The Department of Psychiatry held its annual Research Day on June 19, 2025, at the Douglas Research Centre.

Thanks to the enthusiastic participation of our trainees, researchers, and volunteers, the event was a great success. The day featured a variety of short and long oral presentations, as well as a vibrant poster session.

Click here to view the full list of award recipients.

Congratulations to all the winners!

June is Men’s Health Month. Listen here

The Neuro-Patient Resource Centre (room 354) will be closed Tuesday, July 1st. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Tariffs drive up prices for businesses, but some companies are finding a creative loophole to avoid some US tariffs. When a company imports a tariffed good, it pays a tariff. But it doesn’t pay a tariff if the goods are only passing through on the way to a final destination. This creates an incentive for US companies to store inventory in Canada. They can park products here until they sell them, and only pay tariffs on goods that are actually bound for the US market.

McGill MBA alumna Stephanie Shaw (MBA’10) is vice-president of human resources at Eldorado Gold, where she leads a global team supporting 5,000 employees. Based in Vancouver, Shaw is driving a new people strategy focused on inclusive leadership, employee experience and digital transformation.

BCG therapy—the gold standard treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), where the cancer has not penetrated the muscle layer—is one of the earliest forms of cancer immunotherapy.

Vincent Rigby  joined the CDA Institute’s Expert Series alongside former Canadian Ambassador to NATO Kerry Buck and former NATO Assistant Secretary General Wendy Gilmour to unpack what’s at stake as leaders gather in The Hague for the 76th NATO Summit. The conversation focused on Canada’s recent pledge to meet NATO’s long-standing 2% GDP defence spending target by March 2026, as well as the summit’s broader agenda—expected to include raising the defence spending floor to 3.5%, enhancing alliance readiness, and addressing industrial capacity shortfalls.

June 25, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen, founding director of The Center for Media, Technology and Democracy has come together with other advisors to build an application, called Gander. It’s a social media platform that lets you post videos, write updates, and tailor your feed to what you actually want to see — minus the trolls, conspiracy theories, and the “why is this even in my feed?” content.

With a hot start to summer and the swimming season, health experts are urging caution around water. Drowning remains one of the most common causes of accidental death in Canadian children.

Hussein Wissanji, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGill University and a pediatric emergency physician at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, is available to speak on how to prevent drowning incidents, particularly in young children.

Indigenous instructors will deliver courses remotely, allowing students to remain in their communities.

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Professor Daniele Malomo’s structural engineering research group will help ensure the renovated landmark structure is both safe and sustainable

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Parental well-being is often an afterthought in our healthcare system, where the focus remains primarily on the child despite growing evidence that a caregiver’s mental and emotional health is linked to the child’s development. In this interview with founder Dr. Cindy Hovington, learn how Curious Neuron is bridging this crucial gap by putting parental emotional health at the forefront and providing science-backed tools that foster healthier family dynamics.

June 23, 2025 | Professor Vincent Rigby, a former NSIA to the Prime Minister, along with Kerry Buck, a former Canadian Ambassador to NATO and Former Assistant Secretary General, Defence Investment, Wendy Gilmour joined the CDA Institute Expert Series to discuss the key issues, challenges, and likely outcomes of this year’s Summit for Canada and the Alliance in this podcast.

UPDATE, June 25, 2025, 13:00: Service has been restored.

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As health care systems across Canada and beyond struggle with staff shortages, international experts are backing a promising strategy: expanding the role of advanced practice nurses.

Montreal, June 25, 2025 – 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.

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Facilities Management and Ancillary Services will be performing a major electrical shutdown on Wednesday, July 9, from 6 h to 12 h. The Macdonald Campus Library in the Barton Building will be inaccessible at this time. This shutdown is necessary for maintenance on the Hydro-Québec substation and four transformers servicing the south side of campus.

For all opening hours, please see the Libraries hours page.

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‘Not just this weekend, but every day, let’s remember the importance of supporting Indigenous people in the classroom. They not only need to be seen, but heard.’

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Program pairs upper-year PhD students and post-docs with faculty members in other disciplines who can provide them with advice about how to realize their ambitions 

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Global Affairs Canada has announced a new funding opportunity under the Indo-Pacific Scholarships and Fellowships for Canadians (IPSFC) program. This initiative is designed to strengthen Canada’s academic and research engagement in the Indo-Pacific region by supporting outbound mobility and collaboration.