Canadian retirement pensions are shaping up to be global leaders in issuing green bonds, or funds designated for environmental initiatives. Professor Sebastien Betermier views Canada鈥檚 commitment to sustainability as an advantage over other countries in growing both pensions and sustainability projects in the long term. Despite issuing debt, pensions will see increased returns as Canada moves to decrease emissions and create other green solutions to technology, transportation, and real estate.
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Published on: 22 Jul 2021
Poets&Quants recently featured Kelly Gonzalez (MBA鈥�21) on its 鈥�2021 MBAs to Watch鈥� list. In one of the highlights of her Desautels tenure, Gonzalez served as the president of Marketing Club. In this capacity, she teamed up with the Desautels Graduate LBGTQ+ Association to launch the first edition of the Desautels Business Challenge, a case competition focused on improving equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
Gonzalez will soon take on a new challenge in the Customer and Marketing unit of Deloitte鈥檚 Vancouver office.
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Published on: 8 Jul 2021
The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from 香蕉视频 finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are especially vulnerable to heat stress caused by climate change.
鈥淲e discovered that murres have the lowest cooling efficiency ever reported in birds, which means they have an extremely poor ability to dissipate or lose heat,鈥� says lead author Emily Choy, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Natural Resource Sciences Department at 香蕉视频.
Published on: 7 Jul 2021
A McGill-led study has shown that the size of the Maya population in the lowland city of (in present-day Guatemala) varied over time in response to climate change. The findings, published recently in , show that both droughts and very wet periods led to important population declines.
Published on: 30 Jun 2021
The McGill Executive Institute鈥檚 seminar 鈥淐ommunicating Effectively鈥� has made a top 10 list of executive courses in leadership communication. The four-week online course equips participants with the skills they need to foster productivity in the workplace, from navigating difficult conversations to developing strategies to cultivate diversity and inclusion.
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Published on: 28 Jun 2021
Dan Park, BCom鈥�03, is redefining the used car sales industry with his start-up, Clutch Canada, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling cars without the hassle and uncertainty usually associated with the process. Clutch Canada gives customers the option to shop for a car from the comfort of home and have it delivered directly to their driveway.
Published on: 28 Jun 2021
If you listen to songbirds, you will recognize repeated melodies or phrases. Each phrase is made up of distinct sounds, strung together. A study from researchers at 香蕉视频 has found that the song phrases of many songbird species follow patterns that are similar to those used in human speech. At least in some respects.
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Published on: 22 Jun 2021
Electric vehicle (EV) sharing programs rely on publicly available charging infrastructure. Yet often there simply isn鈥檛 enough infrastructure to go around, creating a major barrier to success. In 2016, the vehicle sharing company Car2Go sold off its fleet of EVs in San Diego largely because the city鈥檚 charging infrastructure couldn鈥檛 keep pace with demand. Or so it seemed. With too many vehicles being dropped off at a few charging points in high-use areas, delays grew.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2021
Professor Robert Nason鈥檚 research program centers on entrepreneurship and inequality. While flashy startups dominate headlines, the reality is that most of the rich are entrepreneurs and most entrepreneurs are poor.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2021
A new study led by researchers from 香蕉视频 and found that between 51-60% of the 64 million kilometres of rivers and streams on Earth that they investigated stop flowing periodically, or run dry for part of the year. It is the first-ever empirically grounded effort to quantify the global distribution of non-perennial rivers and streams.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2021
Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from 香蕉视频. As wildfires advance uphill, a staggering 11% of all Western U.S. forests are now at risk.
Published on: 15 Jun 2021
Author: Preetika Joshi
Publication: Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 58, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 333-381.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2021
Sharing a common interest in the protection of the natural and cultural resources of the Gault Nature Reserve, 香蕉视频 and the Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki (W8banaki) are pleased to announce a partnership agreement welcoming the Nation鈥檚 members to the site to practice their cultural activities.
This agreement grows out of a series of 52 Calls to Action that McGill established as part of its own project of with Indigenous peoples.
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Published on: 14 Jun 2021
Eric Saine, Executive Director of the McGill Executive Institute, reflects on the importance of practicing communication skills in classrooms and professional settings.
By offering seminars on healthy leadership communication, institutions like McGill set a table for dialogue surrounding social and emotional learning; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and conflict resolution.
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Published on: 10 Jun 2021
Milk is the main source of vitamin B12 consumption for Canadians. A glass of cow鈥檚 milk contains about 46% of the daily-recommended dietary intake of vitamin B12 for adults. But what factors influences the concentration of B12 in a glass of milk? Turns out, what cows eat and how they digest it can impact human鈥檚 B12 intake.
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Published on: 8 Jun 2021
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