Toronto Metropolitan University

This study tests whether an adaptive music program can improve stress, loneliness, emotional control, and thinking speed in healthy older adults. About 75 participants will be split into three groups: adaptive music, traditional music, or a waitlist. The program lasts 4 weeks wit…

This study follows 5,000 Canadian beachgoers to see how different levels of water contact—from wading to swallowing water—affect their risk of getting sick. Researchers will track stomach bugs, respiratory infections, and skin or ear problems in the week after a beach visit. The …

This study follows 2,500 people who visit freshwater beaches in Ontario, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia to see if contact with water containing blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) leads to stomach bugs, respiratory issues, or skin/eye infections. Researchers will also track illness in pe…