Watch now: Race and Reckoning in Canada
A lecture from Dr. Debra Thompson about what defines the boundaries of Blackness and belonging in Canada, which took place on February 18, 2021.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/gqt-4soVnSs
Watch now: The Resilience of Western Alienation in a Transformative Era
A lecture about western alienation, Canadian federalism, regional conflict, and more that took place on Friday, February 12, 2021.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/JgKPEkRmAoA
Why, in the evolution of the Canadian federal state, does there seem to be so much regional conflict and so little unity?
Watch now: Minister David Lametti, "From Lectures to Lawmaking"
The 2020 Mallory Lecture from Min. David Lametti, "From Lectures to Lawmaking," is now available to watch online!
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghlGkz-rits
The 2020 Mallory Lecture, co-presented by MISC and the McGill Faculty of Law.
Watch now: Rediscovering Louis St-Laurent
The video from MISC's panel discussion, "Rediscovering Louis St-Laurent," is now available to watch online!
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzQEAZfgjhc
A discussion about the influence of a politician whose astute policies and bold resolve moved Canada into the modern era, which took place on January 28, 2021.
Featuring MISC Director Daniel Béland in conversation with:
Happy without money: Minimally monetized societies can exhibit high subjective well-being
The IHSP's Christopher Barrington-Leigh has co-authored the following article:
Miñarro S, Reyes-García V, Aswani S, Selim S, Barrington-Leigh CP, Galbraith ED
Child Marriage in Canada
The IHSP's Alissa Koski and her colleague Shelley Clark have been receiving some media attention from their recent article:
Child Marriage in CanadaKoski A and Clark SPopulation and Development Review (2021).https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12369 Published January 8th, 2021
Abstract:
Conceptualisation and Operationalisation of a Holistic Indicator of Health for Older Inuit: Results of a Sequential Mixed-Methods Project
The IHSP's Mylène Riva co-authored the following article:
Baron M, Riva M, Fletcher C, et al.
Determinants of personal exposure to PM2.5 and black carbon in Chinese adults: A repeated-measures study in villages using solid fuel energy
The IHSP's Jill Baumgartner co-authored an article in Environment International:
Lee M, Carter E, Yan L, et al.

Association Between Active Living Environments and Hospitalization for All-Causes and Cardiometabolic Disease
The IHSP's Mylène Riva co-authored the following article:
Mah MM, Sanmartin C, Riva M, Dasgupta K, Ross N.

Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada
Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study from researchers at McGill University. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.
Addressing competing risks when assessing the impact of health services interventions on hospital length of stay
The IHSP's Arijit Nandi co-authored an article in Epidemiology:
Batomen B, Moore L, Strumpf E, Nandi A
Dried blood spots to characterize mercury speciation and exposure in a Colombian artisanal and small-scale gold mining community
The IHSP's Jill Baumgartner co-authored an article in Chemosphere:
Santa-Rios A, Barst BD, Tejeda L, et al.

Foreign Practices: Immigrant Doctors and the History of Canadian Medicare
There is a new book out in November by Sasha Mullally and the IHSP's David Wright, published by McGill Queen's University Press (ISBN 9780228003717).
Overview
Blood mercury and plasma polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations in pregnant Inuit women from Nunavik: Temporal trends, 1992–2017
Thérèse Yéro Adamou, Mylène Riva, Gina Muckle, Elhadji Anassour Laouan Sidi, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte
Blood mercury and plasma polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations in pregnant Inuit women from Nunavik: Temporal trends, 1992–2017Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 15;743:140495.doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140495.
Harm Reduction: A Research Agenda
Dea S, Weinstock D.
Harm Reduction: A Research AgendaHealth Care Anal. 2020 Nov 3;1-3.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-020-00418-6
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