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Three UM researchers to work with community partners to address mental health needs of overlooked populations

January 27, 2021 — 
Projects to focus on the people with hearing loss, parents, and frontline health care workers

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An airship in the sky

Hydrogen gas-fuelled airships could spur development in remote communities

January 21, 2021 — 
'Hydrogen gas is increasingly heralded as the mobile energy source of the green economy'

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Digvir Jayas, Vice-President (Research and International)

Research and International News

Term extended for VP Research and International

January 12, 2021 — 
Board of Governors has approved a one-year extension to the term of Vice-President (Research and International) and Distinguished Professor Dr. Digvir S. Jayas

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Nahlah Ayed, CBC foreign correspondent, alumna and honorary degree recipient.

Research and International News

Introducing the 2020 Nahlah Ayed Prize for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship recipients

January 11, 2021 — 
Two UM students recognized for their efforts in bridging the local and the global

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A yellow signs declare a park is closed due to COVID

The Conversation: Reopen recreation spaces after COVID-19 for the good of the public, not the individual

January 8, 2021 — 
Yet the lessons from our first reopening strategies last spring make it clear that we have a number of very important questions arising about leisure, recreation and public space

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Classroom chalkboard

The Conversation: Restraining and secluding students with disabilities is an urgent human rights issue

January 6, 2021 — 
UM researches find schools using physical restraint and seclusion spaces, further marginalizing children with disabilities

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For those who teach children ages five and under, communicating while wearing a mask may have special challenges. (Shutterstock)

Top Conversation Canada stories of 2020

December 22, 2020 — 
Take a look at illuminating research written by members of our community

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Research and International News

Meet Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, the new UM Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Population Data Analytics and Data Duration.

December 16, 2020 — 
Improving outcomes for maternal and child health

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Research and International News

Meet Galen Wright, the new UM Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Neurogenomics.

December 16, 2020 — 
Using DNA repair pathways and genomics to understand brain function

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Research and International News

Meet Terry Klassen, the new Canada Research Chair in Clinical Trials.

December 16, 2020 — 
Testing new treatments to improve the health of children and families

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