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Posted: 11 January 2021
(Halifax, NS) – January 11, 2021 – The results of a new study out of the NS Centre on Aging suggest that staff working in Canadian long-term care (LTC) centres often struggle to balance care…
Posted: 5 January 2021
Dr. Gavin Kernaghan is part of a research team looking at harnessing the power of local yeasts to improve wine quality Mount Saint Vincent University professor Dr. Gavin Kernaghan has teamed up with researchers Dr.…
Posted: 30 December 2020
Human: Meagan Pottie, Coordinator of Library Information Services Pets: Peanut and Ham Pet’s nickname(s): Peanut – Peanoop, Noopy; Ham – Hammy Jammy (and any Ham puns I can make with names). Pet’s age: Peanut…
Posted: 18 December 2020
Dear MSVU students, faculty, staff, alumni, supporters and friends, There’s no question that the past year has been a difficult one – marked not just by a global health crisis, but also by crises of…
Posted: 17 December 2020
While pandemic news dominated on almost every news channel around the globe this year, the variety of stories that resonated with MSVU readers shows that topics of community and levity were welcome (perhaps needed) too.…
Posted: 17 December 2020
The Government of Canada today announced that Dr. Jennifer Khoury has been appointed Tier II Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies in Neuroscience at Mount Saint Vincent University. The five-year appointment carries a total award value of $819,029 with funding from the Canada…
Posted: 17 December 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating toll for those residing in the long-term care in Canada. In an effort to keep residents and staff safe from COVID-19, early in the pandemic public health measures…
Posted: 14 December 2020
This fall, the Mount Saint Vincent University Research Office launched the MSVU Research Minutes video series to showcase research being conducted by MSVU faculty and students. The series aims to better connect researchers at MSVU with the wider…
Posted: 10 December 2020
Dr. Phillip Joy and Dr. Shannan Grant, faculty members and researchers in the Department of Applied Human Nutrition at MSVU, have been awarded a $99,785 grant from Research Nova Scotia (RNS) to gain an understanding…
Posted: 8 December 2020
Dr. Zachary Zimmer, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and Director, Global Aging and Community Initiative at Mount Saint Vincent University, is part of an international team of scholars recently awarded a National Institutes of Health…