#killamprize2023 — Public Fediverse posts
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A wonderful episode of the Three Things from Edmonton podcast by @kub, in which Yours Truly gets to play a minor role.
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I hope listening will rekindle some Canadian pride, offer an antidote to the damage created by the convoy/covidiots/Ottawa occupyers, going into #CanadaDay.
We're not a perfect nation, but we do have a lot to be proud of, these #KillamPrize winners' research, their careers & contributions included.Here's the link again:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/winners-of-the-2023-killam-prize-1.6886379
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Finally, it was delightful to learn about the laureate for #engineering, Dr. Praveen Jain, (Queen's), for his research into high-frequency switches enabling power converters that don't waste electrical energy, eg, in cases of smallholder farmers using solar micro-inverters, or astronauts using the Canadarm in the International Space Station. /6
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As the mother of an insomniac, I especially appreciated that the laureate for social sciences is Dr. Charles Morin, (Laval) for his critical psychological analysis of #sleep, leading to medication-free cognitive behavioural therapy for #insomnia /5
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I actually understood (I think) Dr. Sally Otto's (#UBC) explanation about the #math she developed to show evolutionary biologists why species *have* sex (recombine genetic materials); her math proofs model (show) the actual evolutionary changes underlying population adaptation & essentially, life. /4
#research #CBC #KillamPrize2023