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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...

Friends, parks and brain wiring predict whether people exercise after a cardiovascular diagnosis

Published: 21 October 2025

Findings could help tailor interventions to encourage physical activity in older people with heart and blood flow conditions ...

Norman Hillmer on Mackenzie King’s Cautious Transformation

Published: 29 October 2025

October 1, 2025 | Norman Hillmer (Slater Family Visiting Scholar) co-authored the chapter “King’s Cautious Transformation” with Stephen Azzi in The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King (UBC Press,...

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,...

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch screening with Director Jennifer Baichwal

Thursday, November 28, 2024 18:00

A cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch is a four years in the making feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team...

Transforming Universities for Just and Sustainable Futures

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 12:00to13:00

Join the Leadership and Learning for Sustainability Lab and the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative for a Lunch and Learn with Dr. Julia Wittmayer.3420 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 3L1, CA...

MSSI Collective Meet-up

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 13:00to14:00

The monthly meetup for McGill grad students and postdoctoral sustainability researchers./mssiCategory: Sustainability

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