Dr. Jane Goodall only had time to answer one more question from the audience before presenting the inaugural Jane Goodall scholarship to undergraduate Claire-Helene Heese-Boutin at the Earth Sciences Centre. A scruffy looking student wearing a string necklace approached the mic and asked Goodall excitedly if she would “do her famous chimp call.” Goodall turned…

Hockey without fighting and body checking…would just be figure skating. Yet, receiving a hard blow to the head or being pressed into the boards can cause severe head injuries. PhD student and occupational therapist Nicolas Reed and Michelle Keightley, an assistant professor and clinician, of U of T’s BrainFit laboratory are measuring head impacts in…

“In total darkness, even a candle makes a difference.” Such were the the words of Dr. Atif Kubursi, Professor of Economics at McMaster University and guest speaker at the panel discussion “No Health in Occupation.” The event, organized by the grad student group Public Health Social Justice Collective, gave insight into the declining living standards…

When people think of spacecrafts and satellites, they generally picture powerful, gargantuan structures orbiting around the Earth or floating off into outer space. But, thanks to a U of T lab, there are now satellites carrying out some titanic work that are as compactly sized as suitcases, hat boxes, and even milk cartons.