{"id":153,"date":"2007-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-70-vice-president-research\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:29:47","slug":"innovation-anthology-70-vice-president-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2007\/09\/27\/innovation-anthology-70-vice-president-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #70: Vice President (Research)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Governments across Canada and around the world have become increasingly dependent on revenues generated by casinos<\/span> and other gambling venues. <\/p>\n

But there is a growing public backlash and Ontario, for example, has instituted a moratorium on the building of new casinos. <\/p>\n

That’s due in part to the research of Dr. Robert Williams, <\/strong>a professor and gaming researcher at the University of Lethbridge.<\/strong> His work showed that more than a third of gambling revenue comes from problem gamblers. <\/p>\n

Now, with a grant of $3.1 million dollars, Dr. Williams is leading the largest gambling research study in Canada. It looks at the impact of the very last gaming venue to be opened in Ontario, a racino.<\/span> <\/p>\n

DR. ROBERT WILLIAMS: <\/strong> Now in addition to looking at the social and economic impacts, because it’s a racino – slot machines going into a race track – we’re doing a five year longitudinal study of 4000 people to see what sort of things cause people to gamble in the first place and gamble socially versus gamble irresponsibly. <\/em> <\/p>\n

Once a socio-economic baseline is established, Dr. Williams’ team will reassess the participants every nine months to monitor changes due to the opening of the racino. <\/p>\n

Thanks today to The University of Lethbridge.<\/em> <\/p>\n

FOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY, I’M CHERYL CROUCHER <\/strong> <\/p>\n

Guest<\/h2>\n

Daniel Weeks, PhD, <\/h3>\n

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, vpr@uleth.ca<\/h4>\n

Sponsor<\/h2>\n

University of Lethbridge<\/a><\/h3>\n

In 2007 The University of Lethbridge celebrated its 40th anniversary. The U of L campus is home to the world renowned Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience. The University is also a centre of expertise on water and remote sensing.  <\/p>\n

For more interviews with University of Lethbridge researchers, check out the website for Innovation Alberta<\/span><\/a>. (2001-2008)
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Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02007-09-27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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