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Daily Media Digest May 7, 2018

Push for diversity, cooperation in the research community goes beyond ‘business as usual,’ say … Hill Times “However, despite the widespread celebration, both Universities Canada and HealthCareCAN say there is still more work to do […]

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Daily Media Digest May 4, 2018

Breast cancer: discovery of a protein linked to metastasis IRCM “Montreal, May 2, 2018. Jean-François Côté, a researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and professor at Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine, studies […]

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Daily Media Digest May 3, 2018

Dr. Howard Chertkow appointed as the new Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at Baycrest’s Rotman … Canada NewsWire (press release) “Dr. Howard Chertkow appointed as the new Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at […]

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Daily Media Digest May 2, 2018

New research shows indigenous eye health ‘sadly neglected’ across the world Mirage News “While the World Health Organization has identified the “Right to Sight” through its Vision 2020 initiative, little is known about the burden […]

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Daily Media Digest May 1, 2018

University of Toronto researcher Lewis Kay wins $1-million science prize The Globe and Mail “During a summer undergraduate research job that Dr. Organ said, “I basically got because I could drive a tractor,” he realized […]

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Daily Media Digest April 30, 2018

It’s time to unleash the power of artificial intelligence Hill Times “Parliamentary Health Research Caucus reception to highlight emerging areas of health research and innovation. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of […]

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Daily Media Digest April 27, 2018

Parliamentary Reception on How A.I. is Reshaping Healthcare hriportal.ca “OTTAWA, APRIL 26, 2018 — Canada is a world leader in artificial intelligence and machine learning, technologies that have the potential to solve global challenges, like […]

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Daily Media Digest April 25, 2018

‘Do you know if this is real?’: After countless drills, Sunnybrook Hospital was about to respond to … The Globe and Mail “Code Orange. Code Orange. When the overhead speaker at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences […]

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Daily Media Digest April 23, 2018

Health Ministry boosts hip/knee replacements in Fraser Health to cut into waiting lists Vancouver Sun “And the Fraser Health program is similar to surgery programs Dix has already unveiled for the Island Health Authority on […]

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Daily Media Digest April 20, 2018

NOSM partnership looks to improve health and educational opportunities for First Nations Sudbury.com (press release) “The program will provide an exchange among cross-border experts in Indigenous health profession programs and ideas on mentorship programs for […]