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What AI-generated COVID news tells us that journalists don’t

AI can help identify biases in news reporting that we wouldn't otherwise see. Researchers from ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï got a computer program to generate news coverage of COVID-19 using headlines from CBC articles as prompts. They then compared the simulated news coverage to the actual reporting at the time and found that CBC coverage was less focused on the medical emergency and more positively focused on personalities and geo-politics.

Published: 6 Dec 2022

Cindy Blackstock Awarded SSHRC’s highest honour

Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the five winners of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) 2022 Impact Awards.

Published: 1 Dec 2022

An ecological rule breaker shows the effects of climate change on body size evolution

Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia’s tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation – with an unexpected twist – according to researchers from ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The findings shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.

Published: 29 Nov 2022

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï receives $4.8 million to advance climate change science and technology

The Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is investing more than $4 million in three ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï-led projects through the Climate Awareness and Action Fund (CAAF). Nationally, the funding was part of a $58 million investment in research that will advance climate change science and technology, an announcement made by the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change today.

Published: 23 Nov 2022

To infinity and beyond: $26 million to propel space research at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and Université de Montréal to the outer limits

The ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Space Institute (MSI) and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at Université de Montréal are at the forefront of the exhilarating pace of space research, helping to advance our knowledge of extrasolar planets, fast radio bursts, the dark universe, and other extraterrestrial mysteries.

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Published: 21 Nov 2022

Tick-borne pathogens increasingly widespread in Central Canada

Tick-borne pathogens, known for causing illnesses such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in Central Canada – presenting new risks in areas where they were never previously detected.

The findings from researchers at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and the University of Ottawa demonstrate the need for more comprehensive testing and tracking to detect the spread and potential risk of tick-borne pathogens to human and wildlife populations throughout Canada.

Published: 17 Nov 2022

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and RI-MUHC awarded $5.1 million for infectious disease research

New funding of $5.1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced today by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will help researchers Marcel Behr, MD, PhD, and Silvia Vidal, PhD, ensure that Canada is better prepared for the next pandemic.

Published: 16 Nov 2022

A suite of government funding in support of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï research

Today, the Government of Canada announced an investment of more than $ 301 million in support of social sciences and humanities research, bioscience infrastructure and the Canada Research Chairs Program. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry made the announcement at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa.

Published: 16 Nov 2022

$15.3 million gift for brain research at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï will bring new insights into neurological diseases and disorders

Scientists around the world are beginning to use new techniques in analyzing single brain cells to understand conditions like depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

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Published: 16 Nov 2022

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï appoints H. Deep Saini as new Principal and Vice-Chancellor

The Board of Governors of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. H. Deep Saini as the University's 18th Principal and Vice-Chancellor. He will begin his five-year, renewable term on April 1, 2023.

Prof. Saini was chosen by a unanimous vote of the Board of Governors, following a recommendation of an Advisory Committee formed to lead an extensive, international search.

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Published: 14 Nov 2022

Low levels of air pollution deadlier than previously thought

The World Health Organization’s most recent estimates (2016) are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution (often referred to as PM2.5,).

Published: 8 Nov 2022

Vaccine uptake remains low among at-risk Canadians

As the flu season begins and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, pneumococcal vaccination is more important than ever to prevent disease and death from pneumonia and other forms of pneumococcal disease. But vaccine uptake remains low among adults at high risk, say researchers from ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï.

Published: 2 Nov 2022

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