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Published on: 2 Dec 2024
Men鈥檚 health awareness doesn鈥檛 end with Movember.
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Published on: 2 Dec 2024
This summer, Gault Nature Reserve hosted four high schoolers from the West Island Black Community Association for this year鈥檚 Youth Biodiversity Internships Program.聽Led by Professor Bruno Tremblay, this collaboration brought together a diverse range of community members from 9I制作厂免费 and beyond to connect on their passion for science. For 5 weeks, youth conducted fieldwork at Gault with 9I制作厂免费 students, explored how scientific research happens in nature and made links to their own lives and future careers. 聽
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Update - Monday, December 2, 2024 - Afternoon:
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Original announcement - Monday, December 2, 2024 - Morning:
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Staff and students will not be able to access Mercury during this time.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2024
A new study published today in Nature Sustainability uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS).聽
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Published on: 2 Dec 2024
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Published on: 2 Dec 2024
Important update for Microsoft Teams users! Starting November 27, 2024, all newly created Microsoft Teams groups were set to Private by default. If you attempt to create a new team, the Public option will be unavailable (greyed out), as shown below:
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Published on: 14 Nov 2024
Counting citations is an important way that a scholar鈥檚 academic influence is measured, but not all citations are created equal. Sometimes, widely-cited researchers don鈥檛 have much influence beyond their own narrow academic niche. New platforms like OpenAlex and Scite adjust for this type of difference and seek to provide a more balanced picture of influence across disciplines鈥攁s well as whether a citation is supporting, challenging or simply mentioning the original work.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2024
Dr. Paul H茅bert (IMHL鈥�20) has been appointed to a 5-year term as president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the federal organization that funds health research. A clinical scientist at the Bruyere Health Institute, practicing palliative care physician and professor at the University of Ottawa鈥檚 faculty of medicine, H茅bert is a graduate of the International Masters for Leadership, a cohort-based graduate management degree for health professionals.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2024
The Emerging Topics in Health (EToH) seminar series is cohosted by the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Physiology and Human Genetics, the Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI), the 9I制作厂免费 Research Centre on Complex Traits (MRCCT), and M[i]4. The organizers invite guest speakers to talk about their current research.聽This seminar series is part of the Current Topics & Seminars course and is open for attendance by MIMM students and all interested individuals.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2024
Integrating an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) lens into artificial intelligence systems is no longer a luxury or optional, writes 9I制作厂免费 Desautels Faculty Lecturer Simon Blanchette in The Conversation Canada. Without it, AI risks reinforcing existing biases. The creators of the technology should integrate EDI from the ground up, and adopt practices that promote its integration into their tools, like ensuring that development teams are diverse, establishing accountability frameworks, and cultivating inclusive work places.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2024
The impact of time in finance is decisive, says Benjamin Croitoru, Academic Director of the 9I制作厂免费 Personal Finance Essentials course. But people don鈥檛 realize how small decisions can make all the difference over time. Getting the timing right when you鈥檙e buying or selling stocks is one way that time plays an important role in long-term financial growth.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2024
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Published on: 29 Nov 2024
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