NEWSWEEK | Nuclear Pasta: Strongest Material in Universe Discovered in Neutron Star Crust
Matthew Caplan, a postdoctoral research fellow at McGill University, and colleagues have had their findings on nuclear pasta accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters.
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THE ECOLOGIST | Turn off, tune in - a lesson in learning
Professor Kim Samuel says we should turn away from wifi, mobile phones and social media to put wellbeing at the heart of student care as the new school and university year begins.
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THE GUARDIAN | Myers-Briggs personality tests: what kind of person are you?
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is used by firms worldwide to test their employees. In her new book, Merve Emre looks at the system’s curious origins. Read more
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM | Largest ‘Summer Davos’ Ever Aims to Boost Global Innovation to Solve Global Challenges
The Co-Chairs of the meeting, who will take an active role in a number of sessions, are: Jay Flatley, Executive Chairman, Illumina, USA; Suzanne Fortier, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University, Canada; Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, United Kingdom; Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman and Rotating Chairman, Huawei Technologies, People’s Republic of China; Liu Jitao, China Communications Construction Company, People’s Republi
THE CONVERSATION | Maude Abbott: The Canadian scientist who deserved a Nobel prize
The late Dr. Maude Abbott is known for overcoming “the gender-based odds against her to become an internationally respected pathologist and a world authority on heart defects,” according to the posthumous acknowledgement on her Canadian commemorative stamp.
FINANCIAL POST | When being boss means ensuring customers – and friends – are happy
(This interview has been condensed and edited from The CEO Series on CJAD, hosted by McGill University Associate Professor Karl Moore. This article was written with Dan Schechner, BCom student at McGill) “Montreal chef and restaurateur David McMillan knows how badly that's needed in his industry, and in many others."
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THE STAR | Cannabis PhD takes higher education to a new level
There will doubtless be more and more postgraduate degrees based on cannabis production after it has been legalized, says Anja Geitmann, dean of agriculture at Montreal’s McGill University. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to change the research landscape in the sense that researchers now have access or can do research on the plant much easier,” she says.
NATIONAL POST | Large majority of Quebecers open to more private health services: poll
McGill University Prof. Amelie Quesnel-Vallee, director of the McGill Observatory on Health and Social Services Reforms, warned that adding more private services would affect the public system. “Health professionals have to come from somewhere. If they’re practising in the private sector, they’re not in the public. Even if the private didn’t offer higher salaries, the increased demand would drive salaries up, and the public system would have to bear extra costs.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL | An Unforgettable Memory Expert Muses at 100
Brenda Milner is celebrated for her insight into recollections as a feature of neurobiology; the man who could only live in the present
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McGill University launches 'Historic' Partnership with Kahnawake Mohawks
The 120-credit college program was designed in collaboration with Mohawk educators and will be taught on the South Shore territory. ... For McGill, Monday’s announcement is part of its strategy to adapt to the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The university’s end goal is to double Indigenous enrolment by 2025.
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LA PRESSE | Où sont les femmes ?
En compilant les données des CRC, La Presse a pu remarquer que les femmes étaient peu présentes dans plusieurs institutions et domaines au Québec. ... L’Université McGill est la seule institution de grande taille à atteindre sa cible. L’Université de Montréal et l’Université Laval accusent des retards importants.
THE GAZETTE: McGill and MUHC given $500,000 for cannabis, cancer research projects
The funding will be split between separate projects looking into the properties of cannabidiol and a search for a new treatment of an aggressive brain cancer.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL | It’s time to put a price on the risk of mining disasters
(Opinion by Christopher Ragan, director of Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University.)
Four years ago, the Mount Polley disaster reminded us that mining comes with risks. On Aug. 4, 2014, a tailings dam at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper and gold mine ruptured, spilling 24 million cubic metres of water and tailings into several lakes and rivers in British Columbia’s Interior. It was the largest tailings-dam rupture in Canadian history.
THE GUARDIAN | 'Five years ago there was nothing': inside Duqm, the city rising from the sand
“Several dozen new cities are being constructed in the Middle East, mainly to transition away from the petroleum industry to a variety of other industries, including tourism, manufacturing, education and hi-tech,” says Dr Sarah Moser, a McGill University geography professor and author of an upcoming atlas of new cities. “Many oil-producing states in the Middle East are eager to globalise their economies and attract international investors, particularly in anticipation of a post-oil world
THE GAZETTE | The Right Chemistry: Environmental chemicals and children’s health
(By Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Office for Science and Society at McGill University)
