Aengus Bridgman on the 2025 Federal Election, Social Media Platforms, and Misinformation | The Law Bytes
March 31, 2025 | Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO), explains about the state of the major platforms in Canada in 2025, how our information ecosystem is vulnerable to misinformation, and what we should be doing about it. A contributor to studies on information issues in multiple federal and provincial elections, he is one of Canada’s leading experts on misinformation, digital activism, and the politics of digital media.
Published: 3 April 2025Today is World Autism Awareness Day!
To help raise awareness, the Neuro-Patient Resource Centre is highlighting their collection of e-books and audiobooks on autism available for everyone.
This collection includes a variety of books, from practical guides and self-care tips, to personal narratives that offer deep insight into the experiences of individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Check out our e-books and audiobooks online here: https://cusm.overdrive.com/collection/1663470
Published: 2 April 2025Jennifer Welsh on Canada Surviving in the Era of Trump's Administration | TVO Today
March 11, 2025 | Director Jennifer Welsh spoke about Canada surviving under Trump administration on TVO Today. Canada's foreign policy has long been influenced by the USA. So an important question arises now, how does Canada navigate in this new political climate? And how independent can Canada really become from the USA?
Published: 1 April 2025Jennifer Welsh's Special Issue on 'Localization in World Politics' | Oxford Academic
Director Jennifer Welsh co-edited a special issue of Global Studies Quarterly on Localization in World Politics. Welsh co-edited the collection of articles and co-authored the introductory essay. The article tackles four questions: (1) Why has localization become a focus of scholarly and policy attention? (2) What are the historical precursors of localization?
Published: 1 April 2025Dean Vivek Venkatesh and Professor Josheph Levitan Visit UNESCO MGIEP as Part of Research Tour
UNESCO MGIEP recently hosted Faculty of Education Dean, Vivek Venkatesh, and Professor Joseph Levitan, DISE, for a dialogue on community based participatory action research, and pluralism and polarization.
Their visit was part of a research tour including a dialogue on these topics to foster collaboration and to exchange ideas on education and societal challenges.
Published: 1 April 2025Second Neurogenesis talk of 2025 explores brain mechanisms in food choice and computational modelling
Last week, HBHL hosted the second talk of the Neurogenesis Speaker Series of 2025 at the Neuro, featuring Dana Small and Yashar Zeighami.
Dana Small’s presentation, "The Interoceptive Origins of Reward," explored how biological signals are integrated to determine food choice, while Yashar Zeighami’s talk, "Fine-Tuning Neuroimaging Analysis to Reveal Hidden Insights," highlighted his research into the development of multi-scale computational models of brain anatomy.
Published: 1 April 2025Schulich Alumni and Faculty at the 54th JUNO Awards!
Several Schulich faculty members and alumni are among this year’s JUNO Award winners and nominees! We are so proud to see these talented artists honoured for their contributions to Canada’s vibrant music industry.
Celebrating excellence in Canadian music, the 2025 JUNO Awards took place March 30 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
And the winner is:
Published: 1 April 2025SUSANhub is a vast growing resource for collaboration in sustainability research
Universities are typically organized into silos – engineering, business, medicine – but sustainability requires collaboration across these fields. “For example, solar energy involves policy, engineering, business,” says Juan Camilo Serpa, an Associate Professor at McGill Desautels.” To foster cross-disciplinary collaboration among sustainability researchers, Serpa created the Sustainability Action Network—or SUSAN for short.
Published: 1 April 2025Chinese tech firm DeepSeek shows smaller firms can compete with tech giants in AI
When OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, the hype around AI began building to a fever pitch. Big money poured in to big tech, sending the stock of companies like Microsoft and Nvidia soaring. But a December 2024 AI chatbot release from a much smaller Chinese tech firm is showing that generative AI can be built a much more modest budget. “Deepseek shows that smaller companies with more limited resources can compete with tech giants,” Prof. Ruslan Goyenko told Benefits Canada.
Published: 1 April 2025Proposed tax cuts will benefit working people, but also high income earners
The federal election campaign is well underway, and the leaders of the Liberal and Conservative parties are both proposing tax cuts for the lowest income tax bracket. Income up to $57,375 is currently taxed at a rate of 15%, and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed a 2.25% reduction to this rate. For his part, Liberal leader Mark Carney is proposing a 1% reduction. In either case, the tax savings do not just benefit the lowest income earners. Anyone who earns more the personal deduction amount -- $15,705 in 2024-- would save money on their taxes.
Published: 1 April 2025Construction (Re)Starts: Reconstruction of Upper Main Road - Downtown Campus
Please be advised that, following a winter break, construction work will resume with Ceveco Inc. to carry out the following project: 19-016 Reconstruction of Upper Main Road, Downtown Campus.
Description: Reconstruction of the Upper Main Road, from the Y intersection to the McCall MacBain Arts Building, including underground work.
Construction restart date: March 31, 2025
Planned construction end date: November 2025
Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. / Saturday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Published: 31 March 2025Experts: Is it Canadian? How food is labelled
Many Canadians are increasingly choosing to buy Canadian products, especially at the grocery store. But identifying which foods are produced or made in Canada can be complicated. These experts can shed light on the subject:
Published: 31 March 2025Prof. McKenzie receives award at AAG annual meeting
Congratulations to Geography Professor Grant McKenzie who was recently presented with the Emerging Scholar Award from the American Association of Geographer's Spatial Analysis and Modelling Specialty Group.
Published: 31 March 2025COVID-19 boosters help avoid breakthrough infections in immunocompromised people, McGill-led study finds
New research findings provide solid evidence that annual COVID-19 vaccine booster doses continue to be advisable for certain immunocompromised people, researchers at McGill University say.
Published: 31 March 2025