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2008 Beijing Olympic Games Experts

Jonathan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:36:00 PDT

Interested in how Canadians are doing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Want to know more about the Canadian athletes -- where they graduated, how they train, and where they plan to go in the future? Have a question about the Olympics or China in general?

Concordia University's Media Relations department has a number of experts available to comment on several aspects relating to the summer Olympics in Beijing, taking place from August 8 – August 24, 2008. Included in the list of experts are sports and sports marketing specialists, as well as experts in Chinese and Asian politics.

Boreal Forest Expert Receives Early Researcher Award and $140,000 in Funding

Jonathan — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:14:00 PDT

Lakehead University is pleased to announce that Dr. Han Chen, Professor in the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, has been named a recipient of the Early Researcher Award. Results of the latest competition were announced by the Ministry of Research and Innovation yesterday.

Simon Fraser University Fights Cybercrime

Jonathan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:05:46 PDT

A new research centre to fight cybercrime is being established at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus, thanks to a $350,000 grant from the provincial government. The centre is a joint venture of SFU, the province, and the International Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (POLCYB), a B.C.-based non-profit organization established to prevent and combat crimes on the Internet. The International Cybercrime Research Centre will be headed by Bill Glackman of SFU’s School of Criminology. It will investigate online crime trends and help to develop new tools to counter cybercrime.

Riding the Waves to Success

Jonathan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:53:43 PDT

This summer, nearly 40 members of the University of British Columbia (UBC) community will participate in the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games as athletes, coaches sports doctors and staff. One of them is West Vancouverite Nikola Girke.

If there’s a good wind up, West Vancouverite Nikola Girke can usually be found on the water. That’s not unusual for a sailor. But what is unusual is that Girke is one of the few athletes who has successfully switched from one Olympic sport to another: from sailing to windsurfing.

$1.7 million grant awarded to Faculty of Medicine researcher to fight bioterrorism

Jonathan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:15:00 PDT

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Donald Woods, PhD, of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, $1.7 million for research into vaccines against agents of bioterrorism.

BRAMS co-hosts international conference, Neurosciences and Music III: Disorders and Plasticity, from June 25 to 28

Jonathan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:04:00 PDT

Can stroke victims regain lost motor skills by playing the piano? How does music affect newborns? These are just two of the subjects being explored at an international conference – The Neurosciences and Music III: Disorders and Plasticity – held in Montreal from June 25 to 28. The event is being organized by Fondazione Mariani in partnership with the Brain, Music and Sound (BRAMS) research centre and partner institutions: the Université de Montréal, McGill University and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital.

Trent University Receives $1 Million Endowment

Alex — Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:41:00 PDT

Ontario's Trent University announced last week that an anonymous donor gave $1 million to establish its first endowed professorship, the David Schindler Endowed Professorship in Aquatic Studies. Schindler has a worldwide reputation for his achievements in limnology, the study of freshwater bodies, and the university hopes this endowment will attract some talent to it's aquatic sciences faculty ...

Vancouver Island University Receives More than $400,000 towards Shellfish Research

Alex — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:23:50 PDT

Vancouver Island University will expand existing research capacity at the Centre for Shellfish Research by establishing a Shellfish Genomics Laboratory thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada through Western Economic Diversification Canada. Federal funding of more than $400,000 will support and enhance shellfish genomics research capacity in B.C. through the acquisition and installation of genomic science equipment that will examine biological and environmental stress factors inherent in shellfish.

Canadian Equipment aboard Phoenix Mission to Mars

Rebecca — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:02:45 PDT

Phoenix marks the first time Canada will take part in a Mars landing. It carries a Canadian-built weather station, including sophisticated laser instrumentation designed and built by scientists at York University, the Canadian Space Agency, the University of Alberta, Dalhousie University, and the University of Aarhus (Denmark), in partnership with MDA Space Missions and Optech Inc....

University of Western Ontario�s Research Park set for expansion

Rebecca — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:12:16 PDT

The University of Western Ontario Research Park, already home to 60 companies and organizations, is set to expand. Construction will begin in mid-May on a 60,000 square foot, high performance building at the London Campus of the Research Park, just north of The University of Western Ontario. The building represents an investment of more than $20 million into the region’s advanced manufacturing sector and will support up to 120 jobs.....