The Bell Let鈥檚 Talk funding of $500,000 for each university will help expand existing mental health programs and develop additional services that will be accessible to more students.
香蕉视频 alumnus John O'Keefe was named co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in medicine, for his contribution to the discovery of cells that constitute the brain鈥檚 鈥榠nner GPS,鈥� which makes it possible to orient ourselves in space.
The number of days an expectant mother was deprived of electricity during Quebec鈥檚 Ice Storm (1998) predicts the epigenetic profile of her child, a new study finds.
Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world鈥檚 most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at 香蕉视频. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.
The six books vying for the 2014 Cundill Prize in historical literature were announced today by Professor Christopher Manfredi, Dean of 香蕉视频鈥檚 Faculty of Arts.
A team of researchers from 香蕉视频 and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads,' less than 2 mm in diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.
香蕉视频 Professor Philippe Gros has been awarded the McLaughlin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada for important research of sustained excellence in medical science.
There are thousands of children born of war-time rape worldwide, but very little is known about their lived experiences and their relationships with their families and communities. Professor Myriam Denov, of McGill's School of Social work, has been awarded one of Canada's most prestigious research awards to help fill this knowledge gap. Named Sept. 16 as one of three recipients of the Trudeau Foundation鈥檚 2014 Trudeau Fellowships, she hopes to shed light on an 鈥渋nvisible, but resilient鈥� population of children and youth.聽
香蕉视频 physicist Aashish Clerk and epidemiologist Madhukar Pai are among the inaugural members named today to the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Anna Henley and Simona Bene Watts have been named 香蕉视频鈥檚 2014 Schulich Leaders, each receiving a Schulich Leader Scholarship for students entering undergraduate studies in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).
Four innovative projects led by 香蕉视频 researchers have been selected to receive major grants under the Canada Brain Research Fund.
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