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Treat Canada Project Holds Second Annual In-Person Meeting At Montreal General Hospital

webfull — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:41:14 +0000

On October 18, we welcomed participants to the second annual in person meeting for the Treat Canada Project. Our project - Tailoring treatments for people with esophageal cancer, aims to understand what causes treatment resistance in esophageal cancer and identify new methods and treatment options for overcoming this resistance, ultimately improving outcomes and saving lives. The meeting was filled with discussion, presentations and strategic planning sessions focused on the project’s ongoing initiatives and future goals.

Published: 5 November 2024

Victoria Anson wins The Lord Bagri Scholarship issued by The Copper Club

webfull — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:12:50 +0000

Victoria Anson, a fourth-year materials engineering student, won The Lord Bagri Scholarship, the highest award granted by The Copper Club. Endowed in honor of Lord Bagri, the longest serving chairman in the history of the London Metal Exchange, this competitive Canada-USA award recognizes an exceptional undergraduate or graduate student who has excelled in studies essential to the copper industry’s future.

Published: 26 August 2024

Victoria Anson wins the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering

webfull — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:11:15 +0000

Victoria Anson, a fourth-year Materials Engineering Co-op Program student, received the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering at the 63^rd Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2024) in Halifax. This is the highest undergraduate student award granted by the Hydrometallurgy Section of the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) under the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).

Published: 26 August 2024

HBHL Undergraduate Summer Research Internship

webfull — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:08:39 +0000

New funding program launching for undergraduate students

Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 HBHL Undergraduate Summer Research Internship. Created in collaboration between HBHL and the HBHL Trainee Committee, this opportunity aims to include students at all levels in brain health research, providing McGill undergraduate students with a hands-on research experience.

Published: 7 February 2024

PhD student Neha Dinesh recognized by the American Society of Matrix Biology

webfull — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:32:46 +0000

Neha Dinesh, PhD student in the Reinhardt lab, won the Iozzo Trainee Award at the combined conference of the American Society for Matrix Biology, the American Society for Investigative Pathology, and the Histochemical Society held in Salt Lake City, Utah from Oct 22-25, 2023. The title of her contribution was “Fibronectin-Mediated Physiological and Pathological Mechanisms in Skeletal Development”. The Iozzo Trainee Award is given to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the field of matrix biology and a continuing commitment to matrix biology research.

Published: 26 October 2023

McGill researchers get $33M in CIHR Project Grant funding.

webfull — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:45:10 +0000

Fifty projects covering broad range of health research topics receive support

By Neale McDevitt, Editor, McGill Reporter

JANUARY 30, 2020

CIHR awarded 385 health research projects across the country totalling approximately $275 million. Fifty of the projects awarded research grants are led by McGill researchers.

Published: 22 September 2023

Five Yan P. Lin Centre Members part of 2.5$M SSHRC inter-University Grant on Housing in Canada

webfull — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:21:03 +0000

Five members of the Yan P. Lin Centre and Research Group on Democracy, Space and Technology (RGDST) were one of 13 teams in the successful “Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Seeking Equity, Social Value and Sustainability” SSHRC Partnership Grant worth $2,500,000. This unprecedented grant will assure the collaboration of a total of 14 universities, 70 researchers and 68 public and private organizations from every level of government across the country.

Published: 12 June 2023

SIS is pleased to announce PhD candidate Mohd Saqib as FRQNT recipient

webfull — Thu, 11 May 2023 14:24:05 +0000

Congratulations to Mohd Saqib, PhD candidate at the School of Information Studies, on receiving the prestigious Fonds de Recherche du Quebec; Nature et Technologies scholarship. The FRQNT scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit.
A brief summary of his research:

Published: 11 May 2023

SIS is pleased to announce MISt student Connor Sin-Chan as SSHRC CGS award recipient

webfull — Wed, 03 May 2023 18:25:58 +0000

Congratulations to Masters in Information Studies - Project student Connor Sin-Chan as a recipient of the SSHRC Canada Graduate Student - Masters scholarship!

Connor's research:

Published: 3 May 2023

Peter Yau wins Patterson Distinguished Service Medal

webfull — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:04:11 +0000

The Patterson Distinguished Service Medal is a prestigious award recognizing service to meteorology in Canada. Peter Yau is the 2022 winner of this award.

Published: 26 April 2023