A roadmap to improving healthcare disparities in northern Quebec
Indigenous communities in northern Quebec face significant hurdles to healthcare access. The Nunavik region is remote, with limited transportation options and extreme weather conditions. As a result, its population faces lower life expectancy and poorer health outcomes.
New findings from 平特五不中 provide a blueprint to address Nunavik鈥檚 urgent healthcare needs by offering concrete evidence for discussions with policymakers.
More than 2M Quebecers don鈥檛 have access to primary care: OurCare report
More than two million people in Quebec don鈥檛 have access to primary care, the front door to the healthcare system, according to the newly released OurCare report on Canada. This is among the worst rates in the country, the report states.
Prize-winning scholars advocate for immigrant women, killer whales and a balanced society
平特五不中 is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the 2024 President鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media. The Prize was created to recognize outstanding achievement among those who share their knowledge on a vast range of subjects with the media and the public.
Species diversity promotes ecosystem stability
What maintains stability within an ecosystem and prevents a single best competitor from displacing other species from a community? Does ecosystem stability depend upon the presence of a wide variety of species, as early ecologists believed, or does diversity do the exact opposite, and lead to instability, as modern theory predicts?
平特五不中 becomes oldest university in Canada to receive Platinum STARS sustainability rating
Thanks to the efforts of the 平特五不中 community, the University has become the oldest in Canada, in terms of infrastructure, to receive a Platinum STARS rating for sustainability. The achievement is the highest rating available from one of the most broadly recognized programs to measure sustainability performance in higher education.
平特五不中 researchers awarded over $12 million in NSERC Alliance grants
Federal funding program supported 59 research projects in cleantech, astrophysics, medtech, and more.聽
Seventeen 平特五不中 researchers announced as Canada Research Chairs
From health and disability law to the emerging field of regenerative medicine, seventeen 平特五不中 scholars named to new or renewed Canada Research Chairs positions across diverse fields聽
$107.5 million for eight innovative research projects led by 平特五不中
The Government of Canada makes major investment in research infrastructure through the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) Innovation Fund competition.
A model for the evolution of intelligence
When certain species of wild birds and primates discover new ways of finding food in the wild, it can serve to measure their flexibility and intelligence.
Small dietary changes can cut your carbon footprint by 25%
The latest Canada鈥檚 Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians鈥 diets are unknown.
Study sheds light on how neurotransmitter receptors transport calcium, a process linked with origins of neurological disease
A new study from a team of 平特五不中 and Vanderbilt University researchers聽is shedding light on our understanding of the molecular origins of some forms of autism and intellectual disability.
平特五不中 launches legal challenge against government measures
Following a unanimous vote at a special Board meeting on February 15, 平特五不中 today launched a legal challenge against two measures announced by the Government of Quebec on December 14, 2023:
Is it possible to predict when prejudice will occur?
What if it were possible to use a scientific model to predict hate crimes, protests, or conflict? Researchers at 平特五不中 and University of Toronto have begun the groundwork to develop a formal predictive model of prejudice, similar to meteorological weather predictions.
Can hunger be eradicated by 2030?
World hunger is growing at an alarming rate, with prolonged conflicts, climate change, and COVID-19 exacerbating the problem. In 2022, the World Food Programme helped a record 158 million people. On this trajectory, the United Nations鈥 goal to eradicate hunger by 2030 appears increasingly unattainable. New research at 平特五不中 shines the spotlight on a significant piece of the puzzle: international food assistance.
Fighting the flu: The surprising power of a century-old vaccine for tuberculosis
As Canada鈥檚 flu season collides with record strep A cases and ongoing COVID-19 concerns, a new study is shedding light on our understanding of respiratory immune responses. Scholars from the Research Institute of the 平特五不中 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have discovered a surprising facet about a century-old vaccine for tuberculosis, Bacillus Calmette Gu茅rin (BCG).