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Doing Our Bit: McMaster Digital Archive temporarily offline. “Some of you may have noticed that the Digital Archive at McMaster University, including it’s extensive military map and aerial photo collection, has been offline for quite some time. I contacted the University and was told that the archive is currently only accessible to on-campus users due to a security vulnerability. They are […]
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Researchers find link between ultra-processed foods and infertility in U.S. women
Hamilton, ON, Mar. 19, 2026 – Women who consume lower amounts of ultra-processed foods have higher odds of conceiving, according to new rese…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #McMasterUniversity #Mediterranean #Newswise #ultraprocessedfoods;Fertility;Diet;Women;MediterraneanDiet
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Researchers find link between ultra-processed foods and infertility in U.S. women https://www.diningandcooking.com/2561910/researchers-find-link-between-ultra-processed-foods-and-infertility-in-u-s-women/ #McMasterUniversity #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #Newswise #UltraProcessedFoods;Fertility;Diet;Women;MediterraneanDiet
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DOUG EARLE APPOINTED CEO OF WRHN
After a 30-year career in fundraising Doug Earle has taken the role as the first CEO of the Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) Foundation as it begins to fundraise for the new hospital campus scheduled to open in 2035.
Earle was announced as CEO on Oct. 29, 2025, and will lead the foundation’s fundraising efforts for its three existing facilities and the new hospital campus located in the David Johnston Research + Technology Park at the University of Waterloo’s North Campus.
Before joining the WRHN Foundation, Earle was the CEO of the West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation in Toronto where he led fundraising for the hospital’s new building that opened in 2023. It was the tenth building that Earle had led the fundraising effort, but he joked that he still had the itch to work on another project.
“I’m not a maintainer, I’m a builder. I was looking for a new challenge, and this new hospital building is quite exciting to be a part of,” he said.
While it is not his first hospital project, it does hold a special meaning.
“I’ve never actually been at the beginning of a new building project. That’s my goal this time. To be here while we’re just starting the design, and I hope to be there when the staff move in,” Earle said.
The initial planning and application phase of the new hospital was completed this year with a $15 million contribution from the province. The WRHN is now actively working with the province to receive approval to move into the design phase, which will take two years to finalize.
The province funds 100 per cent of the design and planning phase, and 90 per cent of the construction costs. The WRHN Foundation and local governments are responsible for the construction phase’s remaining 10 per cent and all required equipment and infrastructure.
“If we get the go ahead in the spring budget, it’ll be about three years before the walls go up. Then it takes about two years for all the electrical work and quality testing. That’s when we would take possession, probably 2031, and our first payment would be due,” he said.
The second payment would be due in 2034, but before that, the WRHN Foundation will need to start fundraising for equipment in 2030.
“That’s about $30 million a year; it’s a lot of dollars,” he said.
Fundraising for the new hospital does not mean that new equipment and programs are on hold at WRHN’s Midtown, Queen St., and Chicopee campuses. One of the campaigns Earle is working on is to bring neurosurgery back to the Waterloo Region.
“We have not had a neurosurgeon for well over a decade. If you’re having an aneurysm and you’re in the ER, you know time is short. Right now, you have to go to McMaster, which is another hour of not getting treatment. We’ve submitted a plan to the Ministry of Health and we’re waiting to hear back,” Earle said.
Once approved, the WRHN Foundation will fund renovations at WRHN Midtown to support neurosurgery.
“We can run neurosurgery at Midtown for another ten years and then move all the equipment to the new hospital when it opens.”
Whether it is one-time or monthly donations, Earle said this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make an investment in healthcare.
“We’re the fastest growing region in the country and will be over a million people in ten years. The one thing that’s been consistent is the care and passion of our staff and the delivery of quality care. Now we have an opportunity to give them a building that is designed for them to deliver the best quality care possible,” Earle said.
#AlexKinsella #ceo #dougEarle #grandRiverHospital #Healthcare #localHealth #mcmaster #mcmasterUniversity #midtown #neurosurgery #stMarySHospital #WaterlooRegionHealthNetwork #waterlooRegionalHealthNetworkFoundation #wrhn #wrhnMidtown -
This ⬆️ may all be true, but it isn’t fundamentally new.
Based on my 40+ years in #science and #academia , it seems to me that #AI is like every other innovation in #education that has come down the pike. Save one. It just separates the ‘wheat from the chaff’ quicker.
The one pedagogical advancement that consistently ‘lifts all boats’ is Problem-Based Learning #PBL and derivations of it that include peer-to-peer instruction. https://elearningindustry.com/problem-based-learning
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This might be an opportune time to mention that an electron’s #doppelganger was shown to provide the physical basis for Ron Gillespie’s #VSEPR model of #molecular geometry. #McMasterUniversity #Chemistry #Physics #QuantumTheory #QTAIM #TenetMedia
Go to: “2.4 Fermi correlation and the #topology of the VSCC” 👉 https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/5708/1/fulltext.pdf
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Former UK PM Harold Wilson was nearly forced to sell his private papers to a foreign university to pay for #alzheimers care. He died in 1995.
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When I was a teenager in #Toronto I went to an #EltonJohn concert in #MapleLeafGardens in the #YYZ and learned about the #VSEPR model of molecular geometry from its creator, Ron Gillespie himself, at #McMasterUniversity in the nearby #Hammer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Gillespie
Note that I did NOT go to a John-Taupin concert, nor did I learn about the Gillespie-Nyholm rules. #WordsMatter #chemistry
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Congratulations to Douglas Stephan, Professor of #Chemistry at the University of #Toronto for being named to the Order of #Canada 🇨🇦. He is among the faculty and alumni of #McMasterUniversity to receive this distinction on #CanadaDay 2024. 👏 https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmaster-faculty-alumni-and-community-members-named-to-order-of-canada/
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Gary Schrobilgen, Professor of #Chemistry at #McMasterUniversity 🇨🇦 has been named the recipient of the 2024 International Henri Moissan Prize (named after the French chemist who discovered fluorine)! 👏
https://actions.maisondelachimie.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/CP-Prix-Moissan-2024_version-validee.pdfWhat is your favorite molecule/ion synthesized by Gary? Mine is the pentagonal planar ion XeF5(-1). It’s great for questions on #VSEPR with answers not on @Wikipedia !
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Anchoring universities in their communities - so important. #HamOnt #McMasterUniversity VP-T&L Kim Dej asking the next generations of kids how they can imagine their education. Mcmaster Children & Youth University #MCYU
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@mariapopova Maybe this is why graduates of #McMasterUniversity tend to be both well-educated *and* happy? 🤔
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I was sad to learn that recently retired #McMasterUniversity #Chemistry Professor Willie Leigh died on February 4th after a brief illness. He was a passionate and talented physical organic chemist, as well as a dedicated #MacChem faculty member. My condolences to his family, former group members, and bandmates. 🪦
https://chemistry.mcmaster.ca/in-memoriam-professor-william-j-leigh-1953-2024/
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@gutenberg_org This foundational insight from #GayLussac reminds me of something that #RonGillespie used to often tell students at #McMasterUniversity ”Facts before theories!”
Ironically, despite a career of contributing key experimental facts to superacid and non-metal #chemistry , and more, he is best known globally 🌎 as the creator of VSEPR ‘theory’. ✅ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010854599001873
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The Tyee: Life-Saving Love: The Story of Farley Mowat and Claire Wheeler https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/21/Life-Saving-Love-Farley-Mowat-Claire-Wheeler/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #FarleyandClaire:ALoveStory #HappyAdventuresailboat #SaturdayNightmagazine #DavidSuzukiInstitute #FarleyandClaireMowat #GabrielGarcíaMárquez #McMasterUniversity #RoyalOntarioMuseum #Keewatinterritory #FarleyMowatInuit #ThomasMcIlwraith #UnholyOrdersbook #PeopleoftheDeer #St-PierreIsland #GreystoneBooks
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Coming up later today, October 17, at 12 pm EST.
Zoom room: 94055073927.
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Coming up tomorrow, October 17, at 12 pm EST.
Zoom room: 94055073927.
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New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics
Concentration of quantum equilibration and an estimate of the recurrence time
Jonathon Riddell, Nathan J. Pagliaroli, Álvaro M. Alhambra
SciPost Phys. 15, 165 (2023)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.15.4.165#PI
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New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics
Exact effective action for the O(N) vector model in the large N limit
Han Ma, Sung-Sik Lee
SciPost Phys. 15, 111 (2023)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.15.3.111#PerimeterInstitute
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@sukumar Happy to boost this ⬆️ since the motto of my alma mater, #McMasterUniversity is in Greek!