University of Calgary and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) researchers have discovered genetic risk factors for OCD that could help pave the way for earlier diagnosis and improved treatment for children and youth. Saliva samples from 5,000 kids were scanned and compared to responses using the Toronto Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. The team identified that those with a genetic variant in the gene PTPRD had a greater risk for obsessive-compulsive traits. Findings published in Translational Psychiatry.
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Dell closes the STEM gap with Girls Who Game on March 12, 2021, 12:36 PM PST Gaming and Minecraft provide a learning tool for young girls as they develop global competencies, such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. Image: iStock
STEM-related fields traditionally have been a men s bailiwick and there s been a concerted effort to level the playing field. Dell Technologies Girls Who Game (GWG) is a program designed for young girls and underserved students across North America to learn more about gaming and the use of Minecraft as a learning tool, while developing their global competencies, such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity, said Dell s GWG website.
Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries Lisa MacLeod and former Minister of Culture Tim Hudak will be making an announcement this morning at 9:15 a.m.
COVID-19: Toronto wants to move into the grey zone; Ottawa extends wage and rent subsidies to June
COVID-19: Toronto wants to move into the grey zone; Ottawa extends wage and rent subsidies to June
A roundup of coronavirus news in Ontario on March 3 By NOW Staff
Toronto asks Ontario to move into the grey zone
4 pm Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa is asking the province to move the city into the grey lockdown level of the provincial reopening framework on March 8.
“I understand that each course of action comes with benefits and costs,” she told reporters during a press briefing at city hall. “Overall, case counts at present call for a cautious approach that will allow us to reopen and to do so as safely as possible.”