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National Volunteer Week: April 14-20, 2024 The theme for this year's National Volunteer Week is Every Moment Matters. It highlights the importance of every volunteer and each contribution they make at a moment when we need support more than ever. The sharing of time, skills, empathy, and creativity is vital to the inclusivity, strength, and wellbeing of our communities. Published: 15 April 2024

The Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) has awarded the 2023-2024 Professor of the Year Award to Professor Mary Dellar. This annual award recognizes a professor's outstanding commitment to students and engaging and innovative teaching methods. It is the highest honour given by the undergraduate student body at the McGill Desautels Faculty of Management.Published: 16 April 2024

The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced the recipients of its latest competition of Partnership Engage Grants including a total of $100,000 awarded to four McGill researchers. Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities between researchers and single partner organizations from the public, private or non-profit sector. McGill researchers received approximately $25,000 each in...

Each year, the McGill Alumni Association (MAA) recognizes alumni, friends, students, faculty, and staff whose commitment has significantly impacted alumni life, the University, and/or the community. The honorees stand out for their impressive contributions and achievements in service to McGill, the MAA, and their respective communities. Published: 16 April 2024

When it comes to valuable outside-the-classroom learning experiences, a competition attended by a team of students from McGill’s Macdonald Campus ticked all the boxes.  Four students in the Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program travelled to California in early April for the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge.Published: 16 April 2024

April 14, 2024 | In Policy Magazine's Emerging Voices series, two Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them. In the second article, Adrita Rahman stresses the importance of a simplified, accessible budget document that allows all Canadians to understand how their tax dollars are allocated. Adrita Rahman is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of...

April 11, 2024 | In Policy Magazine's Emerging Voices series, two Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them. In the first article, Leah Brodovsky underscores the pressing need for a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as natural disasters, particularly flooding, become increasingly common and costly due to climate change. Leah Brodovsky is a Master of Public Policy candidate at...

La version française suit McGill University Library is happy to announce a new space for parents and guardians to enjoy quality time with their children right on campus. Nestled on the second floor of the Redpath Library Building, the Family Room is a private, friendly space that caters to the needs of caregivers and their children. With its cozy seating areas and abundant natural...

Hydrolux is revolutionizing the heavy transport sector with their development of green hydrogen fueling stations. Check out our latest interview with co-founder and CEO Friedrich Dehem-Lemelin as he joins our cohort at WCEF in Brussels! Read full article Published: 16 April 2024

Kristy A. Robinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, received two awards at this year's meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). From the AERA Motivation in Education Special Interest Group, she received the Wilbert C. McKeachie Early Career Award for Motivation in Education Research, and from AERA Division C (Learning and Instruction), she received the Outstanding Early Career...

March 18, 2024 | Pearl Eliades recently contributed her expertise to an episode of "Arrest sur le droit," a podcast dedicated to analyzing recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions. In Episode 4, Pearl discusses the SCC's ruling to the case of Ward v. Quebec (Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission), exploring its implications for freedom of expression.  Listen here.  Published: 11 April 2024

Instagram is aiming to make it harder for potential scammers and criminals to coerce teens into sending nude photos and extort them for money. The company announced on Thursday it is testing new features to curb an alarming trend called financial sextortion, which often targets kids and teenagers. (CNN)  Here is an expert from McGill University who can comment on this issue: Published: 11 April...

For many Canadians, one of the most visible climate impacts is on the availability and cost of the food we eat as climate change, global crises and profit-driven food companies have combined to drive food insecurity. Amid this crisis, students are sowing seeds of change on university campuses across the country, including at McGill. Student-led food initiatives such as campus gardens, food waste diversion...

No one can say for sure whether Canada’s 2024 wildfire season will be as devastating as last year, when 15 million hectares of forest burned and over 230,000 people had to be evacuated from their communities, but the relative lack of snow this winter, drought conditions in several regions and an early start to fire season have officials on high alert.Published: 11 April 2024

CBC News interviewed agronomist and economist Pascal Thériault, McGill Farm Management and Technology Program Director, about recent protests by Quebec farmers asking for more government aid as they face rising costs of business and financial hardship. "There's a need to actually start re-thinking programs to be able to better accommodate for the future over the long run," Thériault told journalists. Published: 11 April 2024

Photo: Anaïs Remili (centre), winner of the Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, with Valérie Orsat, Acting Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and McGill President, Deep SainiPublished: 11 April 2024

On Monday April 8th, thousands of people flocked to McGill's downtown and MacDonald campuses, as well as Gault Nature Reserve, to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event: the total solar eclipse. The three spectacular events not only included a viewing party with free glasses, but also educational activities to inform the public on this astronomical phenomenon. Read the Reporter article on the eclipse festivities to learn more. Published:...

In The Conversation, Department of Natural Resource Sciences PhD Candidate Elson Ian Nyl Galang and Dalhousie University Postdoc Lara Cornejo write about their experience gathering a group of leading thinkers in Halifax, near the iconic Bay of Fundy, to set about imagining “what could plausibly happen to the Bay of Fundy coast by 2072.”Published: 11 April 2024

ISID is pleased to release a new policy brief entitled "Climate Adaptation Finance:  the Gap Between Needs and Resources Continues to Grow", by ISID Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir along with his colleague Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez.  Read about it HERE Published: 11 April 2024

«Ça m’aide vraiment à apprécier la vie»: les antidépresseurs rendent-ils vraiment heureux? Lire ici Published: 11 April 2024

Macdonald community members gathered at the Ceilidh on Wednesday, April 3, to celebrate the Gold Key Recipients for 2024. Students, staff, friends, and family listened in as Daniil Batanau, Henry Cordoba Novoa, Sara Kosumi, Philippe Leblond, and Henry Lee shared their inspiring stories of how they became involved in community life at Macdonald Campus and how rewarding it has been for them to give back to...

Student engagement was high at the Future of Food Conference in Ottawa, as youth turned out to hear panellists and keynote speeches by stakeholders from across the agriculture value chain. Several student groups from Queen’s, McGill and the University of Ottawa heard about sustainability, innovation and politics in agriculture at the February event. McGill Farm Management and Technology student Aidan Velthuis, who grew up...

It’s possible animals — pets and wildlife alike — will behave unusually during Quebec’s total solar eclipse on April 8 , according to experts on their behaviour. David Bird, emeritus professor of wildlife biology at McGill University, told the Montreal Gazette that birds, insects and bats are the main groups expected to be affected, or “the main ones that everybody’s sort of keeping an...

The MCLIU Course Lecturers and Instructors Union held its Special General Assembly on April 5, 2024 to present the contents of the agreement in principle. We are pleased to announce that members voted in favor of the proposed new collective agreement. The current agreement expired on August 31, 2022; the new agreement will end on August 31, 2027. In the coming weeks, the parties...

McGill researchers have discovered a safer and more efficient technique for testing new drugs while they are in development.Published: 9 April 2024

To all Finance users, The month of March 2024 is closed. You may pick up your Minerva Financial Statements by logging into Minerva via https://horizon.mcgill.ca/minerva This link will bring you directly to the Finance (Fund) Administration Menu >> Financial Statements menu option. Published: 9 April 2024

The current chairholder of the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, Jocelyn Maclure, recently took part in a publication by OBVIA called "Interdisciplinary Dialogues: The Major Risks of Generative AI". Please see the link below to read the publication. Published: 7 April 2024

The following message is being sent on behalf of McGill’s Human Resources Department. La version française suit. Dear members of the McGill community, As noted in my March 23 message, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) representing Teaching Assistants began a strike on March 25. Since then, we have received various questions from our community, which I aim to address below.Published:...

Dr. Gabriella Gobbi has been elected as the new President of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP). It is a historic moment for CINP to elect its first woman President.Published: 5 April 2024

Imagine being middle aged and starting to feel that you are off balance a lot and that you are having a hard time coordinating your movements. Those are among the symptoms of Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, known as SCA6, a rare neurodegenerative disease which typically appears in adulthood and worsens over time. Over time, other problems such as slurred speech and difficulty seeing or...

Users may see the following error message when an attachment fails to download: “Error downloading the file content.” Downloading attachments and embedded image viewing may succeed after signing out and then back into Outlook on the web. If available, users can download attachments and view embedded images consistently through the Outlook desktop client. IT Services is currently working on a fix to resolve the...

Victoria Talwar, ECP Professor, Faculty of Education Interim Dean, and Lab Director of the Talwar Child Development Research Lab, recently published a paper in Developmental Psychology that investigates the effects of honesty promotion techniques on children of different ages.Published: 3 April 2024

The Federal Government of Canada has increased the federal carbon tax from $65 a tonne to $80 as of April 1, 2024. Christopher Ragan joins several news outlets below sharing his expertise. Opinion: Carbon pricing has become our national dumpster fire | The Globe and Mail Carbon tax hike kicks in across Canada | CHCHPublished: 3 April 2024

Please be advised that McGill University has mandated St-Denis Thompson to carry out the following project: 16-135 Strathcona Music – Rehabilitation of building envelope Lot 4.   Building envelope restoration of South, East and North stone masonry facades. Construction is expected to last three years and will be carried out during the spring, summer and fall periods of 2024, 2025 and 2026.  Construction start date: April...

The achievements of International Master’s Program for Managers alumnus Damiano Baj (IMPM’16) were recognized with the European Chief Information Officer Award at the Wealth Briefing Awards in London on March 21, 2024. “Anyone who meets Damiano is immediately struck by both his accomplished expertise and thoughtful philosophy of management and how this connects to his theory of business,” says Martin Brigham, an associate professor...

Position Information: Administrative Officer, Office of Indigenous Initiatives at McGill University  Brief List of Duties: Published: 3 April 2024

MORSL is excited to announce the launch of the Winter issue of our student-centred spirituality magazine Radix! In this issue "Between Worlds", our writers and artists have beautifully transcended the "isms" to bridge distances between worlds. Reality, as it turns out, is as plural as there are people walking this vast, plentiful earth. We are proud to present here poems, prose, photographs, and artworks...

The Montreal Canadiens have been the hottest ticket in town for over a century, but the Habs no longer the only professional hockey team capable of drawing a standing-room only crowd to the Bell Centre. Tickets for the Professional Women’s Hockey League April 20 2024 matchup between Montreal and Toronto sold out in less than twenty minutes, and will set a new record for...

Thirty McGill researchers across disciplines have received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) through their Insight Development Grants competition. In total, $35.3 million in funding for 577 research projects at 66 Canadian institutions was announced. Published: 3 April 2024

On December 15, 2023, President Deep Saini announced that Professor Anja Geitmann had been appointed Interim Vice-President (Global Engagement). Her one-year assignment began on January 1, 2024.Published: 1 April 2024

March 6, 2024 | Vincent Rigby attended the 92nd Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence which is the largest and longest of its kind in Canada. The conference is an annual event held at the Chateau Laurier since 1932. Published: 27 March 2024

March 20, 2024 | Vincent Rigby joins host Geoffrey St. John in an episode of the Canadian Foreign Intelligence Service podcast series and argues that Canada should carefully consider the creation of a foreign intelligence service. He believes that Canada's National Security Policy is outdated and needs a full review, which will open up conversations on establishing a foreign intelligence agency.Published: 27 March 2024

Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early on Tuesday after a container ship smashed into a pylon, sending eight people into frigid water below. Authorities stopped people from using the bridge after getting a mayday call, which Maryland's governor said saved lives. (CTV News)  Here is an expert from McGill University who can comment on this issue: Published: 27 March 2024

Researchers at McGill University have come up with an innovative approach to improve the energy efficiency of carbon conversion, using waste material from pulp and paper production. The technique they’ve pioneered using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan not only reduces the energy required to convert carbon into useful products, but also reduces overall waste in the environment.Published: 27 March 2024

Conductor Marianne Trudel and McGill Jazz Orchestra I are in and around Montreal to close out their season.  You have four more opportunities to see them perform! Follow the links below for more detail: An annual collaboration with the Cégep Drummondville Big Band, enjoy three performances in one night: Drummondville | Cégep Drummondville | March 26, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.Published: 25 March 2024

Participate in this study to investigate the acute independent effects of dietary protein supplementation on bone metabolism in healthy adults aged 18-35 years participating in high-volume endurance running. Duration: One baseline visit followed by two trials of 2 days each (approximately 15 hours total). Criteria: 1) Must be between the age of 18 - 35 years old 2) Running at least 40 km/week the...

Looking for adults aged 50 and above diagnosed with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes to participate in a research study. Participation involves one audio-recorded interview conducted via Microsoft Teams or by phone.Published: 25 March 2024

Representatives from student groups across campus and beyond gathered in the University Centre for a Food Security Summit on March 15 to discuss ways to improve the sustainability, accessibility, and affordability of food systems at McGill. The summit included presentations, “visioning sessions” where attendees exchanged ideas on discussion questions in smaller groups, and a free lunch. Published: 25 March 2024