Social Work

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The federal government is investing $18.7 million in funding for 23 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) at the University of Toronto.

Researchers will use the funds to investigate everything from lung transplantation to the efficiency of wireless networks.

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Internet and social media-based technologies continue to change the nature of social activism around the globe.

This evolving cyber-forum frames much of the research of Faye Mishna, dean and professor of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, as she explores its intersection with bullying, counseling and interventions with vulnerable groups.

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Men with divorced parents are significantly more likely to suffer a stroke than men from intact families, shows a new study from the University of Toronto.

The study, to be published this month in the International Journal of Stroke, shows that adult men who had experienced parental divorce before they turned 18 are three times more likely to suffer a stroke than men whose parents did not divorce. Women from divorced families did not have a higher risk of stroke than women from intact families.

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Three U of T research projects have been awarded nearly $6.7 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) new Partnership Grants funding program.

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Research shows that female academic experts are seriously under-represented in the media, and this means that readers often lack a broader perspective on an issue, says a former journalist who monitors and studies female representation in the media.