New findings out of 香蕉视频 in Montreal have revealed a potential way to overcome aggressive brain tumours' resistance to therapy: by deleting a specific gene. Researchers have long been searching for ways to treat Glioblastomas 鈥� the most stubborn type of brain tumour 鈥� as they鈥檙e well known for their resistance to treatment. A few years back, they were able to听confirm the key role a gene called the OSMR gene plays听in the process of brain cancer growth.
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Published on: 20 Aug 2020
Biologists now have a better idea of the origin of birds and the evolution of flight, two iconic events in the history of life on earth, thanks to work by a group of international scientists including a McGill professor. In updating the evolutionary tree, the team鈥檚 findings show some dinosaurs could fly before they evolved into birds, and many others were experimenting with powered flight.
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Published on: 13 Aug 2020
Canadian and international scientists are joining forces to promote research into how听COVID-19听affects the central nervous system, as they strive to understand whether and how the new coronavirus and other respiratory viruses could lead to lasting brain damage. Brought together as part of a new initiative called VINEx, created by Rocket Science Health, a Victoria-based medical devices company, the group is aiming to lead the charge in understanding how viruses invade the brain 鈥� an area of study that has received relatively little attention.
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Published on: 13 Aug 2020
August 10, 2020 | The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has听joined the ranks听of other Canadian cultural听institutions that are facing accusations of听discrimination and harassment. Pervasive and systemic bias has been听reported in many instances; from听inadequate representation of Indigenous perspectives, to the censorship of LGBTQ2+ content, to many other incidents of racism, homophobia, and sexism experienced by staff members.
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Published on: 12 Aug 2020
August 6, 2020 | Social media and other digital听platforms have begun to overtake traditional journalism as our primary sources of information. The communications difficulties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have听demonstrated how this trend will prove to have drastic consequences on the reliability of information in our democracies. Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen co-authored this op-ed with Ben Scott, in which they look at how听misinformation, disinformation, online hate, state propaganda and partisan news result from our current information ecosystem.
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Published on: 10 Aug 2020
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Montreal, July 29, 2020
A new study led by researchers at 香蕉视频 finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions and are more likely to follow public health recommendations like social distancing.
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Published on: 29 Jul 2020
The signs of 鈥榩andemic fatigue鈥� are out there, from the people who feel exhausted to the ones who have become less diligent about physical distancing and washing their hands.听It鈥檚 not surprising that people are feeling emotionally taxed after experiencing anxiety and disruption for so long because of COVID-19, says a Montreal professor whose research focuses on emotional regulation in performance and well-being.听Pandemic fatigue is real, but there are ways to deal with it, prof says.
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Published on: 28 Jul 2020
Petite, fierce and focussed, Kappy Flanders became a warrior for palliative care because she wanted people to understand that dying was a part of living, as important a passage as being born, and something that could not be brushed aside because the thought of it was distasteful or frightening.
After all, as she once told a 香蕉视频 interviewer, 鈥渆veryone is terminal at some point.鈥�
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Published on: 12 Jul 2020
July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.
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Published on: 8 Jul 2020
Activists defending their communities and the surrounding environment against development of extractive industries and land grabs for agrarian use face high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder around the world, according to a study published this month in the journal Global Environmental Change. The study, which analyzed 2,743 cases of environmental conflicts worldwide, found that despite the fact that these activists primarily use nonviolent forms of protest, they become victims of violence in 18 per cent of these conflicts and murder in 13 per cent of all cases.
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Published on: 7 Jul 2020
By how much will the pandemic cause federal spending to rise? How much revenue are we expecting to lose? And how will the Canadian government manage their debt and avoid a financial emergency? As the COVID-19 crisis continues to spread uncertainty across Canada and the around the world, economists and policymakers must ask themselves these questions and devise ways to manage the post-pandemic financial landscape.
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Published on: 7 Jul 2020
June 19, 2020 | The unfolding economic and public health crisis caused by COVID-19 has revealed cracks in healthcare while underscoring the challenges of Canada's decentralized fiscal federalism. With cities facing increased service delivery pressures and a steep decline in revenues, provinces must invest in municipal economic development on equal footing with the federal government.
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Published on: 25 Jun 2020
March 19, 2021听| In this article for New Canadian Media, MPP candidate听Camilla Liu听recounts the racism she has faced and explains why such bigotry must be met with legal consequences.
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Published on: 25 Jun 2020
June 17, 2020 | For years, advocates have been criticizing the Canadian government for neglecting to implement听race-based data collection in policing, the justice system, health care, education, and employment.听This kind of disaggregated data is essential for policy makers, as it exposes hidden data trends and establishes听the scope of systemic inequality.听In this Policy Magazine article, MPP candidate Janoah Willsie illustrates the pressing need for race-based data collect
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Published on: 23 Jun 2020
June 18, 2020 |听From food banks to women鈥檚 shelters, the COVID-19 pandemic has left Canada鈥檚 charitable sector overstretched and underfunded like听never before.听Less funding means less operational capacity at a moment when demand for social services is anything but flattening. In this article, MPP student听Jameson Voisin expresses how, without urgent intervention, COVID-19 may be the final straw for many of Canada's charitable organizations.
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Published on: 22 Jun 2020
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