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Canada’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist

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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 […]
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Fixing long-term care with…

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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 […]
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Global Health Watch

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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 […]
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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 […]
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Frontlines

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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, […]
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One hub at a time

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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 […]
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Retrofitting: A viable option

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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 […]
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Workers are using cannabis 

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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