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Hey, @UTM! There is still time to register for the BRN's Research Program Planning Workshop – happening tomorrow.
Find more info below! #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

💡 BRN Research Workshop Series: On Feb. 3, our Research Program Planning Workshop will be hosted at @UTM!
Join @dr_kaniki and #UofT research officers for a collaborative workshop on developing research program plans and securing grants.
Register: https://t.co/P2KrsTREw1 #UTM
Mobility Network Update for February 2, 2023 - https://t.co/0vJfCF59RK In the media * @shaunabrail & @TaraVinodrai discuss mobility data @UTM * Abdulhai explains #TheTrafficOxymoronSlowDownArriveFaster at @TEDxUofT Feb. 5 * Events * Calls, Opportunities & Resources
Attention graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Canadian universities! #CallforPapers #LandUsePlanning #TransportationPlanning #UrbanMobility #ClimateChange

Does your research consider land use & transportation planning? Submit an abstract for the Emerging Mobility Scholars Conference this June in Toronto! Abstract deadline is March 10, 2023. For more information and to see the other featured topics: https://t.co/oJrlkDDufo
#EMSC2023
Congratulations to @SMubareka and her team!
Many thanks to @CIHR_IRSC for supporting our collaborative #OneHealth & zoonoses research with colleagues at @UofTEPIC, @jeffcbowman, @sci_questions, @FinlayM, @jdkotwa, @NelsonL_VirRes, @ACDoxey, and partners @CEZD_CMEZ , @CWHCRCSF @InspectionCan, @GovCanHealth & MELCCFP!
Dr. Lindsey Simpson, Director of Ability Management at @AHS_Innovates and her team are participating in research with @CogAtWork, an AGE-WELL project.
Learn how they are helping to evolve best practices related to workplace accommodations for MCI here 🔗 https://t.co/04lZuh0dPQ
Lindsey Simpson, directrice de la gestion des capacités à @AHS_Innovates, et son équipe participent à la recherche avec @CogAtWork, un projet d’AGE-WELL.
Détails sur l’évolution des mesures d’adaptation en milieu de travail pour les TCL 🔗 https://t.co/qc1wcsO1yx
⏰ There's still time to register! Join us this afternoon for "Making Representative Code Represent: Sex and Gender in TEI and Linked Data."
Can't make the event? We'll host the talk on our YouTube channel in the coming days.

🗓 Feb 2 from 4-6PM, we're welcoming @CLKCrompton — the second guest in our 2022-23 Visiting Speaker Series!
Dr. Crompton’s talk is titled “Making Representative Code Represent: Sex and Gender in TEI and Linked #Data.” Learn more at https://t.co/cuDnQ1ArBz. #DigitalHumanities
Fri, 10 Feb 23: what are the main challenges for surgical robotics? Find out at the virtual seminar when Prof. Arianna Menciassi presents case-studies from her 25 years of experience in #Robotics and #Bioengineering.
https://t.co/hmCmHQ0N8X
Are you joining us for today's webinar: The Challenge of Deploying Large-Scale Digital Health-Based Support to #OlderAdults Aging at Home: When Deep Space Travel Offers Opportunities at 12:00 PM (ET)? 🚀
Don’t forget to register before 11:00 AM (ET) 👉 https://t.co/Z7u3qjtzAm
SofC director @profchapple's research finds that London, ON is leading the country in downtown recovery from the economic impact of the pandemic. She discusses what makes the city so resilient in @CBCNews, @CTVNews: https://t.co/WOfP6kHyvW & https://t.co/dPxgBex2V8
⚡️We're talking old data, new data! Join us February 17 for the next talk in our Lightning Lunch Series. We'll welcome guest speakers LK Bertram, professor @History_UofT; CDHI's own Katie Mackinnon; and Frances Corry, postdoc at @cdcspenn.
Register at https://t.co/ycuaWxTBna.
The BRN's mission is to increase visibility for @UofT Black scholars; sustain a cross-divisional, interdisciplinary, network and facilitate robust research engagements.
Join us as we promote Black research excellence: https://t.co/u6Eap3bAh7
#BlackHistoryMonth #UofT
Our Scientific Director and CEO, @AlexM_UT, chatting #AgeTech across the pond at the @turinginst! 🌊🇬🇧
Notre Directeur scientifique et PDG, @AlexM_UT, discute d'#AgeTech de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique au @turinginst ! 🌊🇬🇧

Back in my happy place. Visiting the @turinginst in London chatting about research with other faculty, students, and trainees. Looking forward to great collaborations. And yes that is their coffee machine!! @AGEWELL_NCE @envis_age @uoft
School of Cities is thrilled to be part of the University of Toronto Centre in India. We're excited to collaborate with Indian partners to conduct multidisciplinary research, mobilize knowledge & build capacity in Canada and India, and co-create solutions to global urban issues.
AGE-WELL startup @Centivizer1 has created a set of interactive and rewarding technology-based activities to promote physical and cognitive health called exergames. 🎮🧠🏃
Learn more about their latest exergame, 2RaceWithMe 👉 https://t.co/hEPZEhHrup
Entreprise en démarrage d’AGE-WELL, @Centivizer1, ont créé un ensemble d’activités technologiques interactives et enrichissantes pour promouvoir la santé physique et cognitive. 🎮🧠🏃
Détails sur leur produit le plus récent : 2RaceWithMe 👉 https://t.co/FG0iNz4Q21
Heart failure is a growing epidemic, but we believe digital innovation can deliver impactful & equitable solutions. That’s why our network is working together to TRANSFORM #HeartFailure!
#HeartMonth

February is #HeartMonth - a time to focus on the importance of heart health. DYK heart failure is one of the leading causes of hospitalization in Canada...and that number continues to rise. Follow along this month to find out how we're changing those odds!
📅 Happening tomorrow: The Challenge of Deploying Large-Scale Digital Health-Based Support to #OlderAdults Aging at Home: When Deep Space Travel Offers Opportunities webinar!
Dr. Yves Joanette (@UMontreal, @criugm) will share his insights.
Register now 👉https://t.co/Z7u3qjt1KO
Our 2023 SRI fellowships deadline is approaching—but there's still time to submit!
Learn more: https://t.co/sw6aIEWVxB

💡 Are you a #UofT researcher who is passionate about ensuring new technologies are responsible and fair?
Apply for a 2023 Schwartz Reisman faculty or graduate fellowship. Deadline: February 5, 2023.
Learn more: https://t.co/qXupu9aYE8
Science and community: Canadian Black Scientists Network (@CanBlackSci) launch second BE-STEMM conference today 🔬 https://t.co/Eiek5WV2Gz #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Submit your abstract today! Deadline is January 31.

Abstract submission and registrations are now open for the GIS in Education and Research conference. The conference will be held on March 1, 2023 at @UofT's @harthouseuoft. @esricanada #HigherEd #GISAcademia #educators #researchers #Students
For more: https://t.co/l4JsMIjmVR
🗓️ Tomorrow! Join SRI Faculty Affiliate @NicolasPapernot for talk on trustworthy ML at @CARTEToronto ⤵️

Don’t miss this webinar by @NicolasPapernot tomorrow. Register through this link: https://t.co/D6KHXYGuTD
TOMORROW: @janelllejoseph of @UofTKPE will discuss the misogynoir aimed at tennis professional Naomi Osaka, and key moments in her media (mis)representations.
⏰4 - 5:30 p.m.
📍@munkschool of Global Affairs and Public Policy
🖥 https://t.co/HCZVbyjDRZ
@AI_UofT #UofT

On Feb. 1, join @AI_UofT and @janelllejoseph for the talk, "Black, Japanese, and More Than the Sum of Our Parts: Misogynoir in Women’s Sport Media."
Register today: https://t.co/wvTqqmJ6P8 @munkschool #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
📢FUNDING OPPORTUNITY📢
Our Doctoral Awards provide $10,000 in funding support for outstanding PhD students pursuing infectious disease research at @UofT and our hospital partners.
More details on eligibility and how to apply on our website: https://t.co/SBoBZdtWxB
Today at 1:30 PM ET!
View the live stream on our YouTube page to imagine how artist-activists can lead as key collaboration in new policy creation.
Link: https://t.co/Uxy46n7AXB

On Jan 31st join us virtually from 1:30 to 3:30 PM for 'Imagining New Worlds' when Shannon Litzenberger (@shannonlitz) and Leslie Ting lead us in conversation about the role of artists as world-makers in public policy.
RVSP at: https://t.co/08XIN8U7qF
The deadline to apply for the EPIC-AT Early Career #Research Awards in Patient-Oriented Research is TODAY! 🗓️
⏰ Get your application in before 11:59 PM (ET): https://t.co/xwaciQWoaf
#AgeTech #epicHQP #Innovation #ECR
💡 New on our site: @ghadfield discusses why #ChatGPT is a "game changer" for AI with @AlisonGopnik and @GaryMarcus on @TheAgenda.
Learn more: https://t.co/yCMTNlySeU
L’appel de candidatures pour les bourses pour chercheurs émergents dans la domaine de la recherche axées sur le patient prend fin AUJOURD’HUI! 🗓️
⏰ Présentez votre candidature avant 23 h 59 (HE) : https://t.co/zeY6BU2pNv
#AgeTech #epicPHQ #Innovation
Registration for On the Land is now open!
This 3-day #landbased #culturalsafety training program led by Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle, Indigenous Elders & Knowledge Keepers is open to TRANSFORM #HeartFailure members.
Space is limited. Learn more & register: https://t.co/WhlnnbY0O6
📢 Are you joining us today for our Policy Round with @smagalhaes_PhD from @NBIRDT_UNB? Don’t forget to register before 12 pm (ET)!
Register here ✍️ https://t.co/JNhb3lLoID
Today's the day! ⏰
Learn more about the innovative work being done across #AtlanticCanada at our #AgeTech Showcase: Atlantic Canada starting at 10:30 AM (AT).
There’s still time to register ✍️ https://t.co/PUA2lkcWt1
This 5-day program may be of interest to academic entrepreneurs and early-stage, women-led or co-led health care start-ups: The OBIO Women in Health Initiative (WiHI) entrepreneurship bootcamp https://t.co/ZCEvkAiNKG
Join us over the coming months for City Visions, a free, in-person event series where authors & city experts explore the urban issues & visionary transformations captured in their recent books. Learn more & register for our first event: https://t.co/A0k3iRqlLc #CityVisionsSofC
💡 BRN Research Workshop Series: On Feb. 3, our Research Program Planning Workshop will be hosted at @UTM!
Join @dr_kaniki and #UofT research officers for a collaborative workshop on developing research program plans and securing grants.
Register: https://t.co/P2KrsTREw1 #UTM
🏠 What kinds of complex health conditions pose challenges for older adults who wish to age at home?
🌙 And how can deep space travel offer opportunities?
Tune in to our Feb 2 webinar to learn more.
Register here 👉 https://t.co/Z7u3qjt1KO
An interesting look from @StemCellNetwork at some of the many applications of #stemcell research across the country🇨🇦
📅 Tomorrow is the #AgeTech Showcase: Atlantic Canada!
Jenna Roddick, @danduttonysj, @sa_kirkland, @carole_goodine, and Justine Henry will present on how AgeTech can support healthy and independent aging.
Register today ✍️ https://t.co/PUA2lkcWt1
📅 Demain aura lieu les Présentation #AgeTech : Canada atlantique!
Jenna Roddick, @danduttonysj, @sa_kirkland, @carole_goodine et Justine Henry parleront de la façon dont AgeTech peut favoriser un vieillissement sain et autonome.
Inscription : ✍️ https://t.co/PUA2lkcWt1
This #WorldNTDDay, learn about Kathryn Rozen-Gagnon and her work on mosquito-borne viruses. Kathryn's work is expanding the research toolbox for mosquitoes, one of the world's most deadly animals.
Full story here: https://t.co/sD5tqR9yfg
#BeatNTDs #100PercentCommitted
📢 Tomorrow is our Policy Round! 📢
@smagalhaes_PhD from @NBIRDT_UNB will discuss the concordance of frailty among community-dwelling older couples and how to reduce the negative outcomes associated with frailty.
Register here ✍️ https://t.co/JNhb3lLoID
The current housing/rental crisis, as explored by SofC director @profchapple on @CBC, is the reason why we're collaborating with @CityBuildingTMU & @ULIToronto on this 4-day webinar, How to Put Affordable in the Missing Middle.
Register now: https://t.co/QR8iIAtMFt
For the first time ever, the average rent in #Canada has soared past $2,000/month — and it's even higher in #Toronto.
@profchapple comments on who's most impacted by this rental crisis and what needs to be done to fix the problem. https://t.co/QitMNKGadq
🗓️ Our next #SRISeminarSeries presents @jonrlindsay of @GeorgiaTech, Wednesday February 1st at 3:10 PM ET.
💡 Talk title: "Age of deception: The paradox of cooperative conflict in cyberspace”
🔗 Learn more and register: https://t.co/KcUdjKjP4n
The deadline to apply for the EPIC-AT Early Career #Research Awards in Patient-Oriented Research is TOMORROW!
Apply now here ➡️ https://t.co/xwaciQWoaf
#AgeTech #epicHQP #Innovation #ECR
L’appel de candidatures pour les bourses pour chercheurs émergents dans la domaine de la recherche axées sur le patient prend fin DEMAIN!
Présentez votre candidature ici ➡️ https://t.co/zeY6BU2pNv
#AgeTech #epicPHQ #Innovation
📺 WATCH: @avicgoldfarb explores how the predictive potential of #AI will disrupt industries. #SRISeminarSeries https://t.co/KpxJgrQSYT
"#Transit is a microcosm of wider society" says Prof Matti Siemiatycki @IIutoronto @uoftcities in "'These guys really don't care': TTC employee draws praise after blasting Toronto Mayor John Tory, chaotic system" https://t.co/9X9DGW33vS
NOW! Virtual Seminar Fri, 27Jan23 @ 3:00PM ET with Prof @MacSchwager on how #robots use neural environment representations (3D maps stored as deep networks) for perception, motion planning, manipulation, and simulation. https://t.co/1ZBxIiaxlV #Robotics #AI 🦾🤖
🚨Just a few hours left to submit your applications for our #postdoctoral program! We're excited to see how this year's cohort will work with the world’s top scientists to accelerate molecular and materials #discovery to improve our lives and our #planet. https://t.co/Bxi6QgYCMy
Final week to apply: UK Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange – Apply by Friday, Feb 3. 🇨🇦🔁🇬🇧
If your business offers solutions to support healthy ageing, and could benefit from access to specialist expertise then apply for our innovation exchange. https://t.co/RijeuQUQmi
Échange sur l’innovation en technologie du vieillissement Canada/Royaume-Uni. Date limite : 3 février
Soumettez votre candidature si vous offrez des solutions favorisant le vieillissement en santé et pourriez jouir d’un accès à une expertise spécialisée : https://t.co/RijeuQUQmi
Congrats to researchers from the @OFKLab on this recent publication in @acsJACS, https://t.co/ExHF8m4wzP, and coverage in @ScienceMagazine, "Making Lipids for Lipid Nanoparticles," https://t.co/xgiq9K3jg7
We are excited to welcome the international #cannabis & #cannabinoid #research community to #Toronto for the 2023 @ICRS_Society #Conference on June 24 - 29, 2023.
Call for orals & abstracts NOW OPEN.
Check it out 👇

ICRS2023 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Orals due Mar 1 / Posters due Mar 15 https://t.co/wwWeeBiNMK #ICRS2023
Call for Interview Participants - "The Missing Little Story Map" 📢
Our team at SofC is creating a story map that explores “Missing Little” housing in the GTA. Review the eligibility criteria in the graphic and contact us to participate or learn more: https://t.co/exObWG40aV
TODAY Virtual Seminar Fri, 27Jan23 @ 3:00PM ET with Prof @MacSchwager on how #robots use neural environment representations (3D maps stored as deep networks) for perception, motion planning, manipulation, and simulation. https://t.co/1ZBxIiaxlV #Robotics #AI 🦾🤖
Reminder: Get your tickets now for the U of T Transportation Alumni Reception February 9! - https://t.co/bI7X4P1y9j
"What happens to our data when we abandon a platform? Would you want a say?"
New for @ConversationCA, @ktcmackinnon talks about how we've all become "databound"—attached to the data we've produced throughout our lives. #DataPrivacyWeek #DigitalHumanities
https://t.co/pzVhhPDqay
We often hear about how antibiotic over/mis-use leads to antimicrobial resistance but did you know that non-antibiotic drugs can also contribute to drug resistance?
A new study is providing mechanistic insights into how antidepressants contribute to #AMR.
https://t.co/OqnjA287iR
Mobility Network Update for January 26, 2023 - https://t.co/eF2oIfUbXY In the media * Mobility Network at #TRBAM 2023 #research showcase * #UofT Transportation #Alumni Reception Feb. 9 * #GIS in Education & Research Conf @esricanada * More events *Calls *Opportunities *Resources
Feb 9: Last webinar in series on #MissingMiddle asks how to up-zone & facilitate #Equity & #Inclusion.
Explore w/ panellists @CheryllCase @CommunityPlan_, Chazandra Kern @Office_of_, Paul Lewkowicz of Region of Peel, and Sherry Taylor @DCLTNC.
More info: https://t.co/16NYJ4Huwa
A recent outbreak of H5N1 avian flu on a mink farm provides the strongest evidence to date that this strain can spread from one infected mammal to another. Previous infections among mammals resulted from direct contact with birds or their droppings.
https://t.co/495DsQdPug
📅 Join Alex Tkatchenko at #UofT next Tues, Jan 31, 4:30pm in the Sandford Fleming Building's Agora room 3208-3210 (3rd floor) for a talk on Fully #Quantum (Bio)Molecular Simulations: Dream or Reality. No RSVP required, all welcome!
🪐🧑🚀🌠 How can deep space travel offer opportunities when it comes to the challenges of deploying large-scale digital health-based support to #olderadults aging at home?
Register for the EPIC-AT webinar on Feb 2 to find out 👉 https://t.co/Z7u3qjt1KO
A collaborative symposium between #UofT and @YorkUniversity will draw on @utpress' Unsettling the Great White North to engage with the latest debates, research and theories informing Black Canadian history and Black studies.
🗓 Feb. 2-3
🖥 Register: https://t.co/qAgaGAkvud
Did you attend our December Network Meeting? If so, you know it was packed with learning, collaborating & networking! If not, here's what you can expect at future TRANSFORM HF meetings...
Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on upcoming events: https://t.co/okzyVHdzRb
🤔 What is #frailty?
🧑🤝🧑 How does it affect older couples?
📉 How can we reduce the negative outcomes associated with it?
Learn the answers at our next Policy Round with @smagalhaes_PhD from @NBIRDT_UNB!
Register here ✍️ https://t.co/JNhb3lLoID
Virtual Seminar Tomorrow Fri, 27Jan23 @ 3:00PM ET with Prof Mac Schwager on how #robots use neural environment representations, 3D maps stored as deep networks, for perception, motion planning, manipulation, and simulation. https://t.co/1ZBxIiaxlV #Robotics #AI 🦾🤖
🗓 Feb 2 from 4-6PM, we're welcoming @CLKCrompton — the second guest in our 2022-23 Visiting Speaker Series!
Dr. Crompton’s talk is titled “Making Representative Code Represent: Sex and Gender in TEI and Linked #Data.” Learn more at https://t.co/cuDnQ1ArBz. #DigitalHumanities
For the first time ever, the average rent in #Canada has soared past $2,000/month — and it's even higher in #Toronto.
@profchapple comments on who's most impacted by this rental crisis and what needs to be done to fix the problem. https://t.co/QitMNKGadq
Don't miss this year's exciting line up of talks & posters @UofT_Pain's Scientific Meeting on March 20, 2023. Prof. @RuthARoss11 will be speaking about her latest #cannabinoid #research. Check out the agenda & registration details 👉 https://t.co/FebQeZf7oQ
Feb 8: 3rd webinar in series on #MissingMiddle asks what's in it for homeowners? Join panel @cheriseburda (TMU), Stewart Dutfield (@cityoftoronto), @KiraGerwing (Sacha Investments), @marcelgreaux (Ownablii), @gracenjohnson (CMHC) to explore costs/benefits: https://t.co/16NYJ4Huwa
#DYK 22% of the population living with #HeartFailure experiences #depression? TRANSFORM HF’s Amika Shah is working to co-design a digital #mentalhealth care model for @MedlyHF, integrating physical & mental health into one digital care model for the first time. #BellLetsTalk
‘How can we recover from this?’: @geo_uoft's Raechelle Farray to explore how COVID-19 impacted the work experiences of racialized and immigrant women in the Niagara region: https://t.co/mQENrUIaNe #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Join us for a talk by @avicgoldfarb on the disruptive economics of #AI, today at 3 PM ET!
Learn more and register: https://t.co/yscHQITWWB
Researcher Avi Goldfarb from #UofT's @RotmanSchool & @TorontoSRI says the AI revolution is well underway – but that system-level change takes time. https://t.co/P6WJ5D6mYQ
Congrats on this funding to a group of researchers that includes members of #MedicinebyDesign's liver team @garybader1 and @MacparlandSonya. This work will help researchers understand and one day develop treatments for the pediatric disease #PSC.

Patient-led research will investigate mechanisms behind a rare inflammatory pediatric disease with four-year funding of US$2 million from the @ChanZuckerberg Initiative.
Read the story here➡️https://t.co/uZhooXHaEW
@UHN @UHN_Research @DonnellyCentre @PSCPartnersCa
⏰ Notre webinaire pour le mois de la sensibilisation à la maladie d’#Alzheimer aura lieu dans quelques heures!
Il est encore temps de vous inscrire au webinaire ici ✍️ https://t.co/ZFryVlAwKX
#Démence
How can North America’s vast suburban territories be transformed for the benefit of all? Join us TONIGHT at 6:30 pm for the opening of #Housing Multitudes 2.0: A Bigger Picture at The World Urban Pavilion (660 Dundas St E).
https://t.co/aEHyzqLGyU
🚀We have lift-off… #ECHODiscovery has officially launched!🚀
In partnership with @TBEP_UofT, we’re excited to be offering this foundational education program exploring #ideation, #researchtranslation & #entrepreneurship.
Meet our inaugural cohort: https://t.co/VsVg7y5qib