Over $6 million has been awarded to Queen’s researchers through NSERC’s Alliance grants to collaborate with industry partners in areas such as computing, wireless communications, and nuclear power.
The Conversation: Canada doesn't have many public banks. The best known, the Canada Infrastructure Bank, seems intent on privatizing critical public services instead of working towards the public good.
Researcher Anne Ellis, along with co-investigators Stephen Vanner and Prameet Sheth, receive federal funding to study COVID transmission and immunity among students and staff working in healthcare.
The Conversation: Focusing on the needs of Indigenous children means that foster care must be community-based and emphasize the importance of family and connections.
To recognize World Cancer Day, Queen’s is profiling the Canadian Cancer Trials Group and its role in facilitating cancer clinical trials that lead to better outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients globally.
The Conversation: By 2030, the WHO projects a worldwide workforce shortfall of about 18 million health-care workers, with potentially deadly consequences for patients, economies and our communities.
The Conversation: Historically, we immunized children against diseases like polio that were a clear danger to them, but COVID-19 is usually mild in children.
Queen’s researcher Christopher Cotton is one of the authors of “Building the Canadian Shield,” an approach that says a longer lockdown will save more lives and cost less economically.
The Conversation: Netflix series alludes to and obscures social, racial, and political tensions in England’s Regency era, the extraordinary decade that marks the dawn of the modern world.
The Conversation: Canadians are living longer, but are they living well? The challenges to aging well go beyond the problems in long-term care. Substantial change to Canada's support service systems is long overdue.
THE CONVERSATION: During the early stages of the pandemic, people adapted to changing situations by making new and different choices. Motivation theory can explain the decision process.
