Some users are experiencing intermittent issues when attempting to connect to the McGill VPN. If you cannot connect to the VPN, please wait a few minutes before trying again. IT Services believes it has identified the issue and will reboot the loadBalancer on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 6 a.m. Thank you for your patience. Published: 8 April 2024

As digital media becomes an increasing part of daily life for teens, the question of how heightened screen time will impact their brains in the future is becoming more pressing. A group of researchers at McGill University has set out to determine whether the use of video games, computers and other media during adolescence was associated with psychotic experiences in adulthood.

<p>T<i>he following message is being sent on behalf of McGill’s Human Resources Department.</i></p> <p><i>Message de la part du Service des ressources humaines de l’Université McGill</i><i>.</i></p> <p><i>La version française suit.</i></p> <p>Dear members of the McGill community,</p>

McGill Translational Platform in Autism Research will help uncover the disorders’ neural foundations   A new project at The Neuro, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been awarded $10.6M in financial support as part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund.Published: 8 April 2024

Please be advised that McGill University has mandated Adams Elevators Inc. to carry out the following project: 17-004 Burnside - Modernization of the elevators. Construction start date: May 2024 Planned construction end date: March 2025 Work schedule: Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Project Manager: Simon Lacoste - simon.lacoste [at] mcgill.ca Assistant Project Manager: Jose Uria - jose.uria [at] mcgill.caPublished: 8 April 2024

Congratulations to the McGill Desautels professors who received 2023 SSHRC Insight Grants. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.   Juan Camilo Serpa (Principal Investigator) and Mehmet Gumus (Co-Applicant) for “Pests, Community Alerts, and the Cry-Wolf Effect: Theory and Field Experiments in Coffee Plantations”.Published: 8 April 2024

Congratulations to the McGill Desautels professors who received 2023 SSHRC Insight Grants. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.  Published: 8 April 2024

Experts: Green Hydrogen Published: 8 April 2024

The current chairholder of the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, Jocelyn Maclure, recently took part in a publication by OBVIA called "Interdisciplinary Dialogues: The Major Risks of Generative AI". Please see the link below to read the publication. Published: 7 April 2024

The following message is being sent on behalf of McGill’s Human Resources Department. La version française suit. Dear members of the McGill community, As noted in my March 23 message, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) representing Teaching Assistants began a strike on March 25. Since then, we have received various questions from our community, which I aim to address below.Published: 5 April 2024

Dr. Gabriella Gobbi has been elected as the new President of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP). It is a historic moment for CINP to elect its first woman President.Published: 5 April 2024

Imagine being middle aged and starting to feel that you are off balance a lot and that you are having a hard time coordinating your movements. Those are among the symptoms of Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, known as SCA6, a rare neurodegenerative disease which typically appears in adulthood and worsens over time. Over time, other problems such as slurred speech and difficulty seeing or seeing double, may also appear. It is estimated that fewer than 5,000 people in the US have the condition, which is the result of genetic mutations in the cerebellum.Published: 5 April 2024

On April 3rd, 2024, the Institute’s students had the opportunity to visit ICAO Headquarters. ICAO Secretary General, Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar (IASL LL.M., 1999)  and Mr. Michael Gill, the Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau, spent the morning giving the students a lecture about the main bodies of ICAO, the work of the ICAO Legal Committee, and how ICAO helps their Member States address climate change.Published: 4 April 2024

Users may see the following error message when an attachment fails to download: “Error downloading the file content.” Downloading attachments and embedded image viewing may succeed after signing out and then back into Outlook on the web. If available, users can download attachments and view embedded images consistently through the Outlook desktop client. IT Services is currently working on a fix to resolve the issue.     Published: 21 March 2024

Prof. Rowan Barrett holds cycling records from Montreal to Mount Fuji The post McGill’s cycling superstar appeared first on McGill Reporter.

Victoria Talwar, ECP Professor, Faculty of Education Interim Dean, and Lab Director of the Talwar Child Development Research Lab, recently published a paper in Developmental Psychology that investigates the effects of honesty promotion techniques on children of different ages.Published: 3 April 2024

The Federal Government of Canada has increased the federal carbon tax from $65 a tonne to $80 as of April 1, 2024. Christopher Ragan joins several news outlets below sharing his expertise. Opinion: Carbon pricing has become our national dumpster fire | The Globe and Mail Carbon tax hike kicks in across Canada | CHCHPublished: 3 April 2024

Please be advised that McGill University has mandated St-Denis Thompson to carry out the following project: 16-135 Strathcona Music – Rehabilitation of building envelope Lot 4.   Building envelope restoration of South, East and North stone masonry facades. Construction is expected to last three years and will be carried out during the spring, summer and fall periods of 2024, 2025 and 2026.  Construction start date: April 2024  Planned construction end date: November 2026 Published: 3 April 2024