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Police investigating educators at Montreal youth centre after sexual misconduct allegations.
Quebec is holding a consultation on the time change. Is it time to stop changing the clocks?
Dr. Patrícia Silveira has been elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) membership. The mission of the is to cultivate a diverse network of child health researchers through collaboration, community, mentorship, and advocacy. Congratulations Dr. Silveira!
Congratulations go to Professor Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, who has been awarded the recognition of Photonics100 of 2025.
On October 18, we welcomed participants to the second annual in person meeting for the Treat Canada Project. Our project - Tailoring treatments for people with esophageal cancer, aims to understand what causes treatment resistance in esophageal cancer and identify new methods and treatment options for overcoming this resistance, ultimately improving outcomes and saving lives. The meeting was filled with discussion, presentations and strategic planning sessions focused on the project’s ongoing initiatives and future goals.
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Dear Community Member,
Due to sustainability efforts to go paperless, the use of the Drop Box (at 680 Sherbrooke outside of room 724) has significantly decreased in the past few years, and effective November 5, 2024 will be removed.
We encourage you to use internal Mailing Services when directing cheques to Financial Services as they provide a safe and secure option, but you may give advance notice to the Fund Administrator if you wish.
Professor Henri Darmon has been elected to the 2025 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
"Forty-one mathematical scientists from around the world have been named(AMS) for 2025, the program's 13th year.Recognized by their peers, AMS members designated as Fellows of the AMS have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics".
In partnership with the Maxi grocery store in Baie d’Urfé, we are pleased to announce a grocery store shuttle bus that will run Tuesday evenings beginning November 5th until further notice.
The bus has a capacity of 37 passengers and will pick up students at the shuttle bus stop outside of the Centennial Centre.
Service will include 2 round trips between Macdonald Campus and Maxi Baie d’Urfé. Seats will be available on a first-come-first-served basis.
The schedule is as follows:
No apppointment needed.
First come, first serve.
Thank you
Berry-flavoured vapes can weaken the lungs’ natural defences, making it harder for the body to fight off infections, new research suggests.
The study compared effects of flavoured e-cigarettes to those of unflavoured ones.
While previous research has shown that all forms of vaping can be harmful, the scholars said this study adds to a mounting body of evidence demonstrating how added flavourings to vaping solutions can exacerbate the dangers.
Congratulations to graduate student Florence Mayrand, postdoc Dr. Sarah McCrackin, andProf. Ristic for their recent publication inNature Communications Psychology!The paper is titled,Intentional looks facilitate faster responding in observers, and can be found. This work representsone of the first experimental demonstrations that humans can “read” information regarding mental states from others’ eyes.Great work!
On November 2, 2024, Zoom will enforce its latest quarterly minimum version requirements. If you are not using at least version 5.17.5 (for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Intune) or version 5.17.0 for Blackberry, Zoom will not work until you update your software.
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