Exploring the Wandering Mind

PWIAS Interim Director, Kalina Christoff was featured in The Tyee. She was interviewed about her research in mind-wandering and how this beneficial brain function is associated with elevated levels of creativity, higher intelligence and more efficient thought processing.

MIND and Mediterranean diets and Parkinson’s disease

A new study co-authored by PWIAS Distinguished Professor, Brett Finlay, is the first study to suggest a link between MIND and Mediterranean diets and the later onset of Parkinson's disease. 

COVID-19 Heightens Food Security Concerns for Canadians

2020 Wall Scholar Jennifer Black (Food, Nutrition & Health) was interviewed by Global News on how the COVID-19 pandemic is fueling food security concerns and is affecting the health and well-being of Canadians.

Opinion: Federal Nuclear Power Plan is a Pipe Dream

2020 Wall Scholar M.V. Ramana (Public Policy & Global Affairs) penned this op-ed about the government's small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) action plan, stating not only are SMRs expensive compared to the alternatives, but there continues to be unresolved issues around radioactive contamination.

The Uninvited Project

2020 Wall Scholar and co-author of Uninvited: Talking Back to Plato, Carrie Jenkins (Philosophy), has taken the spirit of her book online. With The Uninvited Project, she aims to collect, curate and make space for the work of other artists in collaboration with the poems, the dialogues that inspired them, and/or each other.