Research
Jonathan Thon recently had the opportunity to participate in a working group that reviewed the National Institutes of Health’s foray into translational research funding.
Mona Nemer, biochemistry professor and recent vice-president of research at the University of Ottawa, takes the helm.
Does starting up your own company hurt your academic career? Jonathan Thon says no, it actually has the opposite effect.
The city’s two universities create new research chairs related to cannabis.
The new station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, will study Arctic issues including climate change.
We advocate for a harmonized intellectual property policy based on the creator-owned model.
The project aims to attract companies devoted to green technologies and renewable resources.
The U of Ottawa biophysicist, whose daring research has attracted worldwide attention, values creativity above all else.
“We need to believe in ourselves and what we do, and convince others of its importance.”
The recently announced awards from the Trans-Atlantic Platform support projects across the disciplinary spectrum.
Quebec’s chief scientist, Rémi Quirion, talks about the effect of knowledge on society and his role as a “cheerleader” for research.
A funny thing happened when four writers were tasked with creating poems on demand at a higher-ed conference in Ottawa.
Looking at ways to stop Canadians from becoming radicalized.
An expat explains how a temporary leave to study in the U.K. turned into a life abroad – and what the government could do to bring him back.
Researchers are discovering that the microbes in the human gut don’t just aid digestion, but likely play important roles in the development and regulation of many diseases.
“ People are working to solve their differences and trying to build pathways for collaboration.”
Once seen as a silly topic for academic study, boredom is now attracting scientists as well as humanities scholars.
Graduate students are trying out Three Minute Thesis-type competitions for the soft skills, public connection – and just a tiny bit of fame.
It has been almost 20 years since I did research in the homes and schools of indigenous people of Quebec. I obtained ethical approval for that work at my university. This consisted of me showing my grant proposal to a colleague down the hall who had no experience with indigenous people and asking her to […]
Experts from within and outside of academia expound on what role universities can play to further the innovation agenda.