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Dr. Sakima Smith has been appointed to the newly created position of chief diversity and inclusion officer at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center. In this new position, Smith will help shape and build a culture of diversity and inclusion at the Heart and Vascular Center. He’s also vice chair for diversity and inclusion for The Ohio State University College of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine and a member of both the Equity and Anti-Racism Task Force and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Ohio State.
Jobs in demand: The pros and cons of becoming midwife
In Ontario, midwives still face barriers despite high interest in their services By Julia Mastroianni
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Like many career paths in the health-care industry, midwives are in high demand, and have been for many years. Midwifery experts in Ontario say that only around half the amount of people who seek midwifery services are able to obtain them. Just over 25,000 people gave birth in midwifery care between April 2018 and March 2019.
But for a career that has historically been around almost as long as people have been giving birth, the industry still has challenges, making it difficult for Ontario midwives to meet the growing demand for their services.
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Students have continued to enrol in humanities degrees in high numbers despite fee hikes of more than 100 per cent, amid a broader surge in demand for university places this year.
But many universities cautioned it was too early to assess the impact of the federal government’s university funding reforms, which have increased fees for a range of courses while slashing the cost of science, maths, nursing and teaching degrees.
The University of Sydney said demand for places was higher than ever this year, but it was too early to assess the impact of the government’s funding reforms on students’ course preferences.
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Despite risks posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Queen’s is meeting enrolment targets.
In the 2020-21 academic year, 26,309 students enrolled at Queen’s: 19,480 undergraduate students, 3,392 graduate students, 1,516 second degree students, 1,369 Smith MBA and graduate professional students, and 552 post-graduate medicine students.
The total shows an increase from the 2019-20 academic year, in which 25,260 total students enrolled: 18,367 undergraduate students, 3,313 graduate students, 1,650 second degree students, 1,391 Smith MBA and graduate professional students, and 539 post-graduate medicine students.
However, this year’s total also includes 3,576 total international students, which is a 7.8 per cent decrease from last year’s 3,877. The University attributes this decrease in international enrolment to the pandemic.
UCalgary research for geriatric mental health receives funding
A University of Calgary project focusing on detecting and managing mental health symptoms from neurodegenerative diseases in older adults received approximately $129,000 in funding.
Principal investigator Dr. Zahra Goodarzi, MD, and Goodarzi’s mentor and the project’s co-principal investigator Dr. Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, MD, are both members of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine. They were one of the 14 Implementation Science Teams of researchers from across Canada to receive a portion of the $1.8 million in funding announced by minister of health Patty Hajdu and minister of seniors Deb Schulte in early December.