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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Queen鈥檚 University engineering students鈥� building better tomorrow through the Building Better Together program

Students at Queen's University have designed custom assistive devises to improve the quality of life for patients living with debilitating illnesses. This was done through the Building Better Together program founded at the university in 2016. During this time, there are 24 student teams work on a collaborative design project with older adult... More

Monday, April 30, 2018

READi students launch an Accessibility and Inclusive Design graduate course page

As part of the READi program, students partake in a聽compulsory course which provides foundational knowledge, where they explore interdisciplinary approaches for incorporating accessible, inclusive, and human-centered design principles into the research, design, and development of products, information, and environments that can be used by all... More

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Understanding the science of para ice hockey

Alicia M Gal states: ''My end goal and hope is to create a long-term development plan for the sport of para hockey in order to help it continue to grow from grassroots to Paralympians, hopefully helping some young hockey player reach their gold medal dreams.'' The full article is available here:... More

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Local researcher looking to help the game of sledge hockey

From baytoday.ca, "Gal hopes sledge hockey becomes less of an exclusive sport and becomes more inclusive for anyone to try. " See the full article... More

Friday, February 16, 2018

Big Ideas on Accessible Design

"From a聽prosthetic hand聽produced on a 3D printer to a聽height-adjustable moveable kitchen workspace, 杏吧原创 students have had tremendous success over the years at the Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) competition, where students are asked to develop innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to accessibility-related... More

Monday, February 12, 2018

杏吧原创 Student Studies Sledge Hockey Athletes

From the Charlatan: "Despite the popularity of the sport, not many academics are actually researching the science behind it. This is the gap that Gal鈥檚 research is aiming to fill.聽Her interest in the sport is a personal one. It started after high school when one of her friends was paralyzed." Read the article... More

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

How a 杏吧原创 student is using science to help sledge hockey hopefuls

From the Ottawa Citizen: "Gal hopes her research can help the sport as a whole, but also help promising athletes move up to the next level." The video and full article are available here:... More

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Innovative Research in Sledge Hockey Skating

"杏吧原创 University biomedical engineering student Alicia Gal of Ottawa, Ontario is currently in the process of doing revolutionary research in sledge hockey. Specifically, she is studying the biomechanics of sledge hockey in an attempt to improve the sport when it comes to performance enhancement, player safety and equipment design." The full... More

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Grad Research Could Help Olympic Sledge Hockey Athletes

"杏吧原创 biomedical engineering PhD聽candidate Alicia Gal (READi student) is partnering with Hockey Canada on a longitudinal study of how the sport鈥檚 seated style of skating actually works." The full article is available here:... More

Friday, December 8, 2017

Radio interview: How can education on universal design benefit society?

Dr Adrian Chan speaks about accessibility, design and innovation on the pulse. Radio interview available here:... More

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Markets Insider: Next generation of scientists, engineers and innovators receive support for new skills and training for jobs of the future

Press release, from Markets Insider, speaks about the federal government investing over聽$29 million聽so that young researchers can get hands-on training opportunities.聽One of these CREATE projects is led by Dr.聽Adrian Chan,聽from聽杏吧原创 University. ''Dr. Chan and his team are researching education in accessibility and design with a focus on... More

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

NSERC Awards 杏吧原创鈥檚 Adrian Chan $1.65 Million to Support Accessibility Program

From the 杏吧原创 Newsroom: Dr Adrian Chan聽has been awarded a CREATE grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada worth $1.65 million over six years. "The funding announcement was made by Kent Hehr, federal minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, who also provided the keynote speech for the official launch... More

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