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📢New Blog: “Commentary on the proposed federal Safe Long-Term Care Act: Between over-regulation and under-enforcement?” As of Sept 2025, the Federal government has not introduced the Safe Long-Term Care Act. Thx @SSHRC_CRSH mjlh.mcgill.ca/2025/10/08/pr…
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Catch us at an info session coming up this Saturday! 🗓️ If you can’t make it, join us in November for two more sessions. We hope to see you there!
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Respiratory virus season is coming up.
COVID & flu vaccines are rolling out in Ontario now for high-risk groups, & more broadly starting Oct 26.
RSV vaccines are available for those 75+, & for 65+ with risk factors for severe illness.
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Come study with us!
Applications for Fall 2027 graduate studies at York open September 30. 🎉
100+ graduate programs. One first step.
The decision is big. The first step is small. We're here for the rest. 👉 bit.ly/4hltRQd
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YorkU PhD candidate Claudia Vergara has received the 2026 Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award for research on reproductive health care in Ontario’s correctional system.
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YorkU Doctoral scholar Emma Resendes received a 2026–27 Autism Scholars Award for research exploring how better provider training could strengthen mental health care for adults with autism.
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ALT Emma Resendes, recipient of the Autism Scholars Award.
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'A little understanding makes a big difference.'
This is the fifth thing we want everyone to know about dementia. Dementia can be confusing and isolating, but with a little understanding you can make the biggest difference, so people with dementia feel more understood💙
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“Being Heumann” director Siân Heder and star Ruth Madeley on why the TIFF opening night film wants real action on disability representation. thestar.com/entertainment/ti…
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Not sure which professional development opportunities fit your goals as a graduate student or postdoc? Explore resources across YorkU, learn about new digital badges and start building a plan for what comes next.
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Very insightful summary about the new supported decision-making bill in Ohio. This is consistent with Article 12 of the CRPD. The risks (such as exploitation) should be taken seriously and development of safeguards is not insurmountable.
For adults with developmental #disabilities who need help navigating major decisions, the legal options present a stark choice: retain full control or #guardianship. But some states offer a middle ground. disabilityscoop.com/2026/09/…
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Gambling-associated ER mental health visits in Ontario have nearly doubled. This is a catastrophe through which we are sleep walking. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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L'appel à propositions #CPSA_ACSP27 est lancé !
⏰ 10 nov 26 Découvrez les collègues derrière le programme — et envoyez-leur vos travaux !
📍 UC-B-Vancouver-CAN/26-28 mai 27
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YorkU PhD student Michael Davies-Venn, from @YorkUHealth, has joined a United Nations expert group focused on equitable access to water and sanitation.
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'Dementia is not just about memory loss' is the third thing we want everyone to know about dementia.
While memory problems are a common early sign of dementia, it can also affect the way people think, speak, perceive, feel and behave. Learn more at dementiafriends.org.uk
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New 8-Minute Video by Blind Disability Advocate @davidlepofsky Reveals Ridiculous Difficulties Navigating New Eglinton Crosstown Station Due to @Metrolinx #Accessibility Bungle youtube.com/watch?v=syRJX0_n… #AODA #AODA #OnPoli
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Countless academics every year get caught plagiarising parts of their work and it almost never makes it beyond the University press. The reason why a section of the British media chose to obsess with his particular case, continuing to hound him even after he resigned is plainly obvious.
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Five years after the Taliban takeover, more than 100 decrees have stripped women and girls in Afghanistan of their rights, freedoms and dignity.
@UN_Women has more on the devastating impacts of the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis: unwomen.org/en/articles/in-f…
Very helpful tips indeed. Repetitive behaviour may remind loved ones that the reality that the person living with dementia is indeed living with cognitive changes and all the challenges that go with such changes. Can be very emotional for everyone.
People living with dementia may carry out the same activity or say the same thing over and over. Repetition may be because of memory loss.
There are some things we can try when supporting someone with dementia who is showing repetitive behaviour: spkl.io/60187zlsG
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@aodaalliance Asks @Metrolinx Why There’s No Elevator at Finch West Station for Transit Riders with Disabilities to Get Up from Line 6 to Line 1, Only a 261-Foot Ramp that Requires a Paralympian’s Strength aodaalliance.org/whats-new/d… #accessibility