Seeking submissions for the special 25th anniversary edition of Radix! Our theme for the year is “Growth.”
How have you developed from your roots? Where have the branches of your life taken you? What does it take to mature?
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Published on: 24 Oct 2025
When the auto maker Stellantis announced its plan to shift production of the Jeep Compass SUV from Brampton, Ontario to Belvidere, Illinois, the Government of Canada didn’t take the news sitting down. It threatened to sue the multinational company, saying that the shift violated previous agreements between the multinational automotive company and the government, which stipulated the automaker had to maintain its Canadian footprint. “There is a huge amount of taxpayer money that has gone in to this company,” Prof.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
Artificial intelligence is still an emerging technology, and we are only in the early stages of its regulation. The European Union is at the forefront of the technology’s regulation, says Simon Blanchette, Lecturer at McGill Desautels. The EU already has an artificial intelligence act, which centers on the level of privacy risk associated with individual use cases. “For example, when AI is used to evaluate loan or job applications, lots of sensitive, private information will be gathered,” Blanchette told CTV News.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
Beginning in 2026, Starbucks will be phasing out its mobile order pick-up only locations, abandoning an approach built for speed and efficiency. In an earnings call, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the pick-up only locations had a transactional feel that lacks warmth and human connection. The move favours ‘stay and savour’ customers over ‘grab-and-go ones’, writes Vivek Astvansh in The Conversation. The move could come at a cost, argues the Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics at McGill Desautels.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
Congratulations to Shaina Balyasnyy from the Psychology program (Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences) for winning the Student Digital Experience survey contest held in Fall 2025.
Shaina won a Fujifilm Instax mini Evo instant camera (film included). Thank you to everyone who entered!
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
The company that makes Tylenol is pushing back against a proposed safety warning on labels for all drugs containing acetaminophen. A petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration calls for labels to state that, if taken during pregnancy, the medication may increase a child’s risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Gilles Roth visited McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management to celebrate a milestone partnership and the launch of the McGill Centre for Finance in Luxembourg and the Master of Management in Finance (MMF) in Luxembourg programme.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
Physics researchers Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin organize FRB2025, celebrating the 10th anniversary of a major finding in the field
Doris Hua, Faculty of Science Communications Assistant
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
McGill researchers who examined the writing skills of teenagers in Montreal found that the performance in French of English-French bilinguals was similar to that of near-monolingual francophones. Bilinguals were defined as teens raised in anglophone or bilingual (English-French) households and who had had significant exposure to French through attending French-language school. Further, the English writing skills of the bilingual participants were found to be on par with their French writing skills.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
Some national pension funds operate on a ‘pay as you go’ model, meaning that retiree pensions are primarily funded by current workers. But other national pension plans—including the Canada Pension Plan—operate on a capitalized model, meaning that workers contributions are invested to fund future payouts. Capitalized plans allow for funds to be invested in a wider variety of assets, and can yield much bigger returns, according to research by Patrick Augustin, Associate Professor of Finance at McGill Desautels.
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Published on: 22 Oct 2025
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Published on: 22 Oct 2025
Federal investment boosts McGill’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced over $198 million in federal funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, including more than $13 million to support 19 Chairs—nine new and ten renewed—at McGill.
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Published on: 22 Oct 2025
A report released yesterday by an inter-university team of researchers has found that none of the mobile games intended for children under the age of 13 fully comply with Quebec, Canadian or U.S. laws on the protection of children's data.
This McGill University expert was part of the research team and can discuss this topic:
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Published on: 22 Oct 2025
Federal investment boosts McGill’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced over $198 million in federal funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, including more than $13 million to support 19 Chairs—nine new and ten renewed—at McGill.
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Published on: 22 Oct 2025
D2R is deeply committed to fostering Indigenous leadership within the realms of genomic medicine, RNA therapeutics and health inequities. We believe research is strongest when it is guided by respect, collaboration and trust. Our approach both respects and relies on Indigenous governance structures and ethics to guide project development, data management, and dissemination of results, ensuring outcomes are beneficial and aligned with the priorities of Indigenous communities.
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Published on: 22 Oct 2025
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