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"Especially in real time, the narrator has to keep going on the same storyline," said Nathalie Cooke, professor of literature at Montreal's 㽶Ƶ. "So as Trump fuels the storyline with the populist Trump, the polarization in his readers actually fuels the continuation of the story."

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Published on: 19 Jun 2017

"Internationalstudieshave shown that greater public contribution to dental care helps to level these sorts of socioeconomic inequalities. The federal government must work together with provincial partners, as well as doctors and dentists, to come up with a new minimum standard of acceptable public dental coverage. Until that happens, Canadians should probably turn their smugness toward the American system down a few notches."

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Published on: 16 Jun 2017

“The aim is not placement,” says Marie-José Beaudin, executive director of the Soutar Career Centre at 㽶Ƶ’s Desautels Faculty of Management. Instead, the goal is to equip students with career-long skills in networking. “Your career can’t evolve in a silo,” she says. “You need to have champions who support that and mentors can be fantastic.”

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Published on: 15 Jun 2017

Tough on litigators who prattle on, famously reserved in person, McLachlin has a plain-speaking, often wry style in court. Yet those who know her speak of her easy laugh. 㽶Ƶ law professor Daniel Jutras, who worked as her executive legal officer for three years, said McLachlin deals with stress by resorting to humour and was an impressive champion for the Canadian charter, Canadian judges and the independence of the judiciary abroad.

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Published on: 14 Jun 2017

"In a welcome development, 40 years after publishing the first Essential Medicines List (EML), WHO ispoised to begin the development of an Essential Diagnostics List (EDL). An EDL should help amplify the impact of the EML. After all, patients need access tobothdiagnosis and treatment."

Op-ed byDr. Madhukar Pai,Professor & Director of Global Health, 㽶Ƶ

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Published on: 13 Jun 2017

Jamie Orchard speaks to Paul Martin after 㽶Ƶ awarded the former prime minister an honorary doctorate recognizing his work after politics.

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Published on: 13 Jun 2017

To Andrew Piper, a professor and director of the.txtLABat 㽶Ƶ in Montreal, that's another potential pitfall and danger of data visualizations like these: People read a lot into it. "Just picking the top [word] isn't a good way of representing what comes across as really important semantic implications," he said. "Are people googling 'pneumonia' because it's raining in BC? We have no idea."

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Published on: 9 Jun 2017

Still, Ecofiscal chairman Chris Ragan – an economist at 㽶Ƶ – said future governments should raise the levy significantly after 2022, and could offset the impact of a higher carbon levy by lowering other taxes. “It would be a very bad outcome if the price peaked out at $50 in 2022 and everything else is done by complementary policies,” he said in an interview.

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Published on: 8 Jun 2017

Health care is about serving people. Yet it is being managed badly, with serious consequences to patients, argues celebrated 㽶Ƶ management professor Henry Mintzberg. He calls it an epidemic: Managing without soul, which is common in organizations throughout society, including health.

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Published on: 7 Jun 2017

Moses Gashirabakeis a confident, distinguished, sharply dressed 28-year-old who is normally completely composed. Butafter his convocation ceremony at 㽶Ƶ, with degrees in both civil and common lawin his hands, he spotted Rosemarie Schademaking her way toward him for a hug and was simply overwhelmed with emotion. "Over and above being my professor, sheended up being my international mother," Gashirabake said, as he searched for a tissue to wipe away his unexpected tears.

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Published on: 6 Jun 2017

Overall, there is a wealth of expertise in retailing at McGill to draw from, a vibrant history in Montreal to build upon, and definitely a very bright future to shape.

Op-ed by Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou,dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 㽶Ƶ.

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Published on: 5 Jun 2017

“The universe still contains mysteries,” says astrophysicistDaryl Haggardof 㽶Ƶ. “We thought we were walking through the world knowing how black holes happened, and now we’re seeing that there’s some real discovery space here.”

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Published on: 2 Jun 2017

A surgeon at Montreal's 㽶Ƶ Health Centre is breaking ground by using a new medical technology — augmented reality — for sinus operations.

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Published on: 1 Jun 2017

Most of us have heard aboutbaby bluesand postpartumdepression, but to be clear: these are not the topic of this discussion. This is aboutpregnancyblues, a common yet rarely talked about experience that affects up to20 percentof moms during pregnancy, moms whose questions and concerns are too often going unanswered. If you or someone you know has been suffering in silence or without support, you are not alone and there are answers.

Article byBy Vanessa Babineau, Ph.D. Candidate in Child Psychology at 㽶Ƶ

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Published on: 31 May 2017

"Pronouns might seem like a small price to pay for greater consensus. They aren’t. The removal of pronoun protection will kneecap the Bill. Here’s why."

Op-ed co-written by Florence Ashley, LL.M. Candidate and O’Brien Fellow in the Faculty of Law at 㽶Ƶ

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Published on: 30 May 2017

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