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Dr. Pat McGrath from the IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University paired with Lisandra Oliveira through Mitacs Globalink research internships to develop tools for families of children with cognitive impairments.

“If a child has a physical impairment and they can’t use their own hands to manipulate toys, they miss out on a lot of opportunities for growth,” said Kim Adams, a professor at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. “They don’t feel how they are affecting the environment.” Adams is part of an interdisciplinary team composed […]

Dr. Frank Rudzicz discusses a robot developed by University of Toronto researchers that could help Alzheimer’s and dementia patients — and their caregivers — by analyzing their speech and interactions and reporting changes in their conditions. The research was supported by Mitacs Globalink.      

You snooze, you win — at least that’s how the Canadian women’s eight rowing team sees it. The national Olympic team, which trains at a facility on Fanshawe Lake in London, has taken steps to improve their sleep to maximize their performance in a bid to win gold at the Rio Olympics this month. Their […]

Mitacs Globalink research intern Houssem Zouaghi helped to develop the simulator this summer with Professor Andrew Park of Thompson Rivers University. Byline: Chad Klassen

Ludwig the robot will help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The research received support from Mitacs Globalink.

Ludwig the robot will help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The research received support from Mitacs Globalink intern Chen Ying from China. Video is provided in Mandarin.

The London-based National Women’s Rowing Team has added an important tool to their training arsenal ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games in Brazil: afternoon naps. Rowing Canada trainers concerned with the sleeping habits of their Olympians have reached out for help from the Centre for Sleep and Human Performance in Calgary, a private clinic that […]

Brenda Horenfeldt was wowed Tuesday by a talking, walking robot — a new tool his creators feel could be the future of treatment for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. Developed by a research team at the University of Toronto with the support of Mitacs, a national non-profit organization, Ludwig was unveiled at One Kenton Place, a retirement home in North York that cares for people with Alzheimer’s […]

A retirement home in north Toronto is preparing to welcome an unusual resident: Ludwig, an artificially intelligent robot. Adorned with spiky mauve-coloured hair, green-tinged eyes and a few quirky facial expressions to mimic a range of emotions, the two-foot-tall robot is made to look and act like a little boy. But his job is far […]

Ludwig the Robot may soon be entering seniors’ centres around the world to help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Pauline Chan reports. 

Dr. Frank Rudzicz built a robot five years ago. It was five feet tall, and it had a bulky white case, like an early iPod. It followed Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients around their home, and instructed them to do basic tasks. But it couldn’t listen to them. Fixing that limitation was the idea behind […]