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Congratulations to the McGill Desautels professors who received 2023 SSHRC Insight Grants.


The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

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Classified as: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Sustainability, Sustainability (R), SSHRC Funded, Warut Khern-am-nuai, Emmanuelle Vaast, Yongoh Roh, Gregory Weitzner, Juan Serpa, Brian Wenzel, Sanjith Gopalakrishnan, Hyunji So, Diana Dakhlallah
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Published on: 8 Apr 2024

Date: April 10, 2024 | Time: 3:00 PM | Location: The McGill Faculty Club: 3450 McTavish Street |ÌýFree Event

Join the Trottier Family Foundation and TISED for an upcoming panel discussion where we explore the role and potential of green hydrogen in Canada's decarbonization strategy.Ìý With perspectives from public, private, academic, and non-profit stakeholders we help to identify the sectors to prioritize, the main roadblocks ahead, and the resources and actions needed to effectively implement this technology.

Classified as: Sustainability, renewable energy, circular economy, TISED, sustainable engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Published on: 21 Mar 2024

What maintains stability within an ecosystem and prevents a single best competitor from displacing other species from a community? Does ecosystem stability depend upon the presence of a wide variety of species, as early ecologists believed, or does diversity do the exact opposite, and lead to instability, as modern theory predicts?

Classified as: biodiversity, Sustainability
Published on: 21 Mar 2024

The latest presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians’ diets are unknown.

Classified as: Sergio Burgos, department of animal science, diet, Sustainability, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Published on: 27 Feb 2024

After helping to discover the world's first deposit of natural hydrogen in West Africa, which kick-started a search for the buried gas around the world, Denis Brière hopes his next breakthrough will be in Canada. Brière is a petrophysicist and vice-president of Calgary-based Chapman Hydrogen and Petroleum Engineering, which plans to begin testing and drilling in northern Ontario this summer in the hopes of finding enough hydrogen underground to produce and market the gas.

Classified as: sylvain coulombe, Hydrogen, Sustainability
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Published on: 26 Feb 2024

February 2, 2024 | An initiative led by MPP alumnus Julian Lam,Ìý17 Rooms-X McGill is a unique event that will bring together faculty, staff, students, and practitioners who are working to advance progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).ÌýÌýThis process will feed into McGill’s next climate and sustainability strategy (2025-2030) and will provide broader insight into challenges and opportunities for advancing progress on the SDGs at McGill.

Classified as: sustainable development goals, office of sustainability, Sustainability
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Published on: 1 Feb 2024

This winter, the sustainability efforts of 13 University offices were recognized by the rigorous Sustainable Workplace Certification program hosted by the McGill Office of Sustainability, with nearly half coming from McGill Desautels. The Academic Affairs Office earned a Gold-level certification, while the Dean’s Office and Infrastructure Team earned Silver, and the EMBA McGill-HEC program, Human Resources Team, PhD in Management Office, and Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship were recognized with Bronze awards.

Classified as: Desautels Faculty of Management, Sustainability, Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI)
Published on: 21 Dec 2023

The McGill Desautels Faculty of Management MBA is ranked 22nd globally by the prestigious , jumping 16 spots and proving again to be a leader in sustainability development and corporate social responsibility through teaching and learning methodologies.

Classified as: Master of Business Administration (MBA), rankings, Corporate Knights, Sustainability
Published on: 9 Nov 2023

Congratulations to the McGill Desautels professors who received 2023 SSHRC Insight Grants.


The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

Taha Havakhor (Principal Investigator) and Hyunji So (Co-Applicant) for “Social Media Use and Workforce Disparities: A Study of Gender Pay and Promotion Gapsâ€

Classified as: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Sustainability, Sustainability (R), SSHRC Funded, Taha Havakhor, Ernan Haruvy, Sebastien Betermier, Samer Faraj, Hyunji So
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Published on: 28 Sep 2023

DATE: October 17th 2023 |ÌýTIME: 2:00pm (EST) |ÌýÌýLocation: Macdonald Engineering Building RM: 497

Present byÌýProfessor Søren Husted

Free Hybrid Seminar- Available on zoom

Classified as: Nanotechnology, Sustainability, agriculture, campus crops, microplastics
Published on: 26 Sep 2023

Date: October 11 2023 |ÌýTime: 5:30 pm |ÌýLocation: McGill Engine

Calling all graduate students in McGill's Faculty of Engineering!

Join our engaging info sessions to learn more about the enriching SEDTalks! Presentation Skills Training program, designed to elevate your education and skills.Ìý

Refreshments will be provided!

Learn more:ÌýÌý

Classified as: Sustainability, Grad Students, engineering
Published on: 20 Sep 2023

Leading sustainable apparel manufacturer Gildan has partnered with the McGill Desautels Faculty of Management to advance the University’s Sustainable Growth Initiative. The collaborative effort aims to create actionable strategies for businesses transitioning to sustainability. Over three years, Gildan will be generously contributing $150,000 to McGill's Annual Grand Challenge on Sustainability. The event, launching this August, encourages Canadian students to address apparel industry sustainability issues.

Classified as: Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), Support Desautels, Sustainability
Published on: 10 Aug 2023

Biological invasions are a major threat to ecosystems, biodiversity, and human well-being, resulting in ecosystem degradation and causing economic costs in the multi-trillions of euros globally. A led by Ï㽶ÊÓƵ sheds light on the stark economic cost resulting from biological invasions in the European Union (EU).

Classified as: alien invasion, biological invasion, European Union, economic costs, invasive species, Sustainability
Published on: 13 Jul 2023

Changes to the flow of the Labrador Current along the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador to Nova Scotia are leading to sudden warmings or drops in the oxygen levels of the waters in several regions including the St. Lawrence Gulf and Estuary. This change has dire consequences for marine ecosystems and fisheries. To better predict what could happen in the future, researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ set out to answer the question: what controls the pathway of the Labrador Current?

Classified as: Labrador Current, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, oxygen levels, St. Lawrence, GULF, estuary, marine ecosystems, fisheries, Sustainability
Published on: 28 Jun 2023

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