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A Toronto-based expert with a new vision for engaging people with dementia will bring his message to the University of Regina tonight. “We are not being very realistic about how we look at people as they get dementia,” said University…
The first time Huda Idrees (IndE 1T3) became a CEO she was just 12 years old. Now 26 and an established darling of Canada’s tech-startup community, Ms. Idrees is set to reprise that leading role at Dot Health, a new Toronto-based…
The device, soon to roll out in the U.S., has the potential to reduce costs for physiotherapy by offering support remotely to patients in their homes. The Stroke Wearable Operative Rehabilitation Device (SWORD) provides an exercise program on a tablet computer,…
Right now, more than 25 per cent of Canadians suffering from dementia in long-term care facilities are given antipsychotic medications. It’s often used a way to address hard to manage or aggressive behaviour. Mark Chignell is a professor with the…
As part of Brain Awareness Week, the Centre on Aging and Health at the U of R will have a guest speaker from Toronto talk about helping people with dementia. Dr. Mark Chignell, who has a doctorate in mathematical psychology…
Guest Speaker: Ali Vahit Esensoy, Manager of the Strategic Analytics Team at Cancer Care Ontario Title of presentation: Engineers vs Everybody – Integrating analytics disciplines to drive health system transformation Date: Thursday, March 16, 2017 Time: 4:30-7:00 (including a social…
Here are recently posted openings with their closing dates: Project Manager, Enterprise Data Quality & Metadata (Mar. 12) Analytics Operations Lead (Mar. 15) Senior Analyst, Health Policy (Mar. 15) Senior Research Associate (Mar. 15) Team Lead, Operations (Mar. 17)
Here is a list of openings with their posting dates: Research Software Architect (Feb. 7) Business Analyst – Information Services (170330) (Feb. 21) Senior Programmer Analyst (170322) (Feb. 21) Senior Programmer/Systems Analyst (170416) (Feb. 24)
More money for child and youth services would boost Canada’s economy and patient health, a new report from the Mental Health Commission of Canada suggests, buttressing Ottawa’s push for targeted mental health investments. The commission, which bills its findings as…
Judith John was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour almost two decades ago. Before one of many MRI appointments, she was sitting in a room waiting for her name to be called — but it didn’t happen. Instead, a technician…
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