Experts: Social prescribing

Published: 3 November 2025

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.  

McGill researchers identify bacteria that could provide an early warning of blue-green algae toxicity

Published: 3 November 2025

Researchers at McGill University have identified bacteria that can indicate whether a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom is likely to be toxic, offering a potential water-safety early warning...

Experts: China-Canada trade discussions

Published: 31 October 2025

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said the leaders agreed to direct their officials to move quickly to...

Experts: Darfur

Published: 29 October 2025

The city of El Fasher in Darfur has recently been captured by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese militia that had besieged the city for 18 months. Since then, reports of civilian massacres...

Experts: Municipal elections  

Published: 29 October 2025

With voting already underway for the Nov. 2 municipal elections in Montreal and more than 1,000 other Quebec municipalities, McGill University experts can comment on key urban issues.   

Experts: Hurricane Melissa

Published: 28 October 2025

Hurricane Melissa, now a Category Five tropical cyclone, has made landfall in Jamaica. It is the strongest storm to hit the island country in at least 150 years and the most powerful recorded...

Study links early cannabis use and health problems

Published: 28 October 2025

Adolescents who start using cannabis early and often are more likely to need health care for both mental and physical problems as they enter adulthood, according to a new study led by McGill...

Experts: Fall time change  

Published: 27 October 2025

On Sunday, Nov. 2, Canadians in most of the country will set their clocks back to standard time. (Those in Yukon, most of Saskatchewan and some other places remain on standard time year-round.) A...

Montreal homelessness services for 2SLGBTQ+ adults are inadequate, researchers find

Published: 27 October 2025

Homelessness services in Montreal are not well suited to the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ adults in Montreal, a study by McGill researchers has found....

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