York University

• Today, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announces seven new grants to support research aimed at helping people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) more safely incorporate exercise into their lives.
• More research and solutions are urgently needed to ease the burden of exercise with T1D management.
• The data sets are publicly available through Vivli, a data-sharing platform that hosts information on a variety of health conditions.
• The study will provide practical advice and a potentially cost-effective solution for people with T1D engaging in exercise.

It feels like housing is at a tipping point in the city of Edmonton. There have been four main events highlighting the situation:
These events should be understood within ongoing settler colonialism and a housing crisis endemic in Canada’s broader housing system.

Housing in Canada

• The state of housing both in Canada and globally is worsening, but the housing crisis is not new.
• Read more:
  Two-thirds of Canadian and American renters are in unaffordable housing situations

  While affordable housing policies in Canada emerged following the Second World War, colonialism is foundational to housing policy, evidenced by the high rates of housing vulnerability that Indigenous Peoples face.

Encampment sweeps violate human rights

• This isn’t happening, apparently, when it comes to encampments, which are both a site of human rights violations and of human rights claims.
• The coalition argued human rights were violated during encampment sweeps.
• Domicide is applicable to the encampment sweeps in Edmonton, the historical domicide that enabled the settlement of Edmonton in the first place, and the laws that governed the unsuccessful lawsuit launched by the Coalition for Justice and Human Rights.

Coming together in colonialism

• When authorities make reference to “public safety” concerns about encampment, unhoused people are positioned as dangerous.
• The destruction of those encampments simply drives people who are unhoused further to the margins.
• But punitive approaches like encampment sweeps perpetuate settler colonialism and prioritize the perceptions and preferences of the ruling class.

Katie MacDonald receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

• Nandisha Uppiah has been awarded the Inclusive Culture Scholarship.
• The scholarship, valued at $3,000, acknowledges Uppiah's exceptional contributions to creating a more diverse and inclusive actuarial community.
• The scholarship was awarded at the CIA gala dinner during the 34th ANÉA-ASNA Convention in Montreal on January 20.
• Two other scholarships are offered as part of the ASNA-CIA partnership: the Academic Achievement Scholarship and the Indigenous Scholarship.

• Oshawa, Ontario, Jan. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Durham College Board Chair Dr. Gail Johnson Morris announced today that Dr. Elaine Popp has been appointed Durham College’s (DC) next President.
• Dr. Popp’s term begins on March 1, 2024, and follows the conclusion of current President, Don Lovisa’s tenure.
• Following an extensive executive search and rigorous selection process, the DC Board of Governors unanimously endorsed Dr. Popp’s appointment as its sixth president.
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