January 7, 2020 | There are serious concerns about how Facebook will police deepfake videos. Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen talks about why these sophisticated videos need editorial oversight.
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Published on: 14 Jan 2020
September 12, 2019 | Social media might not be to blame for Canadians’ ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. “A lot of people don’t use social media very actively,” said Eric Merkley, a researcher on the project. “People on Twitter are not representative of the broader population.”
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
September 2, 2019 | An estimated 19 million Canadians have been affected by data breaches between November 2018 and June 2019, according to numbers obtained by "Attention Control with Kevin Newman," a new podcast that launched Monday. The numbers come from 446 breaches that were reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC). Victims of these kinds of data breaches are vulnerable to identity theft, financial crime, even violence in some cases.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
August 10, 2019| Beware of things you see online that make you emotional, one media expert warns ahead of the fall election. Taylor Owen, professor at McGill University and the co-creator of the Digital Democracy Project, says fake news often preys on feelings like anger and fear.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
August 7, 2019 | Canadians aren’t as divided into partisan echo chambers as social media would suggest, but a heavy news diet doesn't guarantee you'll be informed, a new study has found.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
To all Finance users,
The month of June 2019 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.
For questions or assistance, you may contact the Finance Helpdesk at 514-398-3463 or via email at fishelp.acct [at] mcgill.ca.
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Published on: 10 Jul 2019
The Human Resources Office in the Faculty of Arts is pleased to announce the latest updates to Administrative and Support Staff positions within the Faculty. Join us in wishing your colleagues well in their new roles.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
To all Finance users,
The month of May 2019 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.
For questions or assistance, you may contact the Finance Helpdesk at 514-398-3463 or via email at fishelp.acct [at] mcgill.ca.
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Published on: 10 Jun 2019
The World Economic Forum is the international Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The Fourth Industrial Revolution – the current period of rapid, simultaneous and systemic transformations driven by advances in science and technology – is reshaping industries, blurring geographical boundaries, challenging existing regulatory frameworks, and even redefining what it means to be human.
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Published on: 23 Apr 2019
Par Andy Blatchford, Presse canadienne, Ottawa
Le Canada prévoit attirer plus d'étudiants internationaux en renforçant sa présence à l'étranger afin de promouvoir la diversité des salles de classe et d'accroître les retombées économiques qui atteignent déjà des milliards de dollars par année.
Selon une analyse fédérale, les retombées économiques des étudiants étrangers ont presque doublé de 2010 à 2016, atteignant un total de 15,5 milliards. Cela va des frais de scolarité au loyer et à la facture d'épicerie.
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Published on: 15 Apr 2019
By Neale McDevitt, Editor, McGill Reporter
McGill is only Canadian member of the Global University Leaders Forum
Principal Suzanne Fortier and Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, are in Davos, Switzerland to take part in the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, running from January 22–25.
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Published on: 23 Jan 2019
L’université McGill offre la possibilité de faire des échanges étudiants avec d’autres universités dans le monde. Jacinthe Dion a sauté sur l’occasion et proposé sa candidature pour étudier à celle de Hong Kong, une destination de choix pour elle. L’étudiante a eu la chance d’être acceptée et est allée dans le pays asiatique du 28 août au 20 décembre.
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Published on: 16 Jan 2019
A team of Canadian scientists, including researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), has discovered the first French-Canadian founder mutation gene linked to synucleinopathies, a group of neurodegenerative diseases that includes Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy-Bodies (DLB) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).
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Published on: 2 Oct 2018
Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL), in conjunction with Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), is pleased to announce the launch of its Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition.
This competition aims to attract, train and retain top students at the postdoctoral level from across disciplines and around the world to participate in interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research training opportunities related to brain and mental health research, knowledge translation/mobilization and innovation.
Published on: 20 Sep 2018
Undergraduate, Health Sciences and Graduate, and Postdoctoral students can find updated academic info on the eCalendar—browse each faculty section or search the entire site for program requirements; course availability; departmental & advising contacts; and other academic information!
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Published on: 14 Sep 2018
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