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Canada Research Chairs summit brings together top research talent
TORONTO, Nov. 24 /CNW/ - Nearly 1000 of Canada's top researchers, scholars and members of the country's scientific community are meeting this week in Toronto to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Canada Research Chairs Program. This event provides an important opportunity for members of the media to access some of Canada's top research talent. The following experts are immediately available to discuss their work.
Team sports - Does winning come second when encouraging life-long healthy living?
Mark Eys, an associate professor of kinesiology and physical education at Wilfrid Laurier University and the Canada Research Chair in Group Dynamics and Physical Activity has found a correlation between team cohesion and motivation towards physical activity in children - meaning that overly competitive or adversarial teams may be detrimental to children's long-term health.
More information on Mark Eys is available online here.
How can policy respond the realities of the Canadian labour market?
According to Leah F. Vosko, Canada Research Chair in The Political Economy of Gender & Work, only six out of every ten workers in Canada have full-time, permanent jobs. The remaining 40 per cent work in jobs that are part-time and/or temporary, or are self-employed. These jobs are often characterized by high levels of insecurity, low wages, and weak employment contracts, affording workers limited control over their work. Women, younger and older workers, and recent immigrants are more likely to find themselves in such jobs. Canada needs to ensure that the correct policies are in place to support workers in these precarious jobs. The country needs no less than a new approach to labour market membership - the focus of Vosko's current research.
More information on Leah F. Vosko is available online here.
What is the human face of climate change in Canada's Arctic?
Five years of social science research in Canada's arctic has taught one University of Guelph geography professor a thing or two about climate change's "human face." Barry Smit is the Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change, and since 2005 he's studied how Arctic communities have tried to adapt to the rising temperatures caused by major shifts in global weather patterns.
More information on Barry Smit is available online here.
Get more from Canada's top research talent
Nearly 1000 researchers, scholars and members of Canada's scientific community are meeting in Toronto this week as part of the Canada Research Chair 10th year anniversary conference. The conference media team can offer you unprecedented access to researchers from the social sciences, humanities, health and natural sciences.
Representing more than 50,000 researchers and graduate students in 69 scholarly associations, 75 universities and colleges, and seven affiliates, the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences is the national voice of the research community in these disciplines. www.fedcan.ca
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