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Time to fix the inequity in Canadian research council grants

By rehabmagazine April 24, 2024 No comment

Opinion Top Stories

By Janet Mantler, Ivy Bourgeault and Nicole Power Researchers can tell you that grant proposals take a long time to develop. Primary investigators are advised to allocate at least 120 hours to prepare an application, but it often takes much longer. Other researchers on the proposal will also

The Leading Edge Top Stories

Canada’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist

By rehabmagazine April 19, 2024 0

University Health Network, Canada’s largest research hospital, has become the first hospital in the country to appoint a Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist. The appointment of Dr. Bo Wang, whose primary research areas are machine learning, computational biology and computer vision, builds upon the launch earlier this year of UHN’s AI Hub. Designed to augment […]

Long Term Care Top Stories

Fixing long-term care with…

By rehabmagazine April 18, 2024 0

Zero tolerance for abuse Government leaders suggest they are “fixing long-term care” to ensure Ontario’s seniors get the quality of care and quality of life they need and deserve after the horrific outcomes that occurred during the pandemic. The plan is said to be built on four pillars: staffing and care; quality and enforcement; building […]

Research Top Stories

Global Health Watch

By rehabmagazine April 17, 2024 0

A Picture of Health CANADA – A new device called Swift Ray 1 is making identifying infection significantly less time consuming. Run from a smartphone/tablet, it allows for imaging of wounds to identify infection. Swift Ray 1 connects to software by taking medical-grade photographs, infrared thermography images and bacterial fluorescence images. Addiction on the Brain […]

Resources

By rehabmagazine April 15, 2024 0

PODCAST Getting “unconfused” about Alzheimer’s By Bill Gates It isn’t easy to deal with tough topics and find humour in them but somehow, Gates does it with guests Seth Rogen and Laren Miller Rogan. After investing millions into new testing, Gates is also determined to be part of the worldwide solution to both raise awareness […]

Frontlines Top Stories

Frontlines

By rehabmagazine April 15, 2024 0

Persons with disabilities earn less On average, there’s a 21.4% pay gap between persons with and without disabilities. Infact, they earn 79 cents to every dollar earned by persons without disabilities. At 16 years and older persons with disabilities had an average annual income of about $11,500 less than persons without disabilities ($43,400 and $55,200, […]

Healthcare Top Stories

One hub at a time

By rehabmagazine April 12, 2024 0

Improving healthcare for women and gender diverse people To mobilize and scale-up newly generated and existing knowledge and models of care, maximize the impact of research and build capacity for the next generation of women’s health researchers, 10 virtual hubs are being created across Canada in a joint initiative between CIHR and WAGE. The hubs […]

Healthcare Top Stories

Retrofitting: A viable option

By rehabmagazine April 12, 2024 0

Cost-effective accessibility improvements for schools and offices The Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF) and architecture and design firm HCMA have published a one-hundred page study that estimates that RHF Accessibility Certified Gold can be achieved through upgrades in an office tower at less than 0.5% of the replacement cost, and in a K-12 school for less […]

Workers are using cannabis

By rehabmagazine April 10, 2024 0

to treat work-related conditions, mostly without medical guidance While cannabis is often used recreationally, there is growing interest in its use for therapeutic purposes, such as for pain, anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Among working adults who have experienced work-related injuries or illnesses, some may turn to cannabis to ease these types of symptoms arising

Research Reviews Top Stories

Thumbs Up/Down

By rehabmagazine April 8, 2024 0

Thumbs UP…to The Salvation Army for releasing the 2023 Canadian Poverty and Socioeconomic Analysis, which reveals that inflation, housing security, and food affordability persist as top issues. The report finds that single parent families are facing the highest degree of hardship across the country, some do not have enough income to cover their basic needs. […]

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