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Innovation hub will make technology available to older adults
ÂÜÀòÉäÇø is the host institution for the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North, a new AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub. Through partnerships with technology developers, researchers, policy makers, health-care providers, community groups and older adults themselves, CTAAN tests, pilots, implements and promotes new and existing technology solutions to help older adults live independently.
Wright honoured for leadership in partnered research
Conservation Science and Practice Professor Dr. Pamela Wright received the 2020 Mitacs Award for Outstanding Leadership – Professor for her exemplary record of developing collaborations with industry and other partners, providing valuable research and training experiences to interns and initiating research projects with significant outcomes through Mitacs funding.
Grad student explores how often river otters eat young Nechako sturgeon
River otters have been eating juvenile sturgeon released from a Vanderhoof hatchery. By visiting dozens of otter latrine sites along the Nechako River, ÂÜÀòÉäÇø graduate student Cale Babey has begun to quantify the extent of the predation.
Recreational Access Boosted through Community Collaboration
A new digital tool developed by ÂÜÀòÉäÇø professors in collaboration with Spinal Cord Injury BC’s Access BC team will support work to enhance accessibility and create more barrier-free outdoor destinations.
Contaminants from Mount Polley tailings spill continue to affect Quesnel Lake
Metal-rich sediment is mixed into the water column each spring and fall
Vanier Scholar's research focuses on UN's Sustainable Development Goals and watersheds in two countries
Christiana Onabola, a ÂÜÀòÉäÇø Health Sciences PhD student, has earned a federally-funded Vanier Scholarship for her research that focuses on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they are relevant to local populations and communities along the Nechako Watershed in British Columbia and Niger Delta in Nigeria.
ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers receive more than $330,000 in federal funding
History Associate Professor Dr. Jacqueline Holler and Geography Professor Dr. Greg Halseth received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grants to continue their research programs. Holler is exploring the role women played in the practice of medicine during the colonial period. Halseth is studying the importance of local government to the economic sustainability of small towns and rural communities.