Marguerite Deslauriers is a philosophy professor and the founder ofMcGill'sInstitute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. When it comes to emotional labour, Deslauriers saysthe stakes are high. This isn't just about the way peopleinteract with each other. It goes right to the heart of our self-worth.
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"The overall guiding principle is not open for the sake of 'open,' but whatever is necessary to find new treatments more rapidly for diseases."Dr. GuyRouleau, director of theMontreal Neurological Institute atMcGillUniversity.
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Karl Moore, professor of strategy and organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management interviews Alain Bouchard.
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Op-ed byArash Abizadeh,political science professor at 㽶Ƶ. He will be making his case to a Dragons’ Den-style panel at apublic forumFriday, 4 to 6 p.m., at New Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel St.
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Op-ed by Aruna Roy,Professor of Practice in Global Governance atISID, 㽶Ƶ.
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Honorable mention: The Grid, by Gretchen Bakke [assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at 㽶Ƶ]. This book, about our aging electrical grid, fits in one of my favorite genres: “Books About Mundane Stuff That Are Actually Fascinating.” Part of the reason I find this topic fascinating is because my first job, in high school, was writing software for the entity that controls the power grid in the Northwest.
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Column by Joe Schwarcz, director of 㽶Ƶ’s Office for Science & Society.
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Canada’s prosperity has long been dependent on an educated population. Today, that’s not quite enough. To be globally competitive, Canada needs itsnewest graduates to arrive in the workforce equipped with international skills and experiences.
Op-ed co-signed by Suzanne Fortier, principal and vice-chancellor of 㽶Ƶ
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Today is World AIDS Day. We cannot end the HIV epidemic without adequately addressing the burden of tuberculosis.
Op-ed byMadhukar Pai,Director, McGill Global Health Programs
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"We saw a lot of traffic on our social media sites the night of the election, as prospective students gave their opinions." Kim Bartlett, director of admissions at McGill.
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“In the past we may never have had to go on autopilot.With GPS, you might have even less of a reason to pull out that cognitive map. The hippocampus may be lacking this requirement to work for decades when you only use it once in a while.”Véronique Bohbot,neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and an associate professor at 㽶Ƶ.
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Op-ed byDavid M. Bird, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology, 㽶Ƶ, and Leader of Team Gray Jay.
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Dr. Mark Ware, an associate professor of family medicine and anesthesia at 㽶Ƶ, who is serving as vice-chair of the federal task force on the legalization and regulation of marijuana, says there's some suggestion that cannabis has been bred to boost THC levels and push down CBD levels.
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“There's really a lot of plasticity in the way the cells are responding to infection that is directly controlled by social status,” says study co-author Luis Barreiro of 㽶Ƶ.
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Op-Ed byPaul Allison,dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at 㽶Ƶ and president of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry. He will be speaking on this topic, along with apanel of experts,at a public event on Thursday, Nov.24 at 6:15 p.m. the Omni Hotel, 1050 Sherbrooke St. W. Freeadmission.
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