Op-ed by Robert Whitley,听Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
"The notion that people with mental illness can act as community educators is a radical but relatively novel idea."
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Published on: 6 Oct 2017
McGill Provost Christopher Manfredi sits down with Karl Moore for CJADs CEO Series.
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Published on: 5 Oct 2017
"Louise Pilote, professor of medicine at 香蕉视频, is excited by the implications of including more women in clinical studies, a relatively recent change. Studying women has already yielded a wealth of information鈥夆�斺�塧nd even a new condition. We know that women can have heart attacks without blocked arteries, but until recently, researchers didn鈥檛 know why."
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Published on: 4 Oct 2017
Unseasonably warm September could be cause of slight delay in leaves changing colour, McGill professor says.
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Published on: 3 Oct 2017
Column by听Joe Schwarcz,听director of 香蕉视频鈥檚 Office for Science & Society
"The brilliant German chemist was the first person to carry out a total synthesis of glucose, the fundamental building block of cellulose and starch. This was a monumental achievement at the time. Fischer鈥檚 success in determining the molecular structure of carbohydrates was partly due to his accidental discovery of a reagent known as phenylhydrazine that formed well-defined crystalline derivatives with carbohydrates."
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Published on: 2 Oct 2017
Op-ed by Noam Schimmel, associate fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill Faculty of Law
"Even greater efforts than the already significant ones undertaken by the German government are required to combat anti-Jewish attitudes and other forms of racism, prejudice, bigotry and discrimination that undermine German democracy and its commitment to freedom, equality and justice for all citizens."
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Published on: 29 Sep 2017
Op-ed by Charles Taylor,听Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at 香蕉视频听and one of the world's most celebrated living philosophers.听
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Published on: 28 Sep 2017
A prominent Chinese architect who studied at 香蕉视频 27 years ago is donating $12 million to the School of Architecture, a landmark gift the university says will transform teaching and research and build stronger ties with China.
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Published on: 27 Sep 2017
We鈥檙e still a long way from understanding the causes of autism, but new research has shown some brain developmental issues even as early as 6-12 months in a baby, can be related to autism symptoms later in life.
The study involved looking at brain 鈥渆fficiency鈥�, the interconnectedness of various regions of the brain. Lewis says while the six to 12 month old babies could exhibit no signs of autism,听 those showing interconnectedness deficiencies went on toedevelop autism later in the long-term study.
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Published on: 26 Sep 2017
"Human rights are a thousand humble stories."
So writes the Iranian-Canadian human-rights lawyer and McGill professor Payam Akhavan in his contribution to the long-running Massey Lecture series,听In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2017
Op-ed by听Suzanne Fortier,听principal and vice-chancellor of 香蕉视频; Meric Gertler,听president of University of Toronto; Santa Ono,听president and vice-chancellor of University of British Columbia.
"Investing in research is essential for achieving Canada's goal to build an innovative, thriving society. The country's Fundamental Science Review gave us a roadmap that will put us on the right track. We have an opportunity, and the moment to act is now."
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Published on: 22 Sep 2017
There have been a few attempts, and a few failures, when it comes to low-budget airlines in Canada. But it might be time for a success. That鈥檚 because Canadians are more used to the model now, says Karl Moore, associate professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频.听
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Published on: 21 Sep 2017
鈥淭his is a hot new frontier in both science and bioethics. And it seems likely to remain contested for the coming years,鈥� says Jonathan Kimmelman, a member of the bioethics unit at 香蕉视频, in Montreal, and a leader of an international organization of stem-cell scientists.
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Published on: 20 Sep 2017
"It's definitely not something we'd thought of initially," Taylor Bell, a master's student in astronomy at听McGill, and co-author of the paper, told CBC News.
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Published on: 19 Sep 2017
"On Friday, the social networking giant officially announced the opening of an artificial intelligence research lab in the city. The lab is headed by听Jo毛lle Pineau, a 香蕉视频 professor who specializes in a field of artificial intelligence called reinforcement learning."
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Published on: 18 Sep 2017
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