Pearl Eliadis on Bill 21 | La Presse
January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to grant permission to appeal in the Bill 21, Quebec’s controversial secularism law. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battle, which has raised concerns among minority communities over religious freedoms and equality in the province.
Taylor Owen on New AI Reality for Children | The Globe and Mail
January 16, 2025 | In an article by The Global and Mail, Professor Taylor Owen shared his concerns regarding the AI becoming a threat for younger generation. The rapid advancement of the AI, poses a grave question of who is responsible for the actions and outcomes of an AI chatbot? Especially when it comes to children and adolescents.
Vincent Rigby on Trudeau's Dramatic Resignation | The Centre for Strategic & International Studies
January 10, 2025 | The Centre for Strategic & International Studies's podcast hosted by H. Andrew Schwartz spoke with professor Vincent Rigby, a Slater Family Professor of Practice, to discuss Trudeau's dramatic resignation. The sudden turn of events of the Prime Minister's departure left Canadians and the world shocked.
Vincent Rigby on Threats Posed by Foreign Interference in Canada | The McGill International Review
December 20, 2024 | Professor Vincent Rigby, a Slater Family Professor of Practice, did a podcast with The McGill International Review on the threats imposed by foreign interference.
Christopher Ragan on Canada’s Economic Challenges and the Impact of Tariffs | Financial Post
January 9th, 2025 | In an article from the Financial Post, Christopher Ragan shared his insights on Canada’s economic challenges at an online discussion hosted by the Global Risk Institute. He explained that while the Bank of Canada might cut interest rates to try and stimulate the economy, it may not have much effect, especially if U.S.
Jennifer Robson on Preserving Economic Key Policies Amid Government Change | Policy Options
December 20th, 2024 | In an article for Policy Options, Jennifer Robson highlights that despite the political instability surrounding Justin Trudeau's government, certain policies from the recent fall economic statement (FES) are worth saving.
Alexandra Ages on the Impact of Alberta's Bill 27 on consent education in schools | Policy Options
December 12, 2024 | Alumna Alexandra Ages, MPP'21, wrote an article for Policy Options examining the implications of Alberta’s Bill 27 on sexual health education.
CBC | McGill opens satellite medical faculty in the Outaouais
McGill University pressed ahead with its plans to open a new satellite campus for its Faculty of Medicine in the Outaouais this week, despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 20 medical students attended their first classes at the campus on Monday, while four others attended class virtually.
CTV NEWS | McGill University researchers discover way to fight brain tumours' resistance to therapy
New findings out of McGill University in Montreal have revealed a potential way to overcome aggressive brain tumours' resistance to therapy: by deleting a specific gene. Researchers have long been searching for ways to treat Glioblastomas – the most stubborn type of brain tumour – as they’re well known for their resistance to treatment. A few years back, they were able to confirm the key role a gene called the OSMR gene plays in the process of brain cancer growth.
CTV NEWS | Some dinosaurs were flying before there were birds, new research suggests
Biologists now have a better idea of the origin of birds and the evolution of flight, two iconic events in the history of life on earth, thanks to work by a group of international scientists including a McGill professor. In updating the evolutionary tree, the team’s findings show some dinosaurs could fly before they evolved into birds, and many others were experimenting with powered flight.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL | How does COVID-19 affect the nervous system? Canadian and international scientists want to find out
Canadian and international scientists are joining forces to promote research into how COVID-19 affects the central nervous system, as they strive to understand whether and how the new coronavirus and other respiratory viruses could lead to lasting brain damage.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | Pandemic fatigue is real, but there are ways to deal with it, prof says
The signs of ‘pandemic fatigue’ are out there, from the people who feel exhausted to the ones who have become less diligent about physical distancing and washing their hands. It’s not surprising that people are feeling emotionally taxed after experiencing anxiety and disruption for so long because of COVID-19, says a Montreal professor whose research focuses on emotional regulation in performance and well-being. Pandemic fatigue is real, but there are ways to deal with it, prof says
GLOBE & MAIL | Palliative-care advocate Kappy Flanders helped develop a blueprint for a good death
Petite, fierce and focussed, Kappy Flanders became a warrior for palliative care because she wanted people to understand that dying was a part of living, as important a passage as being born, and something that could not be brushed aside because the thought of it was distasteful or frightening.
After all, as she once told a McGill University interviewer, “everyone is terminal at some point.”
RADIO-CANADA INTERNATIONAL | Environmental activists face high risk of violence and assassination: study
Activists defending their communities and the surrounding environment against development of extractive industries and land grabs for agrarian use face high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder around the world, according to a study published this month in the journal Global Environmental Change.
CTV NEWS | Loneliness can directly impair immune system, increase risk of death: study
The findings, published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences earlier in June, show how social isolation can negatively affect the health of the brain as well as the immune system.“Social isolation, or a lack of social opportunity, gives rise to a sense of loneliness. Directly or indirectly, this feeling has many wide-ranging consequences for our psychological well-being as well as our physical health, even our longevity,” the study states.
