Rio 2016: Is the Zika virus a public health risk or an Olympic-size overreaction?

With the 2016 Rio Olympics less than a month away, the Zika virus in Brazil has many athletes across the world bowing out of the games. However, Dr. Fiona Hunter assures athletes and viewers alike that Brazil is safe: Global News 

CHL franchises, worth millions, can afford to pay players: study

A lawsuit filed by former junior players against the Canadian Hockey League argues that major CHL franchises should be sharing their profits with other players, supported by key research from professor Kevin Mongeon: TSN, TSN Radio and News 1130

Indigenous education in Canada: Challenging the status quo

Departmental chair and professor of Child and Youth Studies Dr. Dawn Zinga shines an important light on the challenges that Indigenous youth face in the education system in Canada in Adjacent Government.

Why you should be napping at work

Despite being commonly viewed as laziness, professor Kimberly Cote’s research demonstrates that napping at work improves mood and alertness. Quoted in Yahoo Canada, Cote encourages power naps to increase employee performance on the job.

Could tracking tannin triple Ontario wine sales?

Researchers behind TanninAlert, a new service aimed at helping grapegrowers and winemakers better understand their crop, are busy preparing a database of tannin levels in Ontario grapes before the launch of the service in 2018: Wines and Vines

 Religious people say they don’t watch porn. Internet data says otherwise

Religion and exploration of sexuality seem to be mutually exclusive, but Huffington Post recently profiled a study done by professor Gordon Hodson that explains a discrepancy between people of faith and their online sexual content habits.

Why the Draken Harald fascinates us

Earlier this week, the Viking longboat Draken Harald docked in Port Weller, with Viking researcher Professor Angus Somerville explaining to the St. Catharines Standard the amazing history of the boat and its voyagers.