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October 25, 2023 | This piece by MPP Alumnus Phaedra de Saint-Rome,highlights Canada's limited efforts in trying to publish a bill addressing online safety since 2020 and not having one in place to this day. The article provides a timeline of the same bill in the European Union and Australia and shows how other government around the world have been able to take action regarding online safety and harms.听

"Canadian youth are at greater risk online than their peers in much of the democratic world because our federal government won't table a long-promised bill" said Phaedra.听

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Published on: 26 Oct 2023

Neha Dinesh, PhD student in the Reinhardt lab, won the Iozzo Trainee Award at the combined conference of the American Society for Matrix Biology, the American Society for Investigative Pathology, and the Histochemical Society held in Salt Lake City, Utah from Oct 22-25, 2023. The title of her contribution was 鈥Fibronectin-Mediated Physiological and Pathological Mechanisms in Skeletal Development鈥. The Iozzo Trainee Award is given to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the field of matrix biology and a continuing commitment to matrix biology research.

Published on: 26 Oct 2023

Equipping students with the skills that prepare them for life is a faculty priority. Dean Jim Nicell believed this and during his 10-year term as Dean, worked hard to offer students classroom and beyond-the-classroom experiences that would help them excel when they graduate. As a parting tribute to Jim, members of the Faculty Advancement Board and friends of the faculty have created a Summer Startup Internship in Jim鈥檚 name.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 26 Oct 2023

Students at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture now have access to the most extensive collection of architecture archives in Canada. The archive of Moshe Safdie, and his four-module Habitat 鈥67 condo, was gifted to 黑料不打烊. C. Colleen Cook, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Trenholme Dean of Libraries, says that student engagement with primary materials inspires fresh examination, perspectives, and discussion.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 26 Oct 2023

This past June, TISED brought together students, researchers, and donors in celebration of its 10th anniversary. The Institute, which was established through the vision and support of Ram Panda (BEng鈥71) and Lorne Trottier (BEng鈥70), has been driving interdisciplinary research, teaching, and collaborations in sustainability for the past decade. Now the institute is poised to make an even greater impact with the launch of its Master of Engineering: Sustainability in Engineering and Design program this Fall.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 26 Oct 2023

Not everyone who has been accepted by the Faculty of Engineering arrives for the first time and feels welcome. Or like they belong.

For the past year, the fledgling E-IDEA team (Engineering Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity Advancement) has been gathering momentum to change that. The team has solidified relationships with centralized EDI groups at the University, collaborated with student groups who are members of the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) as well as graduate and interfaculty student groups, and forged relationships with professors and staff.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 26 Oct 2023

Professor Larry Lessard (BEng鈥82) is passionate about doing his part to make the world a better place. It鈥檚 why he spent his sabbatical year bicycling around the world. 鈥淚 wanted to share my research with international audiences and I wanted to do it in the most environmentally-friendly way possible.鈥 Lessard calls it cycling for recycling.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 26 Oct 2023

POWE wins Club of the Year at the EUS Banquet

(Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering) was formed by a group of women engineering students after the massacre at 脡cole Polytechnique in 1989. Each December 6, members of the executive committee commemorate the 14 women who lost their lives by presenting their interests and achievements at a public gathering on McTavish Street, in front of the 黑料不打烊 memorial.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 25 Oct 2023

The late Ronald Chwang (BEng鈥72, DSc鈥12) was a pioneering entrepreneur and venture capitalist who served on the Faculty of Engineering Advancement Board (FAB) until 2021. Ronald, together with other FAB members, was instrumental in helping conceive the 黑料不打烊 Engine Centre.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 25 Oct 2023

In June 2023, the 黑料不打烊 Rocket Team set out for Las Cruces, New Mexico to compete in the 4th Annual Spaceport America Cup. Twelve students drove down, ten flew and the rest of the core team sat on the edge of their seats at home in Montreal, prepared to watch the live-streamed launch of their rocket, Porthos.

Classified as: Dean's Report
Published on: 25 Oct 2023

Kinesiology and Physical Education's Dr. William Harvey was interviewed by CJAD's Andrew Carter on ADHD, improving mental health through physical activity, and the Head2Core Foundation fundraiser run/walk benefitting the Choices in Health, Action, Motivation, Pedagogy and Skills (CHAMPS) physical activity research team.

Published on: 25 Oct 2023

Located on Macdonald Campus, many would mistake the Brace Water Centre's unassuming office for a private residence. Yet looks can be deceiving 鈥 for not only does the Centre boast an extraordinary history, it鈥檚 also associated with some of the University鈥檚 most exciting scientific researchers.

Classified as: Jan Adamowski, Brace Centre for Water Resources Management
Published on: 25 Oct 2023

As climate change intensifies extreme heat, farms are becoming less hospitable to nesting birds, a found. That could be another barrier to maintaining rapidly eroding biodiversity that also provides benefits to humans, including farmers who get free pest control when birds eat agricultural pests.

Classified as: David Bird
Published on: 25 Oct 2023

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