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The Covid-19 pandemic and related health measures changed how many people engaged with technology of all kinds — from laptops and medical masks to old types of tech like plexiglass barriers and sourdough starters. news.brandonu.ca/2023/06/22/…

How did technology use change during the pandemic? New BU project seeks oral histories

Sweeping changes in how people used technology were one of the side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and a new Brandon University research project wants to capture your memories of those changes....

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The @Smaller_Cities project brings together @BrandonUni, @CityBrandon, and @PrairieMtHealth to seek your public space ideas to improve Brandon #bdnmb news.brandonu.ca/2023/06/06/…

Public spaces, meeting places, and active transportation to be focus of three-way knowledge...

A team representing Brandon University, the City of Brandon, and Prairie Mountain Health has been awarded federal funding to engage city of Brandon residents and national and world-class leaders in...

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Bioenterprise Canada
@BioenterpriseCA
2 May 2023
Bioenterprise has expanded its footprint in Manitoba, welcoming @BrandonUni, our newest Knowledge & Development Partner. This collaboration offers access to expertise, mentorship, funding, and support through #TheEngine's nationwide network. ow.ly/lJM450O8Aly
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BU_Geography@BU_Geog
1 May 2023
Our very own @PeatWhittington was interviewed to discuss how peatlands on the Prairies are at risk from climate change. cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/… @BrandonUni @BUresearch
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🧬 Student researchers at Brandon University are showing they’ve got the stuff when it comes to the fight against cancer.
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Opperman also won a award — bringing home thirs place in basic sciences. Prof. Tak Mak from Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto was the plenary speaker at the Research Day, and presented Opperman with the prize.
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Opperman and Gatien are both students in Dr. Mousumi Majumder’s cancer research lab at Brandon University. Dr. Majumder is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Genotoxicology and Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at BU. people.brandonu.ca/majumderm…
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Sensors MDPI@Sensors_MDPI
18 Apr 2023
#highlycitedpaper Best Fit DNA-Based Cryptographic Keys: The Genetic Algorithm Approach mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/19/733… @BrandonUni @LebAmUniv #DNAcryptography #geneticalgorithm #dataencryption #bestkey #keygeneration
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Research to help us start restoring and healing relationships
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Kritik@KritikHQ
24 Mar 2023
Check out the research paper of Prof. Kristen Hardy and Prof. Kimberley Ryan from @BrandonUni on their usage of Kritik in their courses, published in the Integrative Journal of Nursing and Medicine: hubs.la/Q01J3Gs_0 #HigherEducation #EdTech #PeerAssessment
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Great look at Vanier Scholar and double BU grad Cody Koloski. We're 'tickled' by his research
WCVM Today@WCVMToday
8 Mar 2023
When Cody Koloski graduated from high school in Rossburn, Man., he headed for university with dreams of becoming a doctor — buoyed by his teachers’ enthusiasm for biology, chemistry & physics. More: wcvmtoday.usask.ca/articles/… #wcvm #usask @BrandonUni @NSERC_CRSNG @CahssCanada
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Support from the Research Support Fund helps pay for the indirect costs of conducting world-class research at BU. brandonu.ca/news/2022/12/14/…

Federal Research Support Fund boosts BU infrastructure with more than $560,000

Research infrastructure at Brandon University (BU) will benefit from a grant of $560,149 through the Government of Canada’s Research Support Fund (RSF) for the 2022-2023 year. The annual grant helps...

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With funding from @SSHRC_CRSH our faculty are working with other leaders in their field, internationally, to expand the reach of BU research. brandonu.ca/news/2022/12/01/…
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Research Ethics@Research_Ethics
1 Dec 2022
New article by Lam and Mayuom of @BrandonUni on community-based research and how to "imagine new ways of mobilizing knowledge", journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

Promising practices and constraining factors in mobilizing community-engaged research - Michelle...

This article describes a project involving 13 community focus groups on the topic of anti-racism and belonging where the researchers concluded each group with a...

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Dr. Patty Douglas@DougladPatricia
23 Oct 2022
It has been such a pleasure to contribute to this collection with Nick Hodge and Bronagh Byrne. Exciting! @ReStorying @BrandonUni
Prof Angharad Beckett, FAcSS, FRSA.@AngharadBeckett
23 Oct 2022
Well this is exciting Our publishers have started advertising the new Routledge International Handbook of #Children's Rights & #Disability Working on this with @AnneMCallus, all authors & our illustrator @AshtonLamont has been such a joy! #HumanRights routledge.com/The-Routledge-…
This is a flier for the handbook. On left, the cover. On the right, is the blurb, which can be read in full via the weblink in the tweet. The flier also says that the book includes a Preface by Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

ALT This is a flier for the handbook. On left, the cover. On the right, is the blurb, which can be read in full via the weblink in the tweet. The flier also says that the book includes a Preface by Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Alex Koiter@Alex_Koiter
8 Sep 2022
Big shout out to Masoud for taking the lead on this awesome paper on sediment dynamics in the Nelson River. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Collaboration between @CeosUofm @UM_agfoodsci @UNBCGeography and @BrandonUni
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Well-deserved awards for a BU student making big discoveries in tiny fossils brandonu.ca/news/2022/08/15/…

Trio of prestigious awards for BU Master’s student studying ancient pollen and spores

A Brandon University Master’s student who is studying fossilized pollen and spores (called palynology) has been recognized with three awards for her ongoing research and outstanding potential. Nidhi...

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