Heaven is wide open spaces 鈥� at least, it is for most people, according to a massive new data set of happiness in Canada.
A team of happiness researchers at the Vancouver School of Economics and 香蕉视频 recently published a working paper on the geography of well-being in Canada. They compiled 400,000 responses to a pair of national Canadian surveys, allowing them to parse out distinctions in well-being at the level of more than 1,200 communities representing the country's entire geography.
A Montreal startup founded by McGill grads has developed a carbon-negative method for making concrete that doesn't use cement, one of the world's largest sources of carbon emissions.
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There is a lot of money behind providing cancer care, and cancer treatment centers spend an estimated $173 million on advertising each year. One of the ways they compete for patients is by offering a menu of clinical trial options and suggesting that participating in such trials gives patients an edge on their care.
Finding the right child care can be a frustrating -- and expensive -- process for parents around the world, from New York to Nairobi. Access to adequate child care for all has become a "global" need, said Shelley Clark, a demographer and professor of sociology at 香蕉视频 in Canada, who has studied child care and other family dynamics.
"The important thing here is that we were able to estimate these differences between black and white men, and that helps us understand health inequalities," said Corinne Riddell, a postdoctoral researcher at 香蕉视频 in Canada who was lead author of the study.
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Volunteers will span out across Montreal this听evening in attempt to get an idea of how many people in the city have nowhere to call home.听Montreal's second homeless count aims to give policymakers a sense of the challenges facing the city.听"We are capturing the number of individuals who are chronically homeless, staying in the street. This is a group that really needs help," said听Eric听Latimer, who is organizing the count.
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Samedi prochain, le philosophe Charles Taylor recevra le Grand Prix litt茅raire international du festival Metropolis bleu. Copr茅sident de la commission Bouchard-Taylor, professeur 茅m茅rite de l'Universit茅 McGill, auteur de nombreux ouvrages, dont Les sources du moi et Le malaise de la modernit茅, Charles Taylor est un des penseurs les plus importants et pertinents de notre 茅poque. Ce prix est l'occasion d'茅changer avec cet homme qui a consacr茅 sa vie 脿 la r茅flexion et au dialogue.
As the war of words over tariffs between the U.S. and听 China escalates, a group of students, alumni and faculty from 香蕉视频 have returned from Asia.听 While the tariff controversy would appear to be a heated global topic, the group found that it took a backseat to other economic concerns.
"In this critical moment, of ... racial profiling, of brutality that has made a Black Lives Matter movement (in the United States) urgently necessary, a moment in which white supremacist groups are on the rise, a moment in which the black community is still calling for economic justice, for equity in employment ... let us not forget the Reverend Dr.
Prof. Jeffrey Derevensky, director of the International Centre for Youth Gambling at 香蕉视频, consulted with the WHO in preparing the upcoming ICD-11 release and says video game addiction is 鈥渃learly a growing problem.鈥� 鈥淚t may not have the same prevalence as some other disorders but 鈥� I get a call at least once every two weeks from a parent who says, 鈥業 can鈥檛 get him off his computer,鈥� or 鈥業 can鈥檛 get him off his cellphone because all he wants to do is play these games,鈥濃�� Derevensky says.
Doyenne de la facult茅 de gestion Desautels de l'Universit茅 McGill, Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou se dit perturb茅e par la sous-repr茅sentation des femmes en finance. Apr猫s trois d茅cennies 脿 observer la situation en France, aux 脡tats-Unis et au Canada, elle tente de renverser la vapeur.
A Canadian hospital built by a pair of immigrant Scottish philanthropists to celebrate Queen Victoria鈥檚 fiftieth year on the throne is set to be transformed into an academic centre for climate change.
Dr. Amar Sabih says all you need is synthetic plastic tarp and metal barriers commonly seen at outdoor events
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Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the barring of expatriates who have resided away from Canada more than five years from voting in Canadian elections. The Ontario Court of Appeal had earlier found the restrictions democratically justifiable because they preserved the 鈥渟ocial contract鈥� between voters and lawmakers.
