/macdonald/taxonomy/term/4/all en /macdonald/channels/news/fmt-director-pascal-theriault-comments-boycott-american-products-362989 <p>American companies that employ hundreds of Quebec workers could suffer from a call for a boycott as suggested on certain social media, reports <em><a href="https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/01/28/boycott-de-produits-americains-des-quebecois-pourraient-en-subir-les-contrecoups">TVA Nouvelles</a> </em>and others.</p> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:58:23 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 13781 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/six-principal-investigators-neuro-receive-cihr-grants-363535 <h2>Projects include important research on Parkinson’s, glioblastoma and dementia</h2> <p> </p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:44:57 +0000 admin 17818 at /macdonald /macdonald/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 º«¹úÂãÎè 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 17793 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/sunsetting-vanier-and-banting-programs-363532 <p>In alignment with the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/research-coordinating-committee/priorities/research-talent-for-a-knowledge-based-society/tri-agency-research-training-strategy.html">Tri-Agency Research Training Strategy</a> and as announced in <a href="https://www.budget.canada.ca/2024/home-accueil-en.html">Budget 2024</a>, the three federal granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering and Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are working to offer a harmonized and streaml</p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:30:19 +0000 admin 17775 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/law-winter-term-essays-and-writing-draft-projects-and-term-papers-are-due-354855 <p>Law Winter term essays and Writing & Draft Projects and term papers are due on 24 April 2025 at 15:00 unless an earlier deadline has been imposed by the instructor.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:20:19 +0000 admin 16934 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/lab-life-science-literacy-week-mcgill-february-363500 <p>Join º«¹úÂãÎè to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From <strong>February 22nd to 28th</strong>, delve into this year's theme, From Lab to Life and explore science in the everyday. Events include a study on the ancient Egyptian animal mummies in the Redpath Museum, a tour of the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, Science History Treasures in º«¹úÂãÎè’s Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more. <a href="https://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/science-literacy">Learn more here</a>. </p> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:47:30 +0000 admin 16685 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/prof-emeritus-david-bird-wild-turkey-sightings-montreal-363460 <p>Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise, <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10986870/wild-turkeys-montreal/">Global News reports.</a></p> <p>Experts told them wild turkey populations in southern Quebec have steadily climbed over the past two decades due to warming temperatures.</p> <p>This has raised concern that predators could be following close behind.</p> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:47:24 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 16040 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/four-mcgill-faculty-science-students-and-graduates-named-finalists-mccall-macbain-scholarships-363436 <p>Faculty of Science students Joshua Cheruvathur (BSc'25) and Elaine Xiao (BSc'25), as well as graduates Antoine Bourdin (BSc'24) and Chanel Perreault (BASc'22), are finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at º«¹úÂãÎè. </p> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:22:39 +0000 admin 15991 at /macdonald /macdonald/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>º«¹úÂãÎè 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 15982 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/drop-exhibit-science-history-treasures-mcgills-rare-books-special-collections-363433 <p><em>La version française suit.</em></p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:06:49 +0000 admin 15716 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/how-mcgill-students-teenage-curiosity-led-first-megalodon-discovery-canada-363426 <p>Louis-Philippe Bateman’s fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada’s geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada’s Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at º«¹úÂãÎè.</p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000 admin 15635 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/application-interintra-faculty-transfer-opens-bsw-social-work-fall-2025-363065 <p>Readmission application opens on Minerva for inter/intra-Faculty transfer to B.S.W. degree for Fall 2025.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:32:10 +0000 admin 15304 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/application-interintra-faculty-transfer-opens-ba-ar-and-bth-theologyift-fall-2025-363066 <p>Application opens on Minerva for Inter-Faculty Transfer to B.A and B.Th. degree for Fall 2025.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:32:10 +0000 admin 15305 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/readmission-application-fall-2025-opens-arts-including-school-religious-studies-and-school-social-363064 <p>Readmission application opens on Minerva for readmission to B.A., B.S.W. and B.Th. degree for Fall 2025.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:32:09 +0000 admin 15303 at /macdonald /macdonald/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 º«¹úÂãÎè 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 15269 at /macdonald