Regardless of who owns the land, we have a shared responsibility toward it. At Montreal’s Sid Lee Architecture, Pascal Harvey is bringing an Indigenous lens to urban planning, and believes this worldview can be reconciled with real estate development by treating land occupation with collective responsibility–even when land is privately owned. The Innu sociologist, urban planner and entrepreneur shared insights about how Indigenous world views can inform urban planning with Prof. Karl Moore.
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Published on: 7 Apr 2022
Black leaders carry extra burden. Organizations often expect them to take on advocacy roles in equity, diversity and inclusion, but that should be everyone’s responsibility, argued panelists at the Desautels Faculty of Management’s Black History Month virtual event. Moderated by Lysie Salomon (BCom’17), the panel considered authenticity, leadership, and allyship in the workplace. It featured Dr.
Published on: 17 Mar 2022
In a new report supported by the Women's Entrepreneur Knowledge Hub out of Ryerson University, Prof. Patricia Hewlin and former Integrated Management fellows Sandra Urbina Chang (MBA’19), Fiorella Rojas Vizarreta, (MBA‘19) and Hoaran Wang (BCom’20) outline a two-part study on perceptions and attitudes towards supplier diversity.
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Published on: 2 Dec 2021
Earlier this fall, the Chinese government banned coverage of feminine-presenting men from TV shows and other broadcasted programming. The news provokes new fears and questions surrounding gender, culture, and art among Chinese communities, says Professor Elena Obukhova. Despite the crackdown, the lines between how the government views feminine and masculine traits remain blurry and undefined, especially in the entertainment industry.
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Published on: 1 Dec 2021
Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health alumna Mabel Carabali is also quoted in this piece.
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Published on: 4 Nov 2021
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts quoted by Scientific American.
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Published on: 21 Oct 2021
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, authored a recent Forbes opinion piece.
"Yesterday, President Joe Biden convened heads of state and leaders from diverse organizations for the Global COVID-19 Summit. A key target announced was to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s population by this time next year. But experts and advocates argue that this target will not be met purely with good intentions, pledges and vaccine donations."
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Published on: 24 Sep 2021
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, spoke with CBC Radio.
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Published on: 20 Sep 2021
Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, spoke with CTV news
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Published on: 15 Sep 2021
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts quoted by CBC.
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Published on: 14 Sep 2021
In episode 2 of The ‘New Normal’ hosted by Dave Kaufman, Professor Lisa Cohen discusses how the shift to working from home that has been hastened by the Covid-19 pandemic, how the work from home phenomenon has been more disadvantageous to some members of society than others, and ways in which working at home has given us all more time to think about how to make our world a more equitable place.
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Published on: 21 May 2021
Dr. Philip S.S. Howard of the Department of Integrated Studies in Education will be this year's keynote speaker for Western University's Perspectives on Teaching, Spring Conference. This free virtual conference will "focus on looking back, moving forward, and lessons learned from a year of change and disruption in higher education", according to conference organizers.
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Published on: 11 May 2021
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Lucia Wang, master’s student in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill, shares her perspective on the role of equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM education.
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Published on: 22 Feb 2021
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, public transport agencies across North America have made significant adjustments to services, including cutting trip frequency in many areas while increasing it in others. In many cases, these changes, especially service cuts, have disproportionately affected areas where lower-income and more vulnerable groups live, according to a new study from McGill University.
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Published on: 16 Sep 2020
A team of ca. 30 diverse scientists from all around the world, and from all walks of life, have come together to compose the article A diverse view of science to catalyst change, highlighting and promoting the importance and benefits of equity, diversity and inclusion in science.
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Published on: 17 Aug 2020
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