Daily Media Digest November 17, 2017

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“… Desjardins Group, Saint Paul University, the Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation and the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop.”
TAGS: Élisabeth-Bruyère, Research innovation, Saint Paul University, donation, Desjardins Group

 

GlobeNewswire (press release)
“BIOTECanada presented AquaBounty with the Gold Leaf Award for Emerging Agriculture Company during the PEI BioAlliance kick-off to Global …”
TAGS: BIOTECanada, AquaBounty Technologies

 

The Globe and Mail
“Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor said on Wednesday that … referenced in guidelines prepared by Vancouver Coastal Health in 2016.”
TAGS: Vancouver Coast Health, opioid crisis, safe injection sites

 

Financial Post
“Health Canada’s latest brainwave means you won’t … All this innovation depends on a fragile economic equilibrium, since the research needed to …”
TAGS: new drugs, harder to get

 

BetaKit
“”Sick Kids is not just a hospital, but a world-class technology hub.” – @classonde, Vice Chair of @sickkids. We couldn’t be prouder to support this …”
TAGS: #Tech4SickKids campaign, Sick Kids Hospital

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Murphy Family Centre for Mental Health will allow our brain scientists and clinicians to provide patient-centred care in a modern, integrated facility …”
TAGS: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Murphy Family Donates, mental illness

 

News@UofT
“The University of Toronto is amplifying national efforts to support the … of British Columbia’s video social media campaign to Dalhousie University, … “
TAGS: The University of Toronto, fundamental science review

 

Pulmonary Fibrosis News
“… with the skin scarring disease systemic sclerosis, and healthy adults. … arthritis research at University Health Network’s Krembil Research Institute.”
TAGS: signaling pathways, lung and skin scarring, UHN

 

MobileSyrup
“As privacy concerns continue to blossom the world over, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), has published a research paper on …”
TAGS: Canada’s privacy, Research paper

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Pancreatic Cancer Canada Foundation (PCCF) and the Cancer Research Society (CRS) today announced the launch of a …”
TAGS: Canada’s deadliest cancers, collaboration, The Pancreatic Cancer Canada Foundation (PCCF), Cancer Research Society (CRS)

 

MetroNews Canada
“Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor toured cancer research labs at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine on Nov.”
TAGS: U of C Researchers, cancer research

 

Lake Superior News
“(LSN) After debuting on the list of Top 40 Research Hospitals in Canada in 2010, Thunder Bay Regional …”
TAGS: Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, leading health research institutions in the country

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Gifts of Light support CAMH clients on their journey to recovery with basic necessities such as pajamas and toiletries, as well as meaningful …”
TAGS: CAMH, Purina Canada, mental health, animal-assisted therapy

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Canadian Health Policy Institute: Non-medical spending costs Canada’s … to hospitals, nurses, physicians, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.”
TAGS: Canadian Health Policy Institute, Non-medical spending cost Canada Billions

 

IFLScience
“As an autoimmune disease, type-1 diabetes is caused by the body’s own immune system attacking the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.”
TAGS: Edited Blood, Stem Cells, Type-1 Diabetes