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Enhancing carbon storage in natural ecosystems could put a small but significant dent in Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but an aggressive commitment to reducing human-caused emissions remains critically important, according to a new expert panel report from the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), co-authored by McGill Professor Gail L. Chmura in the Department of Geography.

Classified as: greenhouse gas emissions, carbon, Gail Chmura, Department of Geography, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
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Published on: 6 Dec 2022

AI can help identify biases in news reporting that we wouldn't otherwise see. Researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ got a computer program to generate news coverage of COVID-19 using headlines from CBC articles as prompts. They then compared the simulated news coverage to the actual reporting at the time and found that CBC coverage was less focused on the medical emergency and more positively focused on personalities and geo-politics.

Classified as: media coverage, AI, Artificial intelligence, covid-19, news, journalism, journalists
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Published on: 6 Dec 2022

Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the five winners of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) 2022 Impact Awards.

McGill’s Cindy Blackstock, one of Canada’s most important social work scholars and an indefatigable advocate for Indigenous children’s rights and welfare, has won the SSHRC Gold Medal, the federal agency’s highest honour. The Gold Medal is awarded to an individual whose sustained leadership, dedication, and originality of thought have inspired students and colleagues alike.

Classified as: Cindy Blackstock, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Impact Awards, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
Published on: 1 Dec 2022

Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia’s tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation – with an unexpected twist – according to researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.

Classified as: evolution, body, size, Northern Tree Shrews, climate change, global warming, evolutionary ecology
Published on: 29 Nov 2022

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Poverty linked to Facebook and Instagram addiction in teens

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Published on: 24 Nov 2022

The Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is investing more than $4 million in three McGill-led projects through the Climate Awareness and Action Fund (CAAF). Nationally, the funding was part of a $58 million investment in research that will advance climate change science and technology, an announcement made by the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change today.

Classified as: Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Published on: 23 Nov 2022

The McGill Space Institute (MSI) and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at Université de Montréal are at the forefront of the exhilarating pace of space research, helping to advance our knowledge of extrasolar planets, fast radio bursts, the dark universe, and other extraterrestrial mysteries. Now their stellar work and efforts to recruit top students and researchers are getting a huge boost thanks to extraordinary gifts to Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the Université de Montréal from the Trottier Family Foundation.

Classified as: McGill Space Institute, MSI, Institute for Research on Exoplanets, iREx, Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets, Université de Montréal, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Trottier Space Institute at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Research, space, Trottier Family Foundation, Faculty of Science
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Published on: 21 Nov 2022

Tick-borne pathogens, known for causing illnesses such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in Central Canada – presenting new risks in areas where they were never previously detected.

The findings from researchers at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the University of Ottawa demonstrate the need for more comprehensive testing and tracking to detect the spread and potential risk of tick-borne pathogens to human and wildlife populations throughout Canada.

Classified as: tick-borne, pathogens, Ticks, diseases, illnesses, Lyme disease, Central Canada, Kirsten Crandall, Virginie Millien, Jeremy Kerr, ontario, Quebec, risk, transmission, Faculty of Science
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Published on: 17 Nov 2022

New funding of $5.1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced today by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will help researchers Marcel Behr, MD, PhD, and Silvia Vidal, PhD, ensure that Canada is better prepared for the next pandemic. This funding is part of the more than $127 million investment being made through the CFI to support upgrades to eight biocontainment facilities across the country as part of its new Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) program.

Classified as: Infectious Diseases, Containment level 3 laboratory, Marcel Behr, CFI, Research Institute of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
Published on: 16 Nov 2022

Today, the Government of Canada announced an investment of more than $ 301 million in support of social sciences and humanities research, bioscience infrastructure and the Canada Research Chairs Program. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry made the announcement at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa. McGill was awarded 35 Insight Development Grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and 11 renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRC) from the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP).

Classified as: SSHRC, CFI, CRC
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Published on: 16 Nov 2022

Scientists around the world are beginning to use new techniques in analyzing single brain cells to understand conditions like depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Classified as: Ludmer Foundation, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Irving Ludmer Family Foundation, Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital
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Published on: 16 Nov 2022

The Board of Governors of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. H. Deep Saini as the University's 18th Principal and Vice-Chancellor. He will begin his five-year, renewable term on April 1, 2023.

Prof. Saini was chosen by a unanimous vote of the Board of Governors, following a recommendation of an Advisory Committee formed to lead an extensive, international search.

Classified as: Principal, Vice-Chancellor, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, H. Deep Saini, Appointment
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Published on: 14 Nov 2022

The World Health Organization’s are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution (often referred to as PM2.5,). A recent study involving McGill researchers now suggests that the annual global death toll from outdoor PM2.5 may be significantly higher than previously thought.

Classified as: Sustainability, air pollution, Scott Weichenthal, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

As the flu season begins and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, pneumococcal vaccination is more important than ever to prevent disease and death from pneumonia and other forms of pneumococcal disease. But vaccine uptake remains low among adults at high risk, say researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.

Classified as: Vaccine, uptake, at risk, Canadians, pneumococcal vaccination, pneumonia, pneumococcal disease
Published on: 2 Nov 2022

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