Nine McGillians appointed to the Order of Canada  

Campus news - Mon, 07/07/2025 - 13:07

Neuroscientist Alan Evans and music performance scholar Michael McMahon among McGill community members recognized for exceptional accomplishments and service 

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Workday Expenses: Progress update & what’s ahead / Progrès réalisés et prochaines étapes

News - Mon, 07/07/2025 - 11:19

Le français suit.

On behalf of Workday Expenses Project Team

Dear colleagues,

Published: 7 July 2025

CLIC competition helps McGill-backed health tech start-ups bring ideas to life 

Campus news - Mon, 07/07/2025 - 09:49

Winning innovations aim to help children regain motor function; reduce pain in women’s health care 

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Announcing the Winners of the third edition of the Graham Sommer Competition!

News - Fri, 07/04/2025 - 10:06

The Graham Sommer Competition is proud to announce that Kai Kubota-Enright is the grand prize winner of the third edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The $18,000 first prize for Kai’s new work for chamber ensemble, spatial communication of dripstone, was among $54,000 in total prize earnings awarded at the Concert and Prize Gala on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Tanna Schulich Hall. This national competition for Canadian composers under the age of 35 was founded by Dr.

Published: 4 July 2025

Benoit Gentil Receives Commercialization Priming Award for RNA Research

News - Fri, 07/04/2025 - 09:09

The DNA to RNA Initiative (D2R) at McGill University has awarded $400,000 to four projects that aim to bring RNA-based innovations closer to clinical and commercial reality, including vaccines and therapies for rare and infectious diseases.

Published: 4 July 2025

The Info-Neuro cart schedule for July is now available!

News - Thu, 07/03/2025 - 11:01
Published: 3 July 2025

Desautels to launch new Master of Management of Finance program in Luxembourg

News - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 14:40

McGill Desautels is partnering with the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg on a new Master of Management in Finance. The program will launch in 2026, and will have a blended format that combines online learning and in-person sessions on weekends or evenings. The new degree will be delivered over 20 or 24 months in Luxembourg, a major European financial centre.

Learn more Published: 2 July 2025

Concrete policy steps could address issues with Canada’s pension system

News - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 14:39

A well-designed pension system brings enormous social and economic values to its members and to society as a whole. Unfortunately, Canada’s doesn’t stand out. A 2024 report from Mercer ranks it just 18 out of 48 countries. In thefutureeconomy.ca, Prof. Sebastien Betermier proposes three measures that could help improve it by:

· Ensuring there are stronger guardrails to keep pension funds operationally independent

Published: 2 July 2025

Complicated crypto products recall derivatives at the centre of the global financial crisis

News - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 14:37

Cryptocurrencies are volatile, risky and lack transparency. For banks and investors alike, that’s risky. “Some like to think ‘this time it’s different’,” Prof Patrick Augustin told PaperJam.lu. But for Augustin, crypto today recalls Lehman Brothers, the financial services firm whose collapse set the global financial crisis in motion in 2008. The similarities are striking. Like today’s crypto markets, Lehman Brothers complicated investment products that many buyers and sellers didn’t fully understand.

Published: 2 July 2025

Global public relations firm delivers McGill course content to staff in 12-week boot camp

News - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 14:29

Being happy doesn’t just make life more enjoyable, it can help you get things done. In 2024, McGill Desautels Adjunct Lecturer Anita Nowak co-designed a course on the power of positive psychology called Happiness means business, and it is gaining traction beyond the university’s walls. The global public relations and marketing consultancy Edelman brought in Prof. Anita Nowak to teach staff course materials. The intensive 12-week ‘boot camp’ teaches concepts like altruism and forgiveness to give employees new tools to use in client relationships.

Published: 2 July 2025

ENSSIB and McGill sign a partnership agreement

News - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 12:06

La version française suit.

Published: 2 July 2025

Perceived social status tied to cardiovascular risks in women but not in men

News - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 11:38

Women who see themselves as having lower social status are more likely than other people to show early signs of heart stress linked to future disease risk, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill and Concordia universities.

Published: 2 July 2025

Update: Travel & Other Expenses Policy and Procedures for Travel and Other Expenses / Modifications : Politique et Procédures relatives aux frais de déplacement et autres dépenses

News - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 08:09

(La version française suit)

Dear McGill Finance Community Member,

 

The Travel and Other Expenses Policy has been updated:

  • P3.10 has been added and refers to extended days before and after University-related travel. Please consult it for more information.

 

The Procedures for Travel and Other Expenses have been updated:

Published: 2 July 2025

McGill Plant Science students win big for conference presentations

News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 18:59

Congratulations to two plant science students in Professor Mehran Dastmalchi's lab, who received awards for their presentations at two recent conferences!

Published: 30 June 2025

For this B.C. beekeeper and Mac Campus alumna, gathering groceries is sweet and sustainable

News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 18:42

In a recent article for their What's In My Cart? series, the Globe and Mail profiles 72-year-old Julia Common, a beekeeper based in Delta, B.C. She says she was hooked on bees the first time her hands entered a hive, when she was only 21 and enrolled in agricultural studies at McGill University’s Macdonald Campus, near her hometown of Montreal.

Published: 30 June 2025

AES researchers dive into fresh ideas for a sustainable water future

News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 17:50

From lab benches to local watersheds, McGill researchers are investigating some of today's most pressing water challenges.

Several exciting projects involving researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES) were selected for seed funding through two initiatives: the Brace Water Innovation Seed Grants and the Brace Water Centre and CentrEau Project Seed Fund Program.

Published: 30 June 2025

Alan Evans receives Order of Canada

News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 17:35
Career of breakthroughs in neuroimaging recognized with one of the nation’s highest honours

A career that took an uncharted trajectory has been recognized with the Order of Canada, one of the country’s top honours.

Published: 30 June 2025

Dietetics students help MUHC mark National Indigenous Peoples Day with a special meal

News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 17:11

Earlier this month, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) marked National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21) with a special Indigenous-inspired cafeteria meal, featuring baked salmon, wild rice salad, and blueberry bannock.

Published: 30 June 2025

Should we fear cadmium? Comments from Mathieu Leduc

News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 16:50

French doctors are raising the alarm about rising exposure to cadmium, a toxic heavy metal found in phosphate fertilizers. Cadmium is a known carcinogen linked to kidney damage, bone disease, and other long-term health issues, even at low doses. French doctors are urging France's government to tighten fertilizer regulations to reduce this public health risk.

Published: 30 June 2025

Expert: Canadian government to rescind digital services tax

News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 11:53

Canada’s Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, has announced that he will soon bring forward legislation to rescind the digital sales tax.

Allison Christians, Professor, Faculty of Law, H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law can speak about tax law and technology, domestic and international tax law and policy, and international law and institutions.

allison.christians [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Published: 30 June 2025

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