Dementia Education Program Newsletter

Experts: Cannabis use in Quebec

Published: 14 April 2026

The Québec Cannabis Survey released today shows cannabis use has risen modestly since legalization, with 17 per cent of Quebecers reporting use in 2025, up from 14 per cent in 2018, though trends...

Expert: Orbán’s defeat in Hungary

Published: 13 April 2026

In an election that brought a record-high turnout, Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister for the last 16 years, was defeated Sunday by Péter Magyar, leader of the country’s centre-right, pro...

Experts: Cancer in Canada in 2026

Published: 13 April 2026

An estimated 254,100 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer and 87,900 will die from the disease in 2026, according to new modelling published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Lung...

Internalization of homophobia and transphobia may undermine mental health benefits of religiosity or spirituality for LGBTQIA+ people, study finds

Published: 13 April 2026

Non-affirming religious doctrine may engender internalized homophobia or transphobia among LGBTQIA+ people of faith, undermining the positive mental health outcomes otherwise associated with...

Expert: Technology and gender-based violence

Published: 10 April 2026

European non-profit AI Forensics published a report this week on how massive, organized user networks are spreading and monetizing non-consensual intimate images, including child sexual abuse...

Non-producing oil and gas wells emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimated

Published: 9 April 2026

Microbial methane leaking from non-producing oil and gas wells is being emitted at rates about 1,000 times higher than previously estimated, according to a new study led by McGill University...

McGill inaugurates new facilities at Macdonald Campus to advance teaching and research on climate‑resilient agriculture

Published: 9 April 2026

McGill University today inaugurated state‑of‑the‑art teaching greenhouse and plant phenotyping research facilities at its Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. These represent major investments...

Researchers turn to mussels and mistletoe to design sustainable materials

Published: 8 April 2026

Taking inspiration from how mussels and mistletoe plants build natural fibres and adhesives, researchers at McGill University have developed a new way to manufacture complex materials that could...

Largest-ever study of psychedelics could help advance their use in treating mental health disorders

Published: 7 April 2026

Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that several psychedelic drugs – including psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, DMT and ayahuasca – produce a common pattern of brain activity despite their...

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