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Dear Colleagues,

Please join me in expressing our appreciation to Dr. Dara Charney for her hard work and outstanding service as Associate Chair of Education and Chair of the Departmental Promotions Committee. Her term ended on April 30, 2015.

As Associate Chair, Dr. Charney was responsible for the department’s educational mission and supervision of Undergraduate, Graduate and Post-Graduate Medical Education/Residency Programs. Her organization, insight, and commitment have played a large role in our department’s thriving educational mission.

Published on: 6 May 2015

Dear Colleagues,

It is with much sadness that I communicate the passing of our esteemed colleague Frank Ervin last Friday in St Kitts. Frank was a pioneer clinician scientist, a visionary researcher, and an engaged social activist. Frank influenced the life and career of many of us. He was an excellent mentor and a source of inspiration.

Published on: 29 Apr 2015

Please follow the link below to see Dr. Karl Looper speak about MINDSTRONG, a fitness fundraising event to expand youth (ages 15-25) mental health programs at the Jewish General Hospital on Global Morning News.

Please follow the link below for more information about MINDSTRONG.

Classified as: fitness, JGH, youth mental health, Fundraising, MINDSTRONG
Published on: 23 Apr 2015

To hear the interview, visit the link below:

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 23 Feb 2015

Dr. Ashok Malla and his team leads ACCESS Canada project TRAM- Transformational Research in Adolescent Mental Health. To read more about this five year and 25$ M initiative jointly funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Graham Boeckh Foundation (GBF), click the following link.

Classified as: CIHR, Graham Boeckh, Adolescent Mental Health, ACCESS, TRAM
Published on: 20 Feb 2015

A study led by Professor Debbie Moskowitz of the Department of Psychology, and co-authored by Emeritus Professor Simon Young of the Department of Psychiatry, reveals how men with smaller index fingers and longer ring fingers are nicer towards women.  To read more about the study and why, click the following links:

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 19 Feb 2015

To read more and to listen, click the following link:

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 16 Feb 2015

To learn more about Dr. Sherif Karama's study on how smoking thins the cortex of the brain, follow the links below:

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 11 Feb 2015

Graduate student Jay Olson who recently published a research paper with Professor Amir Raz is attracting positive media attention.  Jay Olson was also interviewed by The Atlantic, CBC radio, Radio-Canada International, ABC (Australian) radio, and the National Post about his research. To read more about his work, please click the following links below:

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 11 Feb 2015

To read about the late Dr. Ted Sourkes's pioneering work on Parkinson's treatment, follow the link below: 

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 9 Feb 2015

To read more about what Dr. Howard Steiger and Dr. Linda Booij have to say, follow the link below:

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 9 Feb 2015

Magicians have astonished audiences for centuries by subtly, yet powerfully, influencing their decisions. But there has been little systematic study of the psychological factors that make magic tricks work.

Classified as: Research, psychology, McGill News, Jay Olson, cognition, consciousness, magic, Raz
Published on: 9 Feb 2015

In this edition of Spotlight, we would like to congratulate Dr. Jaswant Guzder and Dr. Jens Pruessner for their promotion to the rank of Full Professor.

Classified as: Psychiatry, Professor, promotions
Published on: 6 Feb 2015

Dr. Jaswant Guzder is cited on CTV regarding childhood mental illness and parenting.  To read more, click the following link.

Classified as: psychiatry in the news
Published on: 28 Jan 2015

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