Submitted by: Dr. Melissa Autumn White A source of fascination and fear, cross-species viruses challenge the very possibility of “sovereign subjects” and “sovereign nations” so central to Western epistemologies. Unsurprisingly, […]
Nov 4, 2013
Submitted by: Dr. John Falconer Consumer grade tablet computers can be used to connect a patient and a health care provider together anywhere. Our eHealth laboratory is developing the processes […]
Submitted by: Evan Wood Substance use disorder, better known as addiction, is one of society’s most common and costly diseases. While moralistic views and stigma towards people with addiction have worsened […]
Submitted by: Amy Scott Metcalfe Existing theories and methodologies for education policy analysis are being challenged to account for increasing global complexity. Post-structural policy analysis has particular salience in complex […]
Nov 1, 2013
Submitted by: Kirk Kristofferson & Katherine White Charities often encourage “token support” towards their causes (e.g., wearing a pin or “liking” on Facebook). We think our research is cool because […]
Submitted by : Bonny Norton The African Storybook Project is an idea whose time has come. Digital technology can now scale up the availability of reading materials for African children, […]
Submitted by: Yousry A. El-Kassaby Breeding long-lived organisms such as trees can be cumbersome, costly and time consuming. As with a dog breeding program, genetics and selected crosses between prized […]
Submitted by: Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur In the field of human learning and development, researchers have begun to attend to culture as more than just a variable in a complicated human […]
Oct 31, 2013
Submitted by: Dr. Ian Stuart The results are in! An empirical research project recently conducted by Dr. Ian Stuart examined wineries in BC, Ontario, Washington, Oregon and California that had combined lodging […]
Submitted by: Kyle Gillespie The ocean is jammed with fascinating creatures – giant squid, colourful crabs and exotic snails. We call them invertebrates – animals without backbones. They are 95% […]
Submitted by: Estelle Arbellay Tree rings are like pages of a book, they tell a story. Like sentences are made of words that shape the story, tree rings are built […]
Submitted by: Steven Shechter Dr. Steven Shechter harnesses the power of advanced statistical and mathematical models, driven by health care data, to improve clinical decisions made by patients and physicians. He […]
Submitted by: Matthew S. MacLennan In conjunction with the Vancouver Prostate Centre, I analyze metabolite molecules in urine taken from patients who suffer from genitourinary cancers. Using extremely high voltages […]
Oct 29, 2013
Submitted by: Yaron Cohen I’m a RMES student, researching reasons and causes that foster innovation in the field of sustainable air transport, such as biofuels, and operational changes in airlines, […]
Submitted by: Sandra Robinson Our studies show that most believe that avoiding, ignoring or excluding others is a relatively socially acceptable and harmless way to deal with “difficult” others, yet […]
Submitted by Eric Brown Malnutrition is a significant worldwide issue, and is attributed to one-fifth of all deaths in children under 5 years old. What’s interesting is that nutritional interventions […]
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