Good and bad news in Ontario’s new climate legislation
Op-ed by Christopher Ragan, associate professor of economics. The Globe and Mail
Full Comment by Andrew Potter
Our democratic reform minister doesn’t understand our democracy: Op-ed by Andrew Potter, incoming Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. National Post
Adult colouring books beat homeopathy any day
The Right Chemistry: column by Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science & Society. Montreal Gazette
More buyers out of Vancouver housing market
“I believe the train is out of control. The damage that this train can eventually do to people who will need to spend huge sums of money at their later stage of life is very, very serious.” Avi Friedman, Professor of Architecture The Globe and Mail
Scientists Are Building VR Worlds for Mice and Monkeys
Researchers now have the capability to build virtual reality worlds that can be inhabited by both lab animals (like rats and monkeys) and humans, allowing for a sort of cross-species brain research that’s never really been possible before, as different species are run through virtual environments in video games while scientists study brain activity… In a new study, published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods, a team of neuroscientists—including Martinez-Trujillo, Roberto Gulli and Guillaume
Data sharing: Access all areas
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (the Neuro) in Canada to conduct a radical experiment in open science.
Nature
Les enjeux de l'immigration au Québec
Mais il y a aussi des conséquences politiques, a souligné Daniel Weinstock, directeur de l'Institut de recherche sur les politiques sociales et de santé de McGill. Selon M. Weinstock, la province est témoin d'un «évidemment» de la position nationaliste modérée sur l'immigration et la diversité qui avait caractérisé les discours politiques dans la province, depuis les années 1960 et au temps de René Lévesque.
Teen makes discovery in relapsed lymphoma patients
Melissa Lu had some help along the way and said the project would have been impossible without her mentor Dr. Koren Mann, project director at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and an assistant professor of oncology at McGill. "What she's done is just incredible. It's incredible, truly," said Mann. CBC News
Enough of hockey nightmare in Canada
Article by Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies. Huffington Post
BLG Awards set to honour top CIS athletes
Melodie Daoust is a nominee for hockey and a physical education major. Montreal Gazette
Malia Obama rebels, sort of, by choosing Harvard
“The challenge of being a first child is to be normal within the context of all the scrutiny, and the challenge of everybody around them is to pretend like they’re normal and nothing’s out of the ordinary, which puts an enormous amount of stress on both the kid and the school.” Gil Troy, presidential historian The New York Times
Les délinquants du volant ne se trouvent pas dangereux
"Il est étonnant de constater qu'en règle générale, ces conducteurs ne se considèrent pas eux-mêmes comme des gens téméraires", a affirmé Thomas G. Brown, l'auteur principal de l'étude publiée dans la revue PLOS One, qui est professeur adjoint de psychiatrie à McGill et chercheur à l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas. La Presse
Leon’s is reinventing itself for generation Instagram
“A brand is a function of what it offers. If you slowly modernize your products, it will slowly modernize the brand.” Saurabh Mishra, associate professor of marketing Canadian Business
Let citizens decide electoral reform
Op-ed by Arash Abizadeh, associate professor of political science. The Globe and Mail
Breakthrough in cure for brain tumour
Researchers in Canada have found that a gene called 'OSMR' plays a key role in driving the growth of glioblastoma tumours. The more active the gene is, the shorter the patient's life span, the study suggests. Doctor Arezu Jahani-Asl, assistant professor of medicine at McGill University and a neuroscientist at the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research in Ca
