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Disruptive Innovation, the Energy Transition, and Canada

Thursday, May 21, 2026 17:30to19:30

Date: May 21, 2026 | Time: 5:30PM | Location: McGill Faculty Club | Followed by a Cocktail Reception | Free Event...

Sustainability & Industry: what next and what’s next?

Thursday, May 14, 2026 15:00to17:00

Date: May 14th, 2026 | Time: 3:00 PM | Location: McGill Faculty Club | Co-Host Event With McGill Mechanical Engineering ...

McGill researchers build the best light-powered, room-temperature computer yet

Published: 18 February 2026

McGill and Queen’s University researchers have built an improved version of a computer that uses light to solve extremely hard problems more quickly and at larger scale than existing systems,...

Vincent Rigby on The Arctic Appetites of Donald Trump | Policy Magazine

Published: 30 January 2026

January 29, 2026 | In Policy Magazine, Vincent Rigby, writing with Lawrence L. Herman, warns that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland signals a bigger risk to Canadian...

RNA therapy may be a solution for infant hydrocephalus

Published: 29 January 2026

For the first time, drug targeting genetic mutation shown to have positive impact in mice models ...

Woyesa Worana on Ethiopia’s Shrinking Civic Space | Policy Magazine

Published: 28 January 2026

January 26, 2026 | MPP student Woyesa Worana wrote for the Policy Magazine on Ethiopia's rapidly shrinking civic space as the country approaches its June elections. He argued that the rollback of...

Aftab Ahmed on Mark Carney's Davos Speech | Policy Magazine

Published: 26 January 2026

January 23, 2026 | In Policy Magazine, Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about Mark Carney's Davos speech detailing the international system's rules-based order being near its end. He highlighted...

Interview with Thomas Duchaine: a vaccine that fights COVID-19… and cancer!

Published: 15 December 2025

D2R's funded-researcher Thomas Duchaine recently sat down with Radio-Canada to discuss emerging research suggesting that RNA vaccines developed for COVID-19 may also enhance the effectiveness of...

MSSI x XPRIZE: A transdisciplinary symposium on creating societal change

Monday, February 3, 2025 08:00to20:00

On February 3rd, 2025, McGill University and the XPRIZE will host a symposium at McGill in Montreal, Canada, celebrating McGill joining the XPRIZE’s Higher Education Network.3450 rue McTavish,...

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