/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9559/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-montreal-braces-moving-day-amid-housing-crisis-357816 <p>The rental market has continued to tighten over the past year in Greater Montreal. After declining from 3% in 2021 to 2% in 2022, the overall vacancy rate was 1.5% in 2023—one of the lowest rates seen in 20 years.</p> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:36:55 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310623 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-montreal-prepares-moving-day-amid-continuing-housing-crisis-348869 <p>The vacancy rate in Montreal is at two per cent this year, for the third year in a row. The price for a three-bedroom, family sized-apartment generally starts at $1,500 a month. While the average price for a two-bedroom apartment is roughly $1,050 a month, according to the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation, units under $1,000 are disappearing fast. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/moving-day-how-inflation-and-a-housing-shortage-may-complicate-quebec-renters-plans-1.6423904" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CTV</a>) </p> Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:42:06 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 304536 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-should-montreals-high-schools-be-reformed-345533 <p>If you could redesign high school, what might you change? Like most educational institutions across Canada, Montreal’s English high schools retain structures from the time of the industrial revolution. As the realities of students’ lives have transformed, schools are slowly adapting to a knowledge-based economy and unpredictable ecological and social challenges.</p> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:04:20 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288654 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-black-history-month-february-2022-337133 <p>Every February, people in Canada are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians and their communities. The theme for Black History Month 2022 is <b>February and Forever: Celebrating Black History today and every day</b>. (<a href="https://www.canada.ca/fr/patrimoine-canadien/campagnes/mois-histoire-des-noirs.html" target="_blank">Canadian Heritage</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from �㽶��Ƶ that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:21:58 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 285092 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-international-day-elimination-violence-against-women-november-25-335121 <p>Every year, from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to December 10 (World Human Rights Day), Canadians observe the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. It is an opportunity to come together to call out, speak up and renew our commitment to end gender-based violence. (<a href="https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorations-celebrations/16-days.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Women and Gender Equality Canada</a>) </p> <p>Here is an expert from �㽶��Ƶ that can provide comment on this issue: </p> Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:10:03 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 283657 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-cop-26-united-nations-climate-change-conference-334505 <p>The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Italy. The summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC. More than 190 world leaders will participate, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks. (<a href="https://www.un.org/en/un-climate-change-conference-cop-26" target="_blank">United Nations</a>)</p> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:19:26 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 282996 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-talibans-rapid-advance-across-afghanistan-332466 <p>Taliban insurgents entered Kabul after previously taking control of all of Afghanistan's other major cities apart from the capital. Prior talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government on a political understanding that could lead to a peace deal, backed by the United States and its allies, have failed to make significant progress. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taliban-afghanistan-timeline-1.6141890" target="_blank">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here is an expert from �㽶��Ƶ that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:24:42 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 272855 at /newsroom /newsroom/bronwen-low Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:32:45 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 262264 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-international-womens-day-march-8-329261 <p>This year, the theme for the International Women’s Day, “<i>Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world</i>,” celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the gaps that remain. Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes, and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all.</p> Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:59:44 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256645 at /newsroom /newsroom/joseph-levitan Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:59:35 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 255962 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-and-trafalgar-school-forge-new-partnership-transform-education-324794 <p>�㽶��Ƶ’s Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls are partnering to establish a transformative partnership - the CoLab. A first of its kind in Canada, the CoLab will integrate teacher training, classroom practice and cutting-edge pedagogical research under one roof.</p> Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:35:28 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 240442 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/back-school-experts-269638 <h3>Minorities and bullying</h3> <p>Religious bullying & religious literacy, inclusion of minorities in public education – <span class="spamspan"><span class="u">alice.chan</span> [at] <span class="d">mail.mcgill.ca</span><span class="a"> (Alice Chan)</span></span>, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), English only</p> Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:01:24 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 32179 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/strong-link-between-child-welfare-and-youth-homelessness-canada-269316 <p>A new <a href="http://homelesshub.ca/childwelfare">report</a> shows that almost sixty percent (57.8%) of homeless youth in Canada report involvement with the child welfare system at some point in their lives. In comparison, among the general population in Canada, roughly 0.3% of youth have child welfare involvement. This suggests that youth experiencing homelessness are 193 times more likely than youth in the general population to report involvement with the child welfare system.</p> Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:44:29 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32157 at /newsroom