Updates
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Growing Up: Early Childhood Education in Nova Scotia
Growing Up: Early Childhood Education in Nova Scotia More than a quarter of Nova Scotian children are starting school with a developmental vulnerability. Due to a growing understanding that the early years of a child’s life set the foundation for lifelong learning, health and wellbeing, Nova Scotia has seen an increase in supports for early…
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Exploring ways to help Nova Scotian pulp mills produce medical-grade pulp for N95 respirator production
Halifax, NS (May 12, 2020) “As a result of COVID-19, there is a massively increased global demand for N95 respirators,” says Dr. Brosseau. “New technologies are urgently needed to help manage impending shortages, ideally with ’home-grown’ solutions.” Dr. Christa Brosseau is a professor in Saint Mary’s University’s Faculty of Science and Canada Research Chair in…
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The ties that bind: interpersonal relationships as a source of risk and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
Halifax, NS (May 7, 2020) Dr. Karen Blair, assistant professor of psychology at St. Francis Xavier University, and Dr. Kathryn Bell, assistant professor of psychology at Acadia University, are co-leading a study that will explore how Nova Scotians are coping during times of physical distancing and stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Nova Scotia prides…
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2020 Legacy Research Grant
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NS Researcher is Connecting Cannabis and Mental Health
Phil Tibbo knows cannabis use can impact young people diagnosed with psychosis. That’s why he’s researching the effects of its use on brain health in youth and young adults. “We know that within our early intervention services for psychosis, cannabis use is fairly high,” says Tibbo. “Unfortunately, what we see is that those individuals who are…
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St. Francis Xavier University Researcher Hopes to Blur the Boundaries Between Fresh and Frozen
Most agree that fresh is better than frozen, but a researcher at St. Francis Xavier University may change that. Dr. Shah Razul, an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry, has been studying how water freezes for over a decade. Recently, he’s focused his expertise on answering an important question facing one of Nova Scotia’s…