Research

The Clean50 Individual awards are selected from 16 diverse categories that transcend industries, academia, different levels of government, thought leaders and advocates, and are based on accomplishments delivered over the prior two years.

Waldron, whose research and advocacy work focuses on environmental racism and the structural determinants of health, has been named one of the inaugural Global 50 Women in Sustainability by SustainabilityX Magazine, a non-profit digital magazine based in Canada.

The deadline to submit proposals for the next round of Strategic Excellence and Equity in Recruitment and Retention (STEER/R) funding is Nov. 15.

McMaster's HOPE Chair in Peace and Health Ingrid Waldron is co-organizing the International Black Health Conference. The first of its kind in Canada, the conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, community organizers, government officials and members of diverse Black communities to focus on improving Black health outcomes.

We are seeking abstracts (250 words maximum) together with a short biography and subsequently 6,000-word chapters for an edited book that explores the topic of decolonizing media and communication education in Africa.

Not engaging Black communities meaningfully in health and other policy-making processes has been a critical failure, reflecting a history of systemic racism, marginalization and political indifference.

More data, recognition of disparity, early and ongoing support needed, experts say

'We really need more Black scientists,' says cancer researcher Juliet Daniel.

In the 1940s, the town of Shelburne, N.S., became home to a new garbage dump. Residential, industrial and medical waste from throughout eastern Shelburne County was burned at the dump over the decades, leaving nearby residents concerned about health issues.

On July 1, 2021, Ingrid Waldron joins the Faculty of Humanities and the Global Peace and Social Justice program as the new HOPE Chair in Peace and Health. She will also teach in the Faculty’s Gender and Social Justice program.

Together, McMaster researcher Juliet Daniel and community advocate Leila Springer are making a difference in the lives of thousands of racialized women.

Deen is only the second Canadian to be elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Academician group.

When COVID-19 hit, Alpha Abebe immediately thought of the economic impact on all the people she has worked so closely with in Toronto’s East African community – and how best to support them.

Five of McMaster’s most extraordinary faculty members have been given the University’s highest honour.

McMaster’s Jamal Deen has been elected President of the Royal Society of Canada’s Science Academy.

Jamal Deen, professor of electrical and computer engineering and Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology at McMaster University, was recently presented with the 2011 IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Award at the 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering held in Niagara Falls.

Jamal Deen, professor of electrical and computer engineering at McMaster, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). He is the first engineering professor at McMaster to receive this recognition.