STOPMTL.CA: First interactive map to self-report police stops in Montreal

Published: 14 July 2021

In 2019, an independent report commissioned by the City of Montreal demonstrated racial and social profiling by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) targeting Black, Arab and...

Cell structure previously associated with disease actually improves brain function

Published: 8 July 2021

Researchers at McGill University have shown that a brain cell structure previously thought to be pathological in fact enhances cells’ ability to transmit information and correlates with better...

The digestive system of cows influences human’s vitamin B12 intake

Published: 8 June 2021

Milk is the main source of vitamin B12 consumption for Canadians. A glass of cow’s milk contains about 46% of the daily-recommended dietary intake of vitamin B12 for adults. But what factors...

Painting a picture of the oral health of Canadians

Published: 7 July 2021

A new study “Oral health and oral health care of Canadians” led by Prof. Paul Allison of McGill University’s Faculty of Dentistry, has received $3.3 million of funding from the Canadian Institutes...

Six New Canada Research Chairs, and Three Renewals for McGill

Published: 15 June 2021

Today, at l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced investments of more than $635 million for...

New mothers negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic policies

Published: 10 June 2021

Giving birth can be a joyous, yet stressful experience in the best of times – but what happens when a global public health crisis is thrown into the mix? McGill University and the University of...

Hidden magma pools pose eruption risks that we can’t yet detect

Published: 31 May 2021

Scientists’ ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma are stored, deep in the Earth’s crust. But what happens if the magma can’t be spotted?

When the bloom is off: why do some plants produce small and unattractive flowers?

Published: 3 February 2021

Picture a flower: what do you see? A bright and showy splash of contrasting colours? Well, not all plants produce flowers that are only like that. Some plant species actually produce two types: ...

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