Daily Media Digest December 7, 2018

CTV News
“In this file image, Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, makes an announcement regarding new asbestos measures during a press conference in Ottawa …”
TAGS: Kirsty Duncan, CRCC, high-risk research, federal funding, New Frontiers in Research Fund

 

CBC.ca
“The Current asked federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor for an interview, but did not receive a response. Government guidelines do say that …”
TAGS: infants, breastfeeding, formula, food-insecurity

 

UCalgary News
“Practicum student Sydney Riglin, right, started a new initiative that encourages male cancer survivors to get physically active. She and Kinesiology …”
TAGS: cancer patients, men, physical activity, #MoveThatMan

 

National Post
“That’s where we are — at a turning point where the science of artificial intelligence is emerging from university laboratories. For the past five or six …”
TAGS: artificial intelligence, machine learning, Yoshua Bengio, health care

 

IT World Canada
“The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) announced today the first group of artificial intelligence (AI) chairs at its first annual meeting of …”
TAGS: artificial intelligence, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, researchers

 

iPolitics.ca
“An almost 30-year-old federal funding program will come to an end following an announcement from Science and Sport Minister Kirsty Duncan …”
TAGS: CRCC, Networks of Centres of Excellence, research funding

 

CTV News
“Researchers at the University of Alberta are testing how biomarkers in saliva could be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease. Liang Li and Roger Dixon, …”
TAGS: Alzheimer’s Disease, biomarkers, diagnosis

 

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
“As part of this effort, MSFHR is implementing gender neutral peer review processes for all 2019 competitions to foster gender equity in our funding programs, and mitigate the effects of systemic bias in peer review.”
TAGS: health research, gender equity, peer review process