MEDIUM | Machine Learning and Mental Health
Neuroscientists and clinicians around the world are using machine learning to develop treatment plans for patients and to identify some of the key markers for mental health disorders before they may set in. One of the benefits is that machine learning helps clinicians predict who may be at risk of a particular disorder.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | Three moms launch plant-based milk: a lawyer, a dentist and Katia Pacioretty
Necessity is the mother of invention, the adage goes. And so when a Montreal mother of two couldn’t find an alternative she considered suitable for her daughters once she stopped breastfeeding, she decided to develop her own: an organic plant-based milk called Bebe Latte.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | Montreal girl, 6, explores the sky with McGill astrophysicist
“I wanted to meet a specialist of the sky, the stars and the night,” said six-year-old Zoey, who was introduced to astrophysicist and McGill professor Victoria Kaspi at the Mont-Mégantic Observatory in Notre-Dame-des-Bois last week.
“When I was Zoey’s age, I knew very little about astronomy and had no idea one could have a career in this area,” Kaspi said in an email interview after spending the day with the Montreal student.
VANCOUVER SUN | Higher levels of opioids and meth found in Vancouver waste water
Metro Vancouver has higher-than-average levels of opioids and methamphetamine in its waste-water system compared with other Canadian cities, according to a new Statistics Canada study analyzing cannabis and drug use in the country based on what Canadians flush down their toilets.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | Looking for a vibrant commercial stretch in Montreal? Try Instagram
For small businesses and entrepreneurs looking to maximize visibility on a budget, a regularly updated Instagram account with vibrant visuals and constant communicability is seen as a cost-effective way to reach eyeballs without the responsibility of managing a physical space.
NATIONAL OBSERVER | They're teaching young voters not to be duped by 'fake news'
Samantha Reusch is aiming to help young Canadians identify misinformation online because she and her colleagues can't monitor all social media platforms for false information during this fall's campaign.
ELEMENTAL | Can You Make a Lactose Intolerance Disappear?
Roughly three-quarters of the world’s adult population has trouble digesting lactose, which is a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy products. Doctors routinely label people who experience these symptoms as “lactose intolerant” and counsel them to avoid dairy products.
THE TORONTO STAR | Here are some of the players appearing at the hearing into Toronto’s short-term rental rules
The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal that decides land use matters in the province has set aside six days of hearings to consider the City of Toronto’s short-term rental regulations approved by city council more than a year ago.
GIZMODO | Fossil Hunters Found Bones From an Ancient Whale... and Then They Saw the Bite Marks
The research into these bones culminated in a paper published recently in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica: “Shark-cetacean trophic interactions during the late Pliocene in the Central Eastern Pacific (Panama).”
LIFEHACK | How I work - McGill Professor
Dr. Patricia Hewlin, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor in the Desautels Faculty of Management, studies organizational diversity and the organizational participation and treatment of minorities. As with so many How I Work subjects, her work has a personal resonance. Dr.
CBC | Deep Roots
Peter Enright, director of McGill University's farm management and technology program, said regardless of the specialization, there has been one major shift between the generations (...) -social networks that are completely transformed.
That’s why farmers "need to be constantly aware of the image of their industry, and they need to be ambassadors."
APTN NATIONAL | Montreal Pride makes space for Two-Spirit representation amid influx of online hate
Amidst scrutiny from racialized and marginalized groups, Fierté Montreal adopted a new mandate in 2019: to diversity and attempt to Indigenize their festival offerings as part of their bid to host World Pride in 2023.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | MUHC superhospital's new single-patient rooms credited for drop in gut infections
Outbreaks of a potentially life-threatening intestinal superbug dropped after the McGill University Health Centre opened its superhospital in 2015 — a dramatic shift attributed to the fact that the modern facilities have exclusively single-patient rooms, a new study has concluded. “The single-patient room experience at the MUHC’s Glen site has many benefits — privacy, confidentiality, comfort, reduced noise, and improved quality of sleep,” Dr.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | ‘Tinder for fintech’: Holt Accelerator gets new crop of startup hopefuls
Montreal’s Holt Accelerator is getting ready to welcome its second crop of startup executives for a 12-week training program aimed at bolstering their management skills and putting their companies on a path to growth. A kickoff event takes place downtown Monday, featuring eight entrepreneurs from five countries pitching their stories to industry experts and investors.
CBC | Canadian astronomers find 8 more mysterious repeating fast radio bursts from space
They're called fast radio bursts, or FRBs, and these odd, fleeting signals from space are shrouded in mystery. But thanks to Canada's largest radio telescope, astrophysicists are discovering more of them in their search to learn what makes these objects tick.
