National Indigenous Peoples Day
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day—a time to recognize and celebrate the traditions, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
We encourage you to take some time to learn more about First Nations, Inuit and Métis as well as our collective past. The best way to do this is through their own voices. We’ve selected books by Indigenous authors from our book collection on Indigenous health.
Pride Month Reading List
Celebrate Pride Month with MUHC Libraries and Patient Resource Centers!
In honour of Pride Month, MUHC libraries and patient resource centers are highlighting their resources on 2SLGBTQI+ health and wellness.
If you would like to explore topics such as identity, family life, relationships and mental health, you are sure to find something of interest!
Prativa Baral awarded CIHR’s STEPS Team Grant
CIHR funded team will create a new blueprint for public health emergencies: a pan-Canadian Civilian Emergency Reserve
Feeling poorer than peers linked to lower wellbeing, even when incomes are similar
New research is shedding light on how comparing ourselves to others affects happiness and life satisfaction.
Led by McGill University researchers, the study shows that people who feel worse off financially than their peers are more likely to report signs of languishing, even when their actual income is similar.
June is ALS Awareness Month
“Letters to ALS: Our Journeys to Hope” is a new book that brings together inspiring and touching stories from people living with ALS, their loved ones, healthcare professionals, and researchers, including members of The Neuro community.
You can pick up a free copy of the book in person at the Neuro Patient Resource Centre, located on the 3rd floor, Room 354.
The Neuro's Virtual Integrated Patient Platform receives major funding
Brain Canada support will help accelerate the discovery of new treatments for brain and nervous system disordersAn innovative project led by Dr. Guy Rouleau at The Neuro has received major funding from Brain Canada, one of four platforms that are advancing treatment discovery across a wide range of neurological disorders. In total the four platforms are being supported with a $8,926,500 investment.
To curb overprescribing for seniors, researchers urge annual prescription checkups
To address the growing problem of overprescribing for seniors, a new Canadian guideline is calling for routine medication reviews.
McGill researchers leading two new Brain Canada-supported platforms
Researchers at McGill University are leading two major new Brain Canada-supported platforms to accelerate discovery and improve outcomes for patients living with neurological disorders, as announced today.
Ajitha Thanabalasuriar receives PATH award to advance lung disease research
Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund will open new avenues to preventing and treating pneumonia.
Blood proteins flag multiple sclerosis years before diagnosis, opening a window for prevention
Of more than 2,500 blood proteins screened, a small group may drive MS and signal who will develop itA new study has revealed a group of blood proteins that are altered in people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), in some cases more than a decade before diagnosis. The findings offer hope that a simple blood test could one day identify people at high risk of MS in time to act before damage occurs.
‘Jumping gene’ helps explain elevated pancreatic cancer risk in French-Canadians
Researchers at McGill University have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps to explain why some French‑Canadians in Quebec are at an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer. Until quite recently, standard genetic tests have not been able to identify this “jumping gene” cause.
The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Genetics, suggest better-targeted genetic testing could help identify people at higher cancer risk who were previously missed.
McGill’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence
At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening. McGill celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.
Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements
The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.
Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
McGill awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs
From fundamental physics to child well-being, McGill researchers advance discovery across disciplines McGill has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.
$1.25 million for McGill research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund
Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at McGill.
