"A team of five undergraduate researchers at 香蕉视频 analyzed over 10,000 reviews in the聽New York Times Book Review, tracking metrics including the gender of authors whose books were reviewed, the gender of review writers, the reviewed book's genre and themes, and the most frequently appearing words in reviews. The researchers, all women, are "ardently feminist," says Rosie Long Decter, a team member who just graduated from McGill with a degree in cultural and political studies."聽
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Published on: 30 Aug 2017
"This year scientists on Herschel Island just off the Yukon coast in the Beaufort Sea recently expressed concern about unusual and extensive erosion there. Wayne Pollard is a professor at 香蕉视频, Montreal, in the Department of Geography, and Director of McGill Arctic Research Stations. He says there should however be some context 聽given to this recent concern expressed about the state of erosion on Herschel Island."
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Published on: 30 Aug 2017
Imagine a household that produces as much if not more electricity than it consumes. Now imagine that home in Montreal 鈥� harsh winters and all. That鈥檚 what a group of students and staff from Concordia and McGill universities is working toward. Students from undergraduate to PhD levels are teaming up to build what is called a 鈥渘et zero energy鈥� home. Then next year, the residence will be transported to China, where it will go up against other solar-powered housing models from around the world in a competition called a solar decathlon.
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Published on: 30 Aug 2017
Montreal's world-famous brain research centre is in the middle of conducting an experiment on what could be its most ambitious subject: itself. Since 2016, 香蕉视频's Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital has been transforming into what is touted as the first research centre of its kind in the world dedicated to the principles of open science.
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Published on: 30 Aug 2017
Researchers began to wonder if pesticides in the farmland that surrounds the Sebitoli area were a culprit. 鈥淭hat was one possibility,鈥� says聽Colin Chapman, an author of the study and a professor in the Department of Anthropology at 香蕉视频, 鈥淎nd it was a possibility we could look into.鈥�
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Published on: 28 Aug 2017
Op-ed by聽Rob Whitley, Ph.D.,聽assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at 香蕉视频 and a research scientist at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre
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Published on: 28 Aug 2017
Article by Merve Emre, Professor in the Department of English
"More than a fad and more than a form, we might think of the personal essay as a contract between reader and writer."
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Published on: 25 Aug 2017
Jacob Levy, a political philosopher, argues that BLM is 鈥渙ne of the most significant political mobilisations in defence of freedom鈥� in decades. Its supporters oppose police brutality, mass incarceration, America鈥檚 drug war, police militarisation and civil-forfeiture abuses.
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Published on: 24 Aug 2017
No one will ever be able to conduct a large enough study to link such low levels of chemicals with health problems, said Joe Schwarcz, a professor of chemistry at 香蕉视频 in Montreal. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not figure-outable,鈥� he said.
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Published on: 23 Aug 2017
Laura Madokoro, a history professor at 香蕉视频, noted that Vancouver saw widespread anti-immigrant sentiment聽during the 1907 riots,聽which may make the city more vigilant of rising tensions, and more proactive in speaking out. 鈥淭here has been a great awareness in Vancouver about the city鈥檚 past,鈥� she said, noting since then, community groups have worked to raise awareness against discrimination.
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Published on: 22 Aug 2017
McGill聽University astronomer 碍别濒濒测听尝别辫辞 has a聽trick for seeing the eclipse with the help of nature. Place yourself underneath a leafy tree, she says, and watch the ground. The holes in the leaves acts as pinholes, projecting mini solar eclipses on the ground for you to see without crafting one out of a box.
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Published on: 21 Aug 2017
Confused by NAFTA? You're not alone. McGill poli-sci professor Krzysztof Pelc joins host Rebecca Ugolini to take your questions and demystify the agreement, which is under renegotiation.
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Published on: 17 Aug 2017
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Someone high up in Eli Lilly and Company must be a 鈥淪outh Park鈥� fan. When the company failed to ensure that the patents it filed on two blockbuster drugs, Zyprexa and Strattera, complied with Canadian law, it decided to rather than take responsibility for its error.
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Published on: 16 Aug 2017
Jennifer Fishman, associate professor in the biomedical ethics unit of the聽social studies of medicine department at 香蕉视频, said the ethical problems that arise from making women wait for an abortion are enormous.
"The idea that there is differential access to abortions across the provinces, given that abortion is funded and legal and a medical procedure covered under the Canada Health Act, which operates under principles of universality and accessibility, is incredibly problematic," Fishman said.
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Published on: 15 Aug 2017
In an hour-long panel discussion with 香蕉视频 professor Gabriella Coleman, Jimmy Wales said Wikipedia's reputation has soared as people seek out neutral sources in an era of fake news and intense partisanship.
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Published on: 14 Aug 2017
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