Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a proud science fiction fan, but his government's third budget is much more focused on uncovering new scientific facts. [...] The budget itself is so complex it's hard to say whether the government matched the Naylor suggestions word-for-word, said Martha Crago, a member of the panel and vice-president of research and innovation at 香蕉视频. But it's clear the government is committed to science going forward, she said.
Science, research and innovation - The federal budget boasts the "largest investment in fundamental research ($3 billion) in Canadian history." It's a move that 香蕉视频 is welcoming. "I am delighted to see increased federal support for fundamental research. This investment will open up opportunities for our country's talented researchers to explore new areas of knowledge and train the next generations of researchers," said McGill Principal Suzanne Fortier.
By Charles De Brabant, Executive Director of Bensadoun Retail Initiative at 香蕉视频
Having just come back from more than 30 years outside North America to become the Executive Director of the soon to be launched Bensadoun School of Retail Management at 香蕉视频, I was immediately struck by an overwhelmingly consistent view on the state of retail.
Lynn Kozak is spending their sabbatical from 香蕉视频 in a bar on Montreal's Park Avenue, starring in a solo-series called Happy Hour Homer.
Co-authored by Tobias Rees, Social Studies of Medicine at 香蕉视频:
It is a crisis some scientists believe has similar proportions to climate change, but it gets much less coverage: Microbes are disappearing from our bodies.
She has been called 鈥淐anada's Martin Luther King鈥, the 鈥渃onscience of the nation鈥, and a 鈥渘ational hero鈥, but Cindy Blackstock bristles at the accolades. 鈥淭he only reason my job exists is because racism against First Nations children has been used as a cost-saving measure. I don't want that job to exist鈥攏ow or ever.鈥 Blackstock is the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, a charity that, for 20 years, has lobbied for First Nations children to have equitable access to health and social welfare services.
Scientific research supports theories that music is healing. "The studies show that music can create profound neurochemical and biological changes, tangible, demonstrable ones," said psychologist Daniel Levitin, a professor emeritus at 香蕉视频 in Montreal, who specializes in neuroscience and music.
芦 Comme les enfants autistes ont souvent un retard de langage, les professionnels pensaient que le bilinguisme 茅tait contre-indiqu茅 parce qu'il compliquerait l'acquisition du langage 禄, explique Aparna Nadig, chercheuse 脿 l'Universit茅 McGill, qui est l'auteure principale de l'茅tude publi茅e dans la revue Child Development. 芦 Nous voulions v茅rifier cela, vu que chez les enfants ne souffrant pas d'autisme, le bilinguisme ne nuit pas 脿 l'apprentissage de la langue. 禄
(Op-ed by J.M. Opal, Associate Professor of History, 香蕉视频) 鈥淭here is no reason to think that America鈥檚 leaders will respond any differently to the latest mass shooting.鈥
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鈥淭here are some indications that Mars, many billions of years ago, was much warmer 鈥 and much wetter,鈥 explained Lyle White, a McGill professor. 鈥淲here it would have been an environment that we can envision it would have hosted life as we know on Earth.鈥
The IIHF announced its 2018 Olympic media all-star team, as well as its Most Valuable Player (MVP) and tournament directorate awards.
Canada's Melodie Daoust [BEd'17] was voted tournament MVP. The 26-year-old forward led Canada with three goals and four assists.
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Conducting a bird census by foot can also be disruptive, David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 香蕉视频, told Popular Science. 鈥淲hile you鈥檙e doing that, you鈥檙e disturbing the hell out of the birds,鈥 Bird said.
Outside the U.S., 香蕉视频 in Montreal, Canada, will host its Rare Disease Day 2018 event, at which half a dozen speakers from the rare disease community will give talks on research, treatment, and political advocacy. The five-hour conference is sponsored by the university鈥檚 Rare Disease Interest Group (rareDIG).
At this early stage, the potential for harm is real while the benefits are only surrogate measures, said Kimmelman, an associate professor of biomedical ethics at 香蕉视频. One such measure at Phase 1 might be tumor shrinkage, which does not necessarily translate into what people really care about: survival.
Republicans鈥攁nd some liberals鈥攄ownplay the significance of the president鈥檚 outbursts. But his words are quietly radicalizing both the left and right, with untold consequences for the future of policy. [...] But Trump鈥檚 words are his substance. 鈥淧olitics is persuasion as well as coercion,鈥 the political scientist Jacob Levy wrote last week, rightly arguing that Trump has 鈥渃hanged what being a Republican means.鈥