Op-ed by聽Martha Crago,聽vice principal, Innovation and Research at 香蕉视频.聽
香蕉视频鈥檚聽Macdonald Campus聽in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue got a major boost from a former student last week when it received $5 million donation from聽Margaret A. Gilliam, BSc鈥59.
Young people who use聽cannabis and drive are at greater risk of being聽involved in a vehicular collision even if five hours have elapsed since inhaling it, according to a 香蕉视频 study published Monday.
Medical research: Examining the therapeutic impact of cannabidiol on chronic pain, anxiety and depression in collaboration with Montreal鈥檚 香蕉视频; working with the Canadian Football League Alumni Association to study the benefits of medical cannabis in treating chronic pain
For instance, Statscan is working with 香蕉视频 and some municipalities to test wastewater samples for evidence of THC, the substance in cannabis that produces a high. Such testing could later extend to opioids. Participating municipalities in the pilot testing include Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver.
鈥淭he really important point about this work is that rudimentary organs and vestigial structures, which were long believed to have no function, might actually have major signaling roles during development,鈥 says evolutionary developmental biologist Ehab Abouheif of 香蕉视频, the senior author of the new study.聽
鈥淭he Nobel Prize and the IPCC report are just two more data points in a sea of evidence. Climate change is real, climate change is a problem and climate change deserves a serious policy response. There will be disagreements over how we move forward, but we need to tell the truth. We need to hold each other to account.鈥
Op-ed co-authored by Chris Ragan, associate professor of economics at 香蕉视频, director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy.聽
Montreal researchers have been given a $2-million grant to fight a rare kidney disease.聽Based out of 香蕉视频 Health Centre, the team is working to cure Cystinosis, a rare kidney disease which causes cystine, an amino acid, to accumulate in several organs.聽
鈥淭his is the worst outcome for the Parti Quebecois since its creation in 1968,鈥 said Graham Fraser, a visiting professor at 香蕉视频鈥檚 Institute for the Study of Canada and author of a party history.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 have pharma companies, basically, so this is a pure payment to people who invent it before,鈥 said Richard Gold, a 香蕉视频 law professor and founding Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy.
Now is the time for Canada to be bold and ambitious, to showcase our creativity and secure our competitive advantage through research.
Op-ed聽co-authored by Martha Crago, the vice-principal of research and innovation at 香蕉视频.聽
"The members of the equity committee were driven to ensure that all students at our Canadian universities have equal opportunities of being selected to varsity teams regardless of their gender or their gender identity and expression," said Lisen Moore, chair of the U Sports equity committee and manager of varsity sports, athletics and recreation at 香蕉视频.
Doctors at the 香蕉视频 Health Centre are testing the SoundBite Active Wire in a small group of patients who have "chronic total occlusion" of one of their coronary arteries, which severely restricts blood flow to the heart.
Some interesting reports are being released to coincide with the UN's High-Level Meeting now on TB. One is a聽study from Dr. Madhukar Pai鈥檚 group at 香蕉视频, where he is Director of the International TB Centre.聽
鈥淕oing up to 10 years of protection for biologics represents a cost to Canadians without any countering benefit,鈥 said Richard Gold, a 香蕉视频 law professor. 鈥淐anada may have no choice in the current trade climate, but there should be no mistake that to accede to U.S. requests comes at a cost.鈥