/global-engagement/taxonomy/term/12/all en /global-engagement/channels/news/experts-influenza-cases-surge-canada-363542 <p>Canada is experiencing a late-season surge in flu cases, with test positivity rates reaching 21.2 per cent last week, surpassing last season’s peak, according to <a href="https://health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-virus-surveillance/influenza.html">national data.</a> Flu activity is considered widespread in several Quebec regions.</p> <p>Here are experts from �������� who can comment:</p> <p><a href="/oss/christopher-labos-md-msc-associate"><b>Christopher Labos</b></a><b>,</b> <b>MD, Associate, Office for Science and Society</b></p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:35:10 +0000 admin 1228 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/communication-between-body-muscle-and-brain-influences-fertility-study-finds-363063 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> <p>A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female fertility, according to a new study.</p> <p>�������� researchers found that a protein produced in the muscles helps manage the release of a hormone made in the pea-sized gland attached to the base of the brain.</p> <p>The findings, published in <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi4736"><em>Science</em></a>, could lead to new treatment options for infertility, the researchers said.</p> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:53:33 +0000 admin 1226 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/when-using-music-alleviate-pain-tempo-matters-362884 <p>Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a �������� research team has discovered.</p> <p>This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient’s level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.</p> <p>The discovery was the subject of a paper published this week in <i>Pain</i>, the top journal in the field of pain medicine and research.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:32:01 +0000 admin 1224 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/experts-deep-seek-ai-363041 <p>Chinese startup Deep Seek recently launched its latest AI models, which are widely considered better than the current leading competitors and are available for a much lower price.</p> <p>These experts from �������� can share their insights:</p> Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:38:22 +0000 admin 1223 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/experts-us-tariffs-steel-and-aluminum-363042 <p>U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced plans to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and aluminum imports. Meanwhile, his plan to impose 25 per cent tariffs on many other imports from Canada and Mexico has been put on hold for a month.</p> <p>These �������� experts can share their expertise about the potential effects of these tariffs on the aluminum and steel industries in Canada:</p> Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:50:37 +0000 admin 1221 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/experts-world-cancer-day-2025-363013 <p>Feb. 4 is <a href="https://www.worldcancerday.org/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">World Cancer Day</a>, a chance to raise awareness about the second-leading cause of death globally.  </p> <p>These experts from �������� are available to share their insights: </p> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:18:47 +0000 admin 1219 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/expert-quebec-legislation-integration-immigrants-362997 <p>On Thursday, Quebec’s Immigration Minister, Jean-François Roberge, is expected to introduce a bill on the integration of immigrants.</p> <p>This expert from �������� can share his insights:</p> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:21:40 +0000 admin 1217 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/remote-sensing-tools-yield-insights-abandoned-pre-columbian-mexican-city-362490 <p>A �������� researcher has discovered that Guiengola, a 15<sup>th</sup> century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, which had been thought to be simply a fortress where soldiers were garrisoned, was in fact a sprawling, fortified city. It covered 360 hectares, with over 1,100 buildings, four kilometres of walls, a network of internal roads and a clearly organized urban layout with temples and communal spaces such as ballcourts, and the elites and commoners lived in separate neighbourhoods.<br /> <br /></p> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:57:34 +0000 admin 1214 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/expert-foreign-interference-canadian-elections-362961 <p>Canada’s commission on foreign interference in elections is expected to table its report today. The commission looked both at possible foreign interference in the federal elections of 2019 and 2021, and at whether Canadian institutions can detect and block future interference.</p> <p>This �������� expert can share his insights:</p> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:29:17 +0000 admin 1213 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/last-ice-area-arctic-could-disappear-much-sooner-previously-thought-362937 <p>The Arctic’s “Last Ice Area” (LIA) — a vital habitat for ice-dependent species — might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, a <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02034-5">new study</a> by �������� researchers using a high-resolution model has found.  </p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:17:23 +0000 admin 1210 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/expert-quebec-teens-attitudes-cell-phone-use-schools-362933 <p>Most of the 500 Quebec teens surveyed recently are opposed to the use of cell phones in schools. The research was conducted as part of the first phase of work by a <a href="https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/communiques/CommuniquePresse-7303.html">National Assembly special commission</a> examining the impact of screens and social media on the health and development of youth.</p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:31:51 +0000 admin 1209 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/what-drives-mood-swings-bipolar-disorder-study-points-second-brain-clock-362917 <p>A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research.</p> <p>The ��������-led study published in <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado9965"><i>Science Advances</i></a> marks a breakthrough in understanding what drives shifts between the two states, something that, according to lead author <a href="https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/kai-florian-storch/">Kai-Florian Storch</a>, is considered the “holy grail” of bipolar-disorder research.</p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:08:29 +0000 admin 1208 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/expert-supreme-court-canada-hear-challenge-quebecs-secularism-law-bill-21-362854 <p>The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it would hear a legal challenge to Quebec’s Act Respecting the Laicity of the State, also known as Bill 21. </p> <p>This expert from �������� is available to share her insights: </p> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:33:11 +0000 admin 1206 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/experts-us-withdraws-word-health-organization-who-and-paris-climate-agreement-362780 <p>U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday his country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement.<br /> <br /> These experts from �������� are available to share their insights:</p> <h3><b><u>Paris Accord</u></b></h3> <p> </p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:47:57 +0000 admin 1205 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/dead-galaxies-live-signals-astronomers-uncover-fast-radio-bursts-surprising-location-362730 <p>Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio<a> </a>bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe’s most powerful and mysterious signals. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst (CHIME/FRB) collaboration has pinpointed the location on the sky of a repeating FRB, known as FRB 20240209A, outside a dead galaxy, a finding unprecedented in FRB science. The researchers believe the FRB may have originated in a cluster of old, dead stars orbiting the dead galaxy.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:41:09 +0000 admin 1203 at /global-engagement