When natural habitats are cleared to make way for cities, roads and agriculture, this often leaves behind 鈥渋slands鈥� of fragmented habitat that can place species at risk of extinction. Species are at risk when they find it hard to move among habitat patches to find resources and reproduce.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2023
Steps were taken in Canada to reduce the use of Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical linked to prostate and breast cancer, commonly found in plastics, the lining of food cans, water bottles, and paper receipts. But in many cases, it has been replaced with similar hormone disrupting chemicals, like Bisphenol S (BPS). A from 成人VR视频 shows that every day Canadians are exposed to BPS in the fresh foods they eat, as chemicals migrate from labels on the packaging materials into the food.
Published on: 16 Mar 2023
A large majority of Nunavik Inuit report Inuktitut as their first language. In their work in Puvirnituq, 成人VR视频 ophthalmologist Dr. Christian El-Hadad and his colleague Shaan Bhambra, a recent graduate of 成人VR视频鈥檚 medical school, noticed that many patients either read only, or mainly, Inuktitut. This made visual acuity testing using the standard Latin alphabet chart difficult for some patients.
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Published on: 14 Mar 2023
Headlines about severe climate events can make the future seem bleak.
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Published on: 14 Mar 2023
Depression is widely reported to be more common in women than in men, with women twice as likely to receive a diagnosis than men.聽
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Published on: 14 Mar 2023
COVID-19 has taken a relatively limited toll on the mental health of most people around the globe, according to a paper published today in the BMJ by a 成人VR视频-led research team involving collaborators from McMaster University, the University of Toronto, and other institutions.
The team reviewed data from 137 studies in various languages involving 134 cohorts of people from around the world. Most of the studies were from high or middle-income countries, and about 75% of participants were adults and 25% were children and adolescents between the ages of 10-19.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2023
Recent events, including the murder of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic, have drawn global attention to the reality of inequities in health care, the justice system, and higher education that disadvantage Black people. Reports show Black scholars face more barriers as they move up the research career ladder. In Canada, an advisory committee was created in 2021 to recommend ways to break down existing barriers for Black scholars and to ensure equitable access to federal research funding and training programs.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2023
Those living in unstable housing conditions, such as hostels or informal dwellings and those who had not completed post-secondary studies were more likely to contract HIV in South Africa, according to a聽.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2023
As we age, access to transportation becomes even more crucial, as it enables us to remain connected to social networks, maintain mental and physical health and reduce social isolation. In order to address this issue, the City of Montreal announced that public transit will be free for seniors starting in July.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2023
Studying the mutations in kidney cancer after surgery could help to better predict the risk of the disease coming back, according to the latest results of a decade-long international .
The research, undertaken by a team of 44 researchers at 23 institutions across Europe and Canada, including 成人VR视频, is the largest to link the genetic changes that occur in kidney cancer to patient outcomes.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2023
Violent extremism in Canada is now considered a significant public health issue requiring prevention programs. At the same time that a surge in far-right movements has become a top concern for national security, Ottawa continues efforts to bring home and reintegrate women detained in Syria after travelling to join the Islamic State.
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Published on: 22 Feb 2023
A year ago, fewer than 2% of those admitted to 成人VR视频鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (one of the top medical schools in the country) were Black. A typical incoming class had fewer than 5 Black students, a situation that has existed for many years. 鈥淲hen I was younger and thought about working in medicine, I didn鈥檛 think it was possible. You just didn鈥檛 see doctors who looked like me,鈥� recalled Victoire Kpad茅, who graduated from 成人VR视频鈥檚 undergraduate medical program in the spring of 2022.
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Published on: 15 Feb 2023
A student-led art exhibition on Feb. 23 is Organized by Welly Minyangadou Ngokobi, a graduate student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, 鈥楽ee us, Hear us, Learn from us,鈥� aims to let students take the lead in teaching the exhibition鈥檚 visitors about the history, culture and future of Black people. 鈥淭his is not a talk. This is not a workshop.
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Published on: 15 Feb 2023
Many of the details surrounding the recent fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., are still unknown or disputed. Yet in many ways, all you need to know is how the encounter started: With Nichols expressing confusion as to why he had been stopped, and one officer replying that he would attack Nichols.
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Published on: 15 Feb 2023
About 250 million years ago, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction killed over 80 per cent of the planet's species. In the aftermath, scientists believe that life on earth was dominated by simple species for up to 10 million years before more complex ecosystems could evolve. Now this longstanding theory is being challenged by a team of international researchers 鈥� including scientists from 成人VR视频 and Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al.
Published on: 9 Feb 2023
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