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Art, math and knowing yourself: Paris Ouma reflects on her journey from Kenya to �鶹��Ƶ

mattimar — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:54:36 +0000

Art, math and knowing yourself: Paris Ouma reflects on her journey from Kenya to �鶹��Ƶ

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Paris Ouma, pictured here with her artwork, is beginning her studies at �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga this fall with the support of the university’s Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship (all images courtesy of Paris Ouma)

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Back to School 2023

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Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship

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�鶹��Ƶ Mississauga

Paris Ouma says she always feels hesitant before she begins to paint, questioning herself and her artistic abilities.

But her confidence inevitably returns with each brushstroke.

“What I love about art is how much it encapsulates so much of myself in every way,” she says. “Painting to me is a physical manifestation of how I re-learn over and over again to trust the process and myself.”

Ouma, who lived hours away from her family at age 12 while attending boarding school in Kenya, will once again be looking within herself as she prepares to embark on her next big chapter: moving to Canada to attend the University of Toronto as a Lester B. Pearson scholar.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m still going to cry a lot,” says Ouma, who is enrolled in a social sciences program at �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga. “But I’m ready for change more often than not.”

Named after Lester B. Pearson, a �鶹��Ƶ alumnus, former prime minister and Nobel Prize recipient, the Pearson scholarship was created by �鶹��Ƶ to bring exceptional students from around the world to study at the university. Awarded to those who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and are recognized as leaders within their high school, the scholarship covers four years of study for first-entry students in undergraduate programs, including tuition, books, incidental fees and residence support.

Ouma says creating art teaches her how to trust herself and the artistic process

Ouma, one of 38 students to be awarded the scholarship this year, says attending boarding school in Molo, Kenya at such a young age taught her discipline, independence and, above all, the importance of speaking up for herself.

The self-confidence she gained through the experience made it easier to trust her instincts and follow her interests, even when they pointed in seemingly different directions.

That’s how she ended up becoming an artist with a passion for solving math problems, which she describes as “a thrill.”

“I used to be really bad at math, so my grandma tutored me. I got my first A in year eight and that’s when I started liking it,” says Ouma, who studied art, math and history in high school.

“It’s so satisfying when you get it.”

While math and art may seem worlds apart, they share a range of creative and cognitive skills that are increasingly valued in a wide range of fields, from medicine to business.

At �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga, Ouma plans to pursue a degree that will lead to a career in wealth management or private equity – with a minor in art, of course.

She is also keen to help others discover themselves.

At her boarding school, she mentored younger students, empowering them to take pride in their native language and lending a helping hand in their exam preparations.

“I like listening and sitting down and being in people’s presence,” she says. “There’s so much people can offer you and you can offer them.”

Upon arriving in Canada, Ouma plans to explore the outdoors, including the natural beauty that surrounds the �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga campus along the serene banks of Credit River. She has already made connections with fellow Pearson scholars through a group chat and says she’s excited to meet her soon to be roommate Natran Ambaye Tewoldemedhin, who is coming to �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga from Ethiopia.

As she was preparing for her flight, Ouma packed her life into three suitcases – bringing with her essential hair products, two puffer jackets to combat the Toronto winter and a secret ingredient to make every meal special.

“It’s a seasoning blend called Royco – it’s Kenyan and I put it on everything.”

Want to improve your HORSE play? Stats expert breaks down the popular basketball game's odds

Christopher.Sorensen — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:03:09 +0000

Want to improve your HORSE play? Stats expert breaks down the popular basketball game's odds

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Daniel and Jeffrey Rosenthal at Willcocks Common (photo by Margaret Fulford)

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Statistical Sciences

For NBA stars and driveway basketball enthusiasts alike, the game HORSE conjures up memories of intense schoolyard competitions and boisterous neighbourhood hangouts.

Now, a professor at the University of Toronto has delved into the statistical probabilities of the game – and discovered that simplicity is often the way to go (even though it's not as fun to watch.)

“When I was growing up, I would play with my dad, and I remember that he would attempt these really easy shots,” recalls Jeffrey Rosenthal, a professor in the department of statistical sciences in the Faculty of Arts & Science.

“That goes against what most of us would think to do, which is to make a difficult shot in hopes that your opponent won’t be able to match it.”

When shooting hoops together at the Willcocks Common just south of Sidney Smith Hall last summer, Rosenthal and his half-brother Daniel, a �鶹��Ƶ alumnus who studied advanced mathematics as well as philosophy and psychology, wondered if they could mathematically determine the effect of shot difficulty on the probability of winning points.

“It may not be the deepest mathematical analysis we’ve ever done,” Rosenthal says. “But trying to justify the rules of HORSE presented us with an interesting question about the probabilities: What is the optimal shot to take to increase your chances of winning?”

The co-authors published their results in the June/July 2022 issue of the journal Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

For those who need a refresher on the rules: HORSE is a game for two or more players who take turns attempting to land certain shots.

If player one calls a shot and makes it – for example, a hook shot, or a shot that hits the backboard – player two must match it. If they don't, player two is assigned a letter and the other player scores a point. If a player calls a shot but misses, their turn is over and it's their opponent's turn. The game goes on until one player has five points while the other has five letters – H-O-R-S-E.

“Where the controversy comes in is, if you make your shot, and the other player also makes the shot, nobody gets a point … but whose turn should it be after that?” Rosenthal says. “According to the traditional rules, it's your turn again to call and make the shot.”

“Now as a statistician, I see how my dad’s strategy of attempting an easy shot affects the probability and works to his advantage,” says Rosenthal, whose dad is a retired �鶹��Ƶ prof. “You are more likely to sink an easy shot and ultimately score a point. But that makes for a pretty boring and predictable game” — nothing like the 2020 NBA HORSE Challenge, where pros took unusual shots to show off their skills and beat their opponent.

Is there a way to improve the rules of the classic game?

“There isn’t a commissioner of HORSE enforcing official rules or anything, so our logic is to modify the rules to have the turn pop over to the other player. That way the opponent gets a chance to call a shot,” Rosenthal says.

For the sake of mathematical analysis, the researchers had to make some assumptions – they didn’t account for variables like height that could influence the outcome, for instance. The first analysis in their paper supposes that both players are of equal ability, which means that each shot will be equally challenging for both players.

“Under the traditional rules, it’s smart to take an easy shot – like standing next to the net and hitting it off the backboard – because if you both get it in, then at least you get to take another turn,” Rosenthal explains. “Eventually one of you will miss and the probability will be nearly 50/50 – you’ll have almost a 50 per cent chance of scoring a point and giving a letter to your opponent.”

Under the modified rules, where the turn switches to the other player if both players make the shot, he says it is best for one player to choose a trickier shot where they have a good chance of getting it in, but their opponent has a good chance of missing. “Whatever difficult shot you choose – standing further away on the three-point line, a reverse lay-up, shooting with your weaker hand – the optimal shot is one that has a 50 per cent probability of making it.”

To make it more mathematically intricate, the co-authors next looked at other scenarios.

“One assumption we made is that with every shot, player one has a certain probability of making it and player two’s probability is a certain multiple of that, say 80 per cent,” says Rosenthal. “So, if player one has an easy shot, it's not quite as easy for player two. If player one has a hard shot, it’s a bit harder for player two. Then we tried to mathematically say, what's the optimal shot for you to choose in those cases, too?”

Though the mathematics get a little more complicated, the basic idea for how to win HORSE remains the same: under the traditional rules, choose easy shots for the best chance of scoring points. Under the modified rules, shots with a medium level of difficulty are optimal.

With the NBA playoffs nearly over, and warmer days ahead, Rosenthal is looking forward to hitting up the Willcocks Common once again. As a go-to spot for pick-up games in the university community, the court was recently outfitted with new nets and rims.

As Rosenthal puts it, fun papers like this one increase understanding of esoteric mathematical concepts by bringing them to life through relatable examples.

“Some people play sports in the schoolyard and others do math problems in the classroom,” he says. “We’re showing how you can connect these two worlds, using mathematical thinking to figure out what to do on the basketball court.”

COVID-19: Hundreds of incoming students enrol in new �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga math workshop

Christopher.Sorensen — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:14:21 +0000

COVID-19: Hundreds of incoming students enrol in new �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga math workshop

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The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre at �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga is offering a free math workshop in response to the disruption high school students and teachers faced during COVID-19 (photo by Drew Lesiuczok)

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Hundreds of incoming students at the University of Toronto Mississauga will be enhancing their math skills and filling in knowledge gaps before they jump into their first-year calculus classes this fall.

For the first time, the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre is offering a free math workshop to help students better prepare for post-secondary learning.

Andie Burazin, assistant professor in the department of mathematical and computational sciences, says the initiative was launched in response to the disruption high school students and teachers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It was a very turbulent time for high school teachers as well as students,” she says, referring to classes suddenly moving online. “Math is a big hurdle for many students – it creates a lot of anxiety. Even in regular situations, math is just one of those things they struggle with.”

Mindful that incoming students may not have the usual level of preparation before they enter first year, the dean’s office reached out to the academic skills centre to create an experiential learning unit to assist students who will be taking a first year calculus course. The two-hour workshops, which will run over six weeks starting July 13, are designed to help students better prepare their foundational math skills while giving them the knowledge and confidence to succeed at university.

Called Foundational Math Skills for University, the course will go beyond reviewing and practising pre-calculus high school material.

Burazin says the first week will explore how to succeed in a math course, what to expect when taking a course at �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga and offer tips to improve if students come across challenges.

There will also be reminders that learning math is a cumulative process.

“It’s like building a house,” Burazin says. “You can’t have the third floor if you didn’t build the first floor. You need to have that foundation under your belt before you talk about more advanced topics in a first-year calculus course.”

Each lesson will start with a discussion about academic integrity, a topic that came up when Burazin surveyed high school teachers while preparing this course. She says she feels it’s important to discuss accountability and the consequences of cheating.

“It’s important students know they can’t cheat. They have to do their work honestly,” she says. “This is not like high school where you get a second chance.”

The course will mimic what students are likely to experience in the fall. They will have access to Quercus, the university’s online learning environment, get a feel for how classes are taught, and learn how to address professors and teaching assistants in emails.

They’ll also get a chance to meet peers.

“It’s supposed to help them develop a sense of community [and a] familiarity with what is going to potentially happen when they take a course at UTM,” Burazin says. “I think it’s important given the situation.”

There’s an added incentive for registered students to attend the classes. Burazin says participants will be entered into a draw to win a $100 gift card for the UTM Bookstore.

The six-week program has received a strong response from incoming students. Burazin says 500 students registered when the course was first rolled out so they expanded the program to meet demand. Now there are 700 students registered for 14 sessions that will take place over Zoom and Quercus.

Whether they are taking the Foundational Math Skills for University course or not, Burazin has some advice for students who will be taking a first-year math course this fall.

“When you’re stuck, reach out. Get the help,” she says. “And practise, practise, practise. It’s the only way you can do well in math.”

In memoriam: mathematician Cathleen Synge Morawetz

ullahnor — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:01:23 +0000

In memoriam: mathematician Cathleen Synge Morawetz

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Cathleen Synge Morawetz (right) with mathematician Peter Lax at a 2008 math conference at �鶹��Ƶ, which was dedicated to her 85th birthday (photo courtesy of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences located at �鶹��Ƶ)

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�鶹��Ƶ alumna Cathleen Synge Morawetz, a professor emeritus of mathematics at New York University, died last week. She was 94.

Morawetz's work on partial differential equations helped describe the motion of fluids and waves in water, sound, light and vibrating solids. A New York Times obituary on Aug. 11 described her research as “solving real-world engineering problems.”

For example, her study of the flow of air around airplanes flying close to the speed of sound has helped aerospace engineers design wings to minimize shocks. She studied the scattering of waves off objects and came up with a method to prove what is now known as the Morawetz inequality – it looks at the maximum amount of wave energy near an object at a given time.

Morawetz was a trailblazer, setting a path for female math scholars in the 1950s.

Born in Toronto in 1923, the daughter of a physicist/mathematician, she earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at the University of Toronto in 1945.

Despite the lack of opportunity at the time, she received a master’s degree in mathematics at MIT and then her PhD from New York University in 1951.

In 1998, she became the first female mathematician to receive a National Medal of Science in the United States, and in 2012, she became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Making an impact: �鶹��Ƶ undergrad co-authors important machine learning study at Google

Christopher.Sorensen — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:38:23 +0000

Making an impact: �鶹��Ƶ undergrad co-authors important machine learning study at Google

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�鶹��Ƶ's Aidan Gomez co-authored research at Google that turned a single neural network loose on eight problems simultaneously (photo by Nina Haikara)

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Aidan Gomez has yet to finish his undergraduate degree, but he’s already doing research at Google that could lead to dramatic improvements in machine learning – a thriving subfield of artificial intelligence.

Gomez, who took a semester off from his University of Toronto studies in computer science and math to work at Google Brain in Silicon Valley, recently released a paper on multitask learning by a single neural network with lead author and senior Google researcher Lukasz Kaiser.

While most existing machine learning techniques focus on a single task – identifying objects in images, interpreting natural language or recognizing audio – Kaiser and Gomez showed that a single neural network could successfully be turned loose on multiple tasks simultaneously.

The paper, titled "One Model to Learn them All," even showed evidence of overall improved performance.

“Lukasz and I basically stepped back and asked: Why shouldn’t one particular class of models be able to solve all these problems at the same time?” Gomez says. He compared the approach to the way humans carry cognitive tools acquired through previous experience.

“We've shown that this network does precisely that – not only does it apply these tools, it makes performance on new tasks significantly better.”

Kaiser and Gomez trained their model to solve eight problems at the same time. That included the ImageNet classification contest that Geoffrey Hinton, a Google engineering fellow and �鶹��Ƶ University Professor Emeritus, and his graduate students, Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever, won in 2012 with deep learning neural networks.

Sutskever is now leading artificial intelligence research at a $1 billion non-profit, OpenAI, backed by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Gomez calls the ImageNet task “very difficult” because it involves 1,000 categories and more than one million images.

“We were frightened, initially, that the model simply wouldn't have the capacity to learn ImageNet along with anything else – that it would dedicate all its resources to ImageNet, but it turns out not to be the case,” he says. “There appears to be symbiosis within the tasks, each feeding to the other and improving the overall performance considerably.

“These neural networks are in fact capable of learning an array of different tasks, at the same time, on the same parameters, similar to how you or I approach a new task.”

Annual �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough event inspires girls to pursue math

ullahnor — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:46:55 +0000

Annual �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough event inspires girls to pursue math

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Grade 9 students participate in the "egg drop" during Math in Motion at �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough

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Gobika Sithamparanathan was always encouraged to study math.

A second-year human biology and neuroscience student at �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough, Sithamparanathan says her parents valued a math education. She also worked as a math tutor to fellow students in Sri Lanka where she grew up.

So when her first-year calculus instructor Sophie Chrysostomou asked her to volunteer with Math in Motion…Girls in Gear! an annual event aimed at inspiring young girls to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs at the post-secondary level, she didn’t hesitate.

“These girls are at a critical time in their lives when it comes to what they want to pursue academically. They may be interested in math, but they really need that extra encouragement to really go for it,” says Sithamparanathan, who also helped plan this year’s event.

Nearly 100 Grade 9 girls from the Durham, York and Toronto school boards took part in this year’s event at �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough on Nov. 26. The event included interactive math demonstrations and fun activities like the “egg drop” engineering design challenge.

“It’s amazing to see these mini-engineers come up such creative designs,” says Sithamparanathan.

Chrysostomou, an associate professor, teaching stream, in the department of computer and mathematical sciences at �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough, organized the event.

“A big part of what we do is addressing some of the negative stereotypes about girls studying math,” says Chrysostomou. “We do this by introducing girls to women who have careers in STEM-related fields and to show them they can have successful and meaningful careers if they stick with math.”

Math in Motion has deep ties to �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough. Judy Shanks, a high school math teacher in Pickering, helped organize the first event in 2004 and is a former student of Chrysostomou.

Shanks points to recent studies that show only 22 per cent of girls with high school math marks in the 80 to 89 per cent range choose STEM programs compared to 52 per cent of boys with equivalent marks.

She says it’s “disheartening” to see girls in high school with immense talent for math not pursuing STEM programs at the university level. She hopes more girls can feel empowered to pursue these programs by having strong role models to look up to.

Since its inception more than 1,200 girls have taken part in the program. This year’s event was sponsored by Google, Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), the Scarborough Association of Mathematics Education (SAME) and �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough. It also included presentations and keynote addresses from women with careers in various STEM-related fields.

“STEM is such a large field, and the skills you learn can be transferred across a range of different disciplines and jobs,” says Sithamparanathan.

“I think parents play a crucial role in encouraging young girls but so does mentorship. If these girls have someone to look up to, it can make all the difference.”

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These undergrad interns are helping to power Nanoleaf: Jeanny Yao and Josh Hwang

sgupta — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:59:15 +0000

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Why would a fast-growing LED lighting startup hire a statistician and a scientist as business development interns?

Nanoleaf – a global startup from �鶹��Ƶ Engineering alumni – says it was for their different perspective and critical mindset. (Read more about Nanoleaf)

“The �鶹��Ƶ presence is still very strong at Nanoleaf, and I believe it always will be,” said spokesperson Leslie Chen. “When we were looking for interns to join our team, the first place we looked was at �鶹��Ƶ.”

The interns, who hooked into Nanoleaf's team through a specialized new venture internship course called IMC390, get to earn course credits while exploding all conventions of what they can do with their degree.

Interested in learning more about startups and entrepreneurship at �鶹��Ƶ? Visit the Banting & Best Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

(Video courtesy Nanoleaf's Smarter Kit Indiegogo)

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Canada Research Chairs: government backs leading scholars in mental health, human rights and more

sgupta — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:10:27 +0000

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Minister of State for Science and Technology visits UTM to award 11 new, eight renewed chairs

University of Toronto researchers made a grand showing April 9 in the federal government’s announcement of $139 million for the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, $17.6 million of which will go to 11 new and eight renewed chairs at �鶹��Ƶ.

Ed Holder, Canada’s Minister of State for Science and Technology, visited the University of Toronto Mississauga campus to make the announcement. “Through our government’s updated science, technology and innovation strategy, we are making the record investments necessary to push the boundaries of knowledge, create jobs and opportunities, and improve the quality of life of Canadians,” he said.

Launched in 2000, the Canada Research Chair program is aimed at helping the country attract and retain research leaders in engineering and natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences. Leonardo Salmena of �鶹��Ƶ's department of pharmacology and toxicology and holder of the new CRC in Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation in Cancer, spoke on behalf of the chairholders.

“The Canada Research Chairs program will allow my team to build an infrastructure to conduct excellent science,” Salmena said. “More importantly, it will allow me to have a hand in training Canada’s future researchers.”

Salmena is researching the molecular basis of acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer originating in bone marrow. Through his role as a chairholder, he hopes his research can be used to develop new strategies for preventing and treating this form of cancer.

“We are grateful to the government of Canada for this investment,” said Professor Vivek Goel, �鶹��Ƶ’s vice-president, research and innovation. “The CRC program has enabled universities across Canada, �鶹��Ƶ among them, to attract and retain the best researchers from around the world. As such, the program is critical to the long-term prosperity of our nation.”

The diverse array of researchers backed by the program includes such leaders as Lisa Forman of �鶹��Ƶ's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the University of Toronto Mississauga's Joel Levine.

Levine studies the social interaction of fruit flies (hear Levine in a People Behind the Science podcast with Marie McNeely) in a bid to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie innate patterns of social interaction. (Read more about Levine.) Forman, a leading international human rights law scholar, is leveraging her Canada Research Chair to advance health as a human right for all as an integral component of responses to global health equity.

“The right to health is a fundamental human right recognized in international law that can help political and health leaders to better address global health inequities,” said Forman, Lupina Assistant Professor in Global Health and Human Rights.

Supported by CRC funding, Forman’s research seeks to strengthen the international legal framework on the right to health to better respond to global health inequity in a number of ways.

“For example, there’s a loophole in the right to health argument that permits states to deny health care on the basis of limited resources, including for the poorest and most vulnerable populations,” said Forman, who is also director of the Comparative Program on Health and Society, a health fellowship program funded by the Lupina Foundation, which supports graduate research across �鶹��Ƶ on the social determinants of health.

International lawyers have tried to fix this loophole by developing the idea of “minimum core obligations” to meet essential health needs that cannot be denied under any circumstances, said Forman. But she added the definition of minimum core obligations does not specify the health needs it covers and fails to specify the obligations of wealthier countries to assist poor countries to meet core obligations.

“These gaps in the definition limit the ability of the right to health to protect people's health against government inaction and cuts in international health funding. My research proposes to fill this gap by analyzing how courts and scholars around the world have interpreted this concept, and using this analysis to reconceptualise how we define and implement minimum core obligations.”

(Read more about Forman's work.)

�鶹��Ƶ’s new chairholders are:

Timothy Chan, department of mechanical and industrial engineering — CRC in Novel Optimization and Analytics in Health
Lisa Forman, Dalla Lana School of Public Health — CRC in Human Rights and Global Health Equity
Teodor Grantcharov, department of surgery and St. Michael’s Hospital — CRC in Simulation and Surgical Safety
Monica Justice, department of molecular genetics and the Hospital for Sick Children — CRC in Mammalian Molecular Genetics
Larissa Katz, Faculty of Law — CRC in Private Law Theory
Julie Lefebvre, department of molecular genetics and Hospital for Sick Children — CRC in Developing Neural Circuitries
Joel Levine, department of biology, �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga — CRC in Neurogenetics
Jeffrey Meyer, department of psychiatry and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health — CRC in Neurochemistry of Major Depression
Elizabeth Page-Gould, department of psychology — CRC in Social Psychophysiology
Catherine Sabiston, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education — CRC in Physical Activity and Mental Health
Leonardo Salmena, department of pharmacology and toxicology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (University Health Network) — CRC in Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation in Cancer

In addition to funding the new chairs, eight chairs were renewed:

Patricia Brubaker, department of physiology — CRC in Vascular and Metabolic Biology
George Elliott, department of mathematics — CRC in Mathematics
Sajeev John, department of physics — CRC in Optical Sciences
Tony Lam, department of physiology and University Health Network — CRC in Obesity
Andras Nagy, department of molecular genetics and Mount Sinai Hospital — CRC in Stem Cells and Regeneration
Geoffrey Ozin, department of chemistry — CRC in Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry
Nicholas Rule, department of psychology — CRC in Social Perception and Cognition
Elise Stanley, department of physiology and University Health Network — CRC in Cellular Neuroscience

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Recognizing �鶹��Ƶ’s rising stars

sgupta — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:03:51 +0000

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Medicine's Julie Lefebvre studies mechanisms of brain development and disorders (photo by Robert Teteruck)

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Breaking Research

Math

Art, math and knowing yourself: Paris Ouma reflects on her journey from Kenya to �鶹��Ƶ

Want to improve your HORSE play? Stats expert breaks down the popular basketball game's odds

COVID-19: Hundreds of incoming students enrol in new �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga math workshop

In memoriam: mathematician Cathleen Synge Morawetz

Read more about her at the New York Times

Making an impact: �鶹��Ƶ undergrad co-authors important machine learning study at Google

Read more about the machine learning study on Google's research blog

Read more about Google's machine learning study at VentureBeat

Annual �鶹��Ƶ Scarborough event inspires girls to pursue math

Quantum Information and Quantum Control, Centre for

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These undergrad interns are helping to power Nanoleaf: Jeanny Yao and Josh Hwang

Read more about Nanoleaf on �鶹��Ƶ News

Interested in learning more about startups and entrepreneurship at �鶹��Ƶ? Visit the Banting & Best Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Canada Research Chairs: government backs leading scholars in mental health, human rights and more

Recognizing �鶹��Ƶ’s rising stars