鈥淲e鈥檙e a G-7 country, and we manage to get an election started and finished in six weeks,鈥� said Andrew Potter, a professor at Montreal鈥檚 McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.
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Published on: 12 Mar 2019
Global Montreal鈥檚 Laura Casella interviews McGill Principal Suzanne Fortier for International Women鈥檚 Day.
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Published on: 11 Mar 2019
Canadian immigration policy has a checkered past, even as it was essential to building the country we know today. The Agenda discusses how past governments channeled immigrants to diverse parts of Canada.听
Interview with Laura Madakoro, Department of History and Classical Studies
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Published on: 1 Mar 2019
The world of retail is changing at a dizzying pace, and the transformation extends far beyond online shopping. A听report听issued by the World Economic Forum in 2017 on the future of consumption noted that retail is becoming more 鈥渋nspirational, exciting, simple and convenient鈥� in order to meet the needs of the empowered consumer. 香蕉视频 is embracing this change, having recently launched the new听Bensadoun School of Retail Management听to lead research and prepare the next of leaders to navigate today鈥檚 new retail landscape.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2019
But others predict that the He affair might propel human gene editing forwards. Jonathan Kimmelman, a bioethicist specializing in human trials of gene therapies at 香蕉视频 in Montreal, Canada, argues that definitive action in the wake of the scandal could expedite global cooperation on the science and its oversight. 鈥淭hat would stimulate, not hinder, meaningful advance in this area,鈥� he says.
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Published on: 27 Feb 2019
Pediatric neurologist Genevieve Bernard chats with research assistant Kether Guerrero at the MUHC in Montreal on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Bernard joined forces with scientists from the Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine in San Diego to discover a new genetic mutation responsible for a rare paediatric neurodevelopmental condition known as VARS-related disorder.听
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Published on: 26 Feb 2019
香蕉视频 is upgrading its heating system as part of the effort to fight global warming.The school was given $1.8 million from the federal government鈥檚 Low-Carbon Economy Fund for Climate Action.The school said part of that money will go towards upgrading its boiler system from natural gas to electric, saying that would reduce energy use.
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Published on: 25 Feb 2019
Refused entry to McGill medical school because she was a woman, Abbott went on to work for the university.听
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Published on: 22 Feb 2019
Methanol鈥攁 colourless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste鈥攈as long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it鈥檚 toxic and only has half the energy as the same volume of gasoline. Now, Chao-Jun Li and colleagues report they鈥檝e created a potentially cheap way to use sunlight to convert methanol to ethanol, a more popular alternative fuel that鈥檚 less harmful and carries more energy.
Published on: 21 Feb 2019
Rich foods to comfort in a time of need are also the case in Mexico, as Kristin Norget, associate professor of anthropology at 香蕉视频 in Montreal and author of听Days of Death, Days of Life: Ritual in the Popular Culture of Oaxaca, found while living and researching among traditional communities in the state of Oaxaca.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2019
鈥淔ood and fuel in security can very quickly quickly lead to unrest,鈥� Jamal Saghir, a professor at 香蕉视频. 听
鈥淚t鈥檚 likely that such shocks will happen again. Such crises might trigger violent crisis and increase public support for extremist groups offering viable alternatives,鈥� he told attendees at the conference. 鈥淭errorist organisations like ISIS also capitalise on climate change to get new members. They find impoverished farmers to take advantage of -听they are offered food, salaries, and other advantages.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2019
香蕉视频鈥檚 Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue received a major federal investment of $7 million听to the Biomass Cluster under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2019
John and Marcy McCall MacBain are acutely aware of the challenges that today鈥檚 university students face. Their record-breaking $200-million gift this week toward a scholarship program at 香蕉视频 in Montreal will certainly help alleviate many of those difficulties for their scholars.
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Published on: 18 Feb 2019
鈥淧eople with a lot of interpersonal insecurities 鈥� whether they have prior experiences with negative relationship, or even in borderline personality disorder, where you have extreme concerns about being abandoned by others 鈥� in those individuals, oxytocin [may] amplify those interpersonal fears and concerns,鈥� Jennifer Bartz, a McGill psychologist, told me in 2016.
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Published on: 15 Feb 2019
The findings, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, suggest a greater need for education about the mental-health risks associated with cannabis, says lead author Gabriella Gobbi, a researcher at the Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre.
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Published on: 14 Feb 2019
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