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Yukon home to first humans in North America 24,000 years ago, research suggests – CBC
Jan 16, 2017 Carbon dating of archeological site suggests humans were in Yukon 10,000 years earlier than previously thought Humans may have been living in Yukon’s Bluefish Caves 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, new research from the University of Montreal suggests. If confirmed, this would make it the oldest known archeological site in North […]
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Queen’s University researchers receive Genome Canada funding for project track impact of climate change on polar bears
KINGSTON – Queen’s University researchers Stephen C. Lougheed, Peter Van Coeverden de Groot and Graham Whitelaw have been awarded $9.5 million in total partner cash and in-kind contributions – including $2.4 million from Genome Canada’s Large-Scale Applied Research Project competition – to monitor impacts of environmental change on polar bears. The project, entitled BEARWATCH, will […]
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Automation at mines will have significant impact on jobs, tax revenues: study
Geneva, October 27, 2016 — Local communities and governments will lose jobs and tax revenues as mines become increasingly automated using emerging technologies such as self-driving trucks. A new study from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, (IISD) the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) assesses the latest technological innovations […]
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Assessing clinical support and inter-professional interactions among front-line primary care providers in remote communities in northern Canada: a pilot study
1. Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, Yellowknife, Canada; 2School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Abstract Background. Primary care in remote communities in northern Canada is delivered primarily by nurses who receive clinical support from physicians in regional centres and the patient transportation system. To improve continuity, quality and access to care in remote […]
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Study: Social determinants of health for the off-reserve First Nations population aged 15 years and older, 2012
April 12, 2016 In 2012, off-reserve First Nations people aged 15 years and older were more likely to report poor health outcomes compared with the total Canadian population. Over 60% of First Nations people reported being diagnosed with at least one chronic condition, compared with 49% of the total Canadian population. About half (49%) of First Nations people rated their […]
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