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North America Analysis August 2017
Welcome to the North America Analysis August 2017 edition where we look at a number of key areas within Canada and the US such as healthcare, the environment, and science
A new contactless payment solution for public transit
Contactless payment is benefiting Canadian transport systems, explains Louis-Martin Fournier, Product Manager at the Desjardins Group
Supporting healthy forests across America
Open Access Government highlights the role of forests within biodiversity and how the USDA supports agroforestry in America
Supporting Alaska Native students through education
Dr. Herb Schroeder from the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Programme (ANSEP) outlines why it’s integral to develop the skills of Alaska Native students
All My Relations: advancing Indigenous family health
Dr Rod McCormick shares details on the All My Relations Network, a national Indigenous family and community wellness research centre for health and healing
Supporting the urban Aboriginal population in Canada
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada explain how the organisation is working to better the lives of the urban Aboriginal population in Canada
Specific language impairment: What do we know?
Mabel L Rice, University of Kansas details how the language of children with specific language impairment differs from typical children
Environmental health science: reducing the risk
Virginia Guidry and Kimberly Gray from the NIEHS outline how environmental health science can help to identify potential hazards in a child’s environment
Tackling the threat of antimicrobial resistance in Canada
As antibiotics become less effective against infection, Minister of Health, Jane Philpott, outlines the response to antimicrobial resistance in Canada.
Nutrition research is vital for healthy outcomes
Dr Christopher Lynch, Director of the Office of Nutrition Research explores the links between diet and health in an interview with Editor Laura Evans
Huntington’s disease: Investigating pathogenic mechanisms
New York University School of Medicine’s Naoko Tanese explores the pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for Huntington’s disease
Measuring the impact of science and research in Ontario
Minister Reza Moridi explains how Ontario is bridging the divide between ideas and application when it comes to science and research
Understanding speech and language disorders
Open Access Governments Editor Laura Evans talks to NIDCD’s Deputy Director Dr Judith Cooper about the research strides being made in speech and language disorders
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reports that nearly 1 in 12 children...
Some essentials on coexisting with carnivores
Coexisting with carnivores can be a challenge, but their value makes it worthwhile, as Professor John Vucetich and Professor David Macdonald explain
The development of low-permeability hydrocarbon resources
Professor and NSERC/Chevron Industrial Research Chair, David W. Eaton, talks about the need to ensure hydrocarbon resources are developed responsibly
Polar vortices and their interactions
What are polar vortices, and how do they influence the rest of the atmosphere and climate system? Johns Hopkins University’s Professor Waugh explains
Good marine health remains a challenge due to climate change
Climate change and marine health are intrinsically linked. Open Access Government’s Ciara Ruane explains how the National Science Foundation supports both
Innovation is necessary to create clean, efficient energy
Open Access Government highlights how the US Department of Energy is streamlining energy use to improve economic efficiency and provide clean energy.
Image-guided surgery as an emerging treatment for lung cancer
Sumith A Kularatne, Vice President of Research & Development at On Target Laboratories discusses the scope of image-guided surgery in treating lung cancer
Huntington’s disease: Understanding the impact
Jennifer Simpson of the Huntington’s disease Society of America highlights the disease and how there is still a long way to go before it can be truly understood