McGill Expert Alert: Holiday sources
Retail, Consumer
jui.ramaprasad [at] mcgill.ca (Jui Ramaprasad)
Professor, Information Systems, Desautels Faculty of Management
Expertise: social media, digital goods, music industry
English and French media
Spirituality
Ellen Aitken
Dean, Faculty of Religious Studies
Expertise: The spiritual meaning of the holiday season beneath the commercialism
English; French print media
Music & mood / Holiday music
daniel.levitin [at] mcgill.ca (Daniel Levitin)
Professor, Department of Psychology
Expertise: Music and the brain
English; French print media
Robert Zatorre
Professor, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute
Expertise: Music and the brain
Contact via Anita Kar, Communications, Montreal Neurological Institute anita.kar [at] mcgill.ca
English and French media
Donating to Charity Rewards the Brain
Dr. Alain Dagher
Neurologist, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital; Professor, Department of Neuroscience,
Expertise: The function of dopamine
contact via Anita Kar, Communications, Montreal Neurological Institute
anita.kar [at] mcgill.ca
English and French media
"Over-gifting"/Appropriate Gifts for the Holidays
Jeffrey Derevensky
Professor, Faculty of Education, Co-Director, International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems & High-Risk Behavior
English; French print media
Toy Safety/Recalls
Joe Schwarcz
Professor, Department of Chemistry; Director, McGill Office for Science and Society
Expertise: Health issues and the application of chemistry in everyday life
English; French print media
Holiday Depression/Suicide Rates
Camillo.zacchia [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (Camillo Zacchia)
Psychologist – Senior advisor, Mental Health Education Office (MHEO), Douglas Institute
Expertise: psychologist who can speak on mood during the holidays for those who are alone, going through divorce or in difficult family situations.
French and English media
Food Chemistry
Ariel Fenster
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Expertise: The chemistry behind alcoholic hangovers and "turkey hangovers"; the effect of eating chocolate on mood
French and English media
Exhibits from the McGill Libraries:
Ink and Blood exhibit: The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada and the McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections present Ink and Blood, an exhibition on the works of Polish-born graphic artist, book illustrator, caricaturist and stage designer Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). The exhibition, in place at the Redpath Library Building since Nov. 26, runs until Jan. 31, 2013.
Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005) – La bibliothèque d'un philosophe: Witness an exceptional intellectual journey, at the Grande Bibliothèque through an exhibit developed from the extraordinary library of leading 20th-century thinker Raymond Klibansky and bequeathed to McGill by the late professor. Exhibit runs until August 25, 2013.
