcers nor significantly improved their outcomes. To address this difficulty, here, we will test the efficacy of our new liquid skin substitute to […]

Plankton food-webs are the primary support system for juvenile salmon, necessary for their growth, health, and ultimately survival at sea. Understanding how and why plankton food-webs respond to changing ocean conditions is one of the major goals of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, with the view to understanding fluctuations and declining trends of salmon stocks in […]

Multiple national strategies have been developed address the opioid crisis, however, Canada still remains the second largest consumer of prescription opioids. These drugs can have negative effects on consumers because they have addictive properties so therefore consumers may become addicted to these drugs if there are not taken as prescribed. For other drug classes such […]

Multiple national strategies have been developed address the opioid crisis, however, Canada still remains the second largest consumer of prescription opioids. These drugs can have negative effects on consumers because they have addictive properties so therefore consumers may become addicted to these drugs if there are not taken as prescribed. For other drug classes such […]