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McMaster researchers aim to solve global hip fracture crisis

Mohit Bhandari, an orthopaedic surgeon and Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Trauma at McMaster University, is leading an International Hip Fracture Research Collaborative to develop large clinical trials to improve health outcomes in patients suffering from hip fractures, at a two-day meeting beginning today. The collaborative represents more than 200 leading hip fracture surgeons from 20 countries in North America, Europe, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Bhandari is joined by key leading McMaster researchers, Gordon Guyatt, P.J. Devereaux, and Stephen Walter, in hosting this week's meeting at the Wyndam Bristol Place Toronto Airport Hotel.

To reach peace, teach peace

If there is to be peace in our time, it is up to the educators to teach it to future generations. Of course, who will teach the educators? This is the main purpose behind the fourth annual Peace Education Conference in Canada at McMaster University, presented by the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace and the McMaster Centre for Peace Studies this November 24 to 28, 2005. This four-day conference has been a much-needed gathering place for the last three years - for not only peace researchers, educators, and activists - but people from all backgrounds, who recognize that the responsibility to cultivate a culture of peace in society belongs to all. Participants in the past have ranged from those who live in residence at McMaster to guests flying in from places as remote and distant as Cyprus.