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UCalgary Students Develop VR Mental Health Platform to Improve Accessibility to Treatment
Like most university students, the student developers of BraVRy, an innovative virtual reality (VR) mental health platform, understand the burdens that come with balancing academics, extracurriculars, social life, physical health and…
University of Calgary Set to Establish World-Class Kinesiology Research Facility
The University of Calgary will soon be home to one of the most advanced post-secondary research facilities dedicated for the study of human performance, movement and sport science, thanks to an extraordinary $20-million gift from the Taylor…
University of Calgary’s Kathleen Sitter Receives Prestigious Killam Fellowship for…
Imagine a place where research and narratives unfold not just through sight and text, but through mapping the other senses, as well. This is the captivating realm of multisensory storytelling.
An advocator and expert in this…
Made at Mac: Entrepreneurship Event Honors Founders Making a Difference
Why does entrepreneurship matter? Where do I start if I have an idea? How do successful founders navigate the entrepreneurship ecosystem at McMaster?
Learn the answers to these questions and more at the Made at Mac: Celebrating…
McMaster University PhD Students’ Planetarium Roadshow Offers Children a Preview of the Total…
Veronika Dornan and Hector Robinson brought the sun, moon and Mars into the Greensville library branch Saturday afternoon for four-year-old Ella and dozens of other kids and grown-ups.
The astronomy PhD students set up the Faculty…
McMaster University: Indigenous Student Bursary Program Aims to Reduce Barriers to Post-Secondary…
James Lemoine is talking about being in high school while his single mom worked hard so he wouldn’t need a part-time job.
“She would tell me, ‘I’ll worry about the financial side of things, you worry about your education,” says LeMoine,…
Task Force Report Identifies Five Key Areas for Supporting Graduate Students
A significant step forward in supporting graduate students has been taken with the release of the Task Force on Graduate Funding report, which makes recommendations along five key themes that emerged during extensive cross-campus…
McMaster University: Digital Storytelling Project Showcases Hamilton History and Community
“Writing stories is the easy part these days,” says writer Lynda DiPietro. The real problem is dealing with the formatting, the technology and a bunch of other issues that make things difficult. “Seems that system platforms are designed to…
McMaster University Indigenous Scholars to Offer Insights on Eclipse and Star Stories
Throughout history and around the world, eclipses have inspired rituals, shaped beliefs and driven scientific inquiry.
Ahead of the total solar eclipse that will be viewable from parts of North America on April 8th, 2024, a panel of…
McMaster University’s Gerry Wright Awarded Killam Prize in Health Sciences
Gerry Wright, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University, has been awarded the 2024 Killam Prize in Health Sciences for his internationally-renowned research in antimicrobial resistance…