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USA Today: Dr. Joe Schwarcz comments on "toxic" chemicals

How safe is your shampoo, sofa or shirt? Campaign will soon launch efforts to get ten major U.S. retailers to phase out potentially "toxic" products. Dr. Joe Schwarcz comments on when "toxic" really "toxic." 

Published on : 10 Apr 2013

Dateline NBC: Dr. Joe Schwarcz on "Hormone Disruptors"

Dr. Joe Schwarcz sits down with NBC News' Andrea Canning to take a look at "hormone disruptors", chemicals potentially found in everyday objects that can affect our health. Question is, are they really something to worry about?  Watch it here. 

Published on : 29 Mar 2013

Review of "The Right Chemistry" by Dr. Harriet Hall

Dr. Harriet Hall, also known as the SkepDoc, reviews Dr. Joe Schwarcz' latest book, "The Right Chemistry," and concludes that both him and his book do it just right. To read the review, please click here.

Published on : 27 Feb 2013

VIDEO: Is Monogamy Determined by our Genes?

Are we designed to be faithful? Dr. Ariel Fenster takes a look at whether monogamy is pre-determined.

Published on : 19 Feb 2013

Homeopathy Debate: Follow-up Questions/Answers by Joe Schwarcz & Andre Saine

A note from Dr. Joe Schwarcz: After our November 26 debate Andre Saine and I agreed to ask each other questions that would be answered in writing and posted on our websites. Mine were ready a few days after the event; I have just received Andre’s. Because I had agreed to post his answers, I am doing so here with some trepidation. The reason is that there is some dangerous advice here about antibiotics and malaria prophylaxis, but I think our readers will see through this.

Published on : 14 Feb 2013

What You Think You Know (but Don't) About Healthy Eating

By Jane Brody, The New York Times Let’s start the new year on scientifically sound footing by addressing some nutritional falsehoods that circulate widely in cyberspace, locker rooms, supermarkets and health food stores. As a result, millions of people are squandering hard-earned dollars on questionable, even hazardous foods and supplements. 

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Published on : 07 Feb 2013

VIDEO: Debate follow-up with Joe Schwarcz & Andre Saine

Click here to see some follow-up on the second debate on Alternative Medicine, Homeopathy: Mere Placebo or Great Medicine?

Published on : 20 Dec 2012

Announcing the 2012 recipients of the AUCC Students for Development awards

The Internship Offices Network is pleased to announce that McGill University was awarded eight Students for Development awards for the summer 2012, as part of its multi-year projects with Green Power and Nexos Voluntarios, through the AUCC Students for Development competition (AUCC-SFD), funded by CIDA.

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Published on : 12 Apr 2012

Results of the 2012 ISID-CIDA Research to Practice Graduate Student Fellowships in Development Studies are announced

The Institute for the Study of International Development is pleased to announce that 12 graduate students have been awarded a Research to Practice Graduate Student Fellowship in Development Studies. Funding for this award has been provided by the Canadian International Development Agency as part of its most recent grant to ISID.

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Published on : 26 Jan 2012

Headway research blog

The brand new McGill Headway blog brings together updates on McGill discoveries and worldwide research trends, all in one convenient place. And with updates 4-6 times a week you can count on Headway to keep you in the know.

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Published on : 11 May 2011

Time for universities to lead the way on sustainability

“As I arrived to my first ever university lecture hall in the fall of 2007, I can’t say I was particularly concerned about my undergraduate experience.”

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Published on : 07 Apr 2011

SPF celebrates a birthday, Catalyst Award winners announced

Financial support from students, administration has already launched 32 projects

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Published on : 07 Apr 2011

Interview — Gerald Butts, Member of McGill’s BOG & President of World Wildlife Fund Canada

A former two-time Canadian National Debating Champion while pursuing his Honours BA and MA at McGill in the 1990s, Gerald Butts knows a thing or two about the power of words.

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Published on : 06 Apr 2011

Saving trees saves money at DAR

There is a common misconception that the problem with adopting sustainable work practices is they are both expensive and inconvenient. The people at Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) would gladly tell you otherwise.

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Published on : 06 Apr 2011