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Researchers gain wisdom, key recommendations, from First Nations People living with HIV/AIDS

Researchers gain wisdom, key recommendations, from First Nations People living with HIV/AIDS

Through storytelling meetings with First Nations people living with HIV/AIDS, a health researcher gains key policy and funding recommendations ― nothing short of a call for action that will help to decolonise the HIV cascade of care for Indigenous Peoples. Health Professor Sean Hillier, a Mi’kmaw scholar from the Qalipu First Nation, Chair of the Indigenous […]

Who are Ontario’s green drivers and how can we incentivize more of them?

Who are Ontario’s green drivers and how can we incentivize more of them?

New research shows that drivers of electric vehicles represent one per cent of new car owners – this, ten years after a provincial push to encourage green driving. One researcher learns more about these consumers and advocates gaining additional info on them to better tailor the strategy. In 2010, the Province of Ontario launched an […]

York University librarian develops much-needed pandemic guide for consumers

York University librarian develops much-needed pandemic guide for consumers

Acutely aware of the mounting need to better understand pandemics in light of COVID-19, York U librarian Marcia Salmon created an indispensable new guide for consumers. It sums up the history of pandemics, and offers descriptions of and links to leading resources like the WHO and CDC. York University is a diverse community working together […]

Grad student and alumna’s pandemic-themed play helping young audiences

Grad student and alumna’s pandemic-themed play helping young audiences

An AMPD PhD student and alumna are co-producing a play about COVID-19 aimed at helping kids in Grades 5 through 8 emotionally process the pandemic. It offers young audiences the true essentials: identification, resonance and engagement (through talkback sessions) at a much-needed time. York University’s School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) undertakes extraordinary […]