/arts/taxonomy/term/113/all en /arts/channels/event/entitled-securing-good-development-outcomes-global-growth-challenges-and-opportunities-301009 <p>黑料不打烊 students and faculty members are invited to join Prof. Suzanne Fortier, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of 黑料不打烊 University, for a speech delivered by <b>Mr.</b></p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:37:26 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1201 at /arts /arts/channels/event/reflecting-future-pre-departure-workshop-exl-study-abroad-program-302262 <p>In this workshop, students in the Faculty of Arts who鈥檝e been accepted for Exchange or Independent Study Away are invited to get more out of their experience by taking time to reflect and clarify their intentions and expectations <b><i>before</i></b></p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:37:26 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1203 at /arts /arts/channels/news/canadas-abortion-rights-well-protected-says-political-expert-alabama-criminalizes-procedure-city-297777 <p>MAY 16, 2019 |聽As Alabama criminalizes abortions, a number of Canadian politicians have been loudly expressing support for anti-abortion groups and their agendas but some political scientists say women鈥檚 reproductive rights are well-protected here. Stephanie Paterson, an associate professor of political science at Concordia University, says there will always be anti-abortion politicians spouting off but she believes women鈥檚 rights are enshrined in the Charter of Rights.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1153 at /arts /arts/channels/news/nine-mcgill-researchers-selected-newest-round-canada-cifar-ai-chairs-303260 <p>CIFAR today announced its聽newest cohort of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs, which includes nine researchers from 黑料不打烊, bringing the total number of 黑料不打烊 researchers named to the program to 17. These top academic researchers are part of the $125 million Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, the world鈥檚 first national strategy of its kind. The Canada CIFAR AI Chair Program represents an investment of $30 million at nine universities, and mobilizes over 150 researchers across the country.</p> <p>The latest group of 黑料不打烊 professors to join Mila as Canada CIFAR AI Chairs in the Arts are:</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1173 at /arts /arts/channels/news/legault-government-dividing-quebec-excluding-montreal-and-millennials-national-observer-297769 <p>JUNE 5, 2019 |聽For the first time in the history of Quebec, the provincial government has no senior ministers and only two elected representatives from the island of Montreal, and it shows. Nothing makes this more evident than Bill 21, the secularism law proposed by the Coalition Avenir Qu茅bec (CAQ) government that is especially contentious for banning certain public workers from wearing religious symbols. Notable among them are teachers and school principals, police officers, judges, Crown prosecutors and prison guards.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1148 at /arts /arts/channels/news/americans-are-complicit-border-camp-abuses-298469 <p>The conditions at border detention facilities provide irrefutable evidence of the child maltreatment that President Trump commits in our names鈥攁nd state officials need to take action to end the cruelty.</p> <p>Co-authored by Professor Michael J. MacKenzie (Social Work, 黑料不打烊) and Assistant Professor Tova Walsh (Social Work, Wisconsin-Madison)</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1166 at /arts /arts/channels/news/krzysztof-pelc-wins-2019-cbc-short-story-prize-cbc-297463 <p>APR 24, 2019 |聽Krzysztof Pelc has won the聽2019 CBC Short Story Prize聽for his story聽Green Velvet.聽As the grand prize winner, Pelc will receive $6,000 from the聽Canada Council for the Arts聽and聽a two-week聽writing residency at the聽Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.聽Green Velvet聽was selected by the jury comprised of writers聽Esi聽Edugyan,聽Iain聽Reid聽and聽Lisa Moore. "Told in clear, confident prose,聽Green Velvet聽is an elegant, beautifully-shaped story, lit with a wry humour that tilts unpredictably to melancholy. It's full of whimsy and insight," the jury said in a statement.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1141 at /arts /arts/channels/news/cities-scratch-watch-new-cities-rise-desert-jungle-and-sea-298287 <p>鈥淲e鈥檙e in the midst of new cities fever,鈥� says Professor Sarah Moser (Department of Geography). The head of the new cities lab at 黑料不打烊 University has documented more than 100 cities that have sprung up across Asia and Africa since the early 2000s for her forthcoming Atlas of New Cities.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1161 at /arts /arts/channels/news/national-geographic-grant-awarded-howe-sound-researcher-298096 <p>Every summer growing up, Fiona Beaty's family would make the trip from Vancouver to Bowen Island, where she would spend her time playing in the woods and turning over rocks at the shore in her search for crabs. Now, Beaty is back on the coast and her more recent explorations in marine biology are getting much more attention. Last month, she was awarded a National Geographic Early Career grant to support her latest project, the Howe Sound Atl'ka7tsem Marine Reference Guide.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1155 at /arts /arts/channels/news/why-developing-ontarios-far-north-risky-business-star-297770 <p>MAY 27, 2019 |聽Sam Hunter set out to go camping near his home on Weenusk First Nation, about 35 kilometres south of Hudson Bay in Ontario鈥檚 Far North. After spending a night in the bush, Hunter, who has lived on this land for most of his 53 years, went to look for dry wood. As he drove across what appeared to be a frozen river, the surface suddenly gave way and his Yamaha Bravo snowmobile plunged through the ice. Hunter was thrown through the windshield and barely avoided falling into the rushing water below.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1149 at /arts /arts/channels/news/andrew-potter-joins-mcgill-universitys-max-bell-school-public-policy-299548 <p>The Max Bell School of Public Policy is excited to announce that Andrew Potter has joined the School to support its teaching, outreach, research, and policy engagement activities.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1167 at /arts /arts/channels/news/mcgill-university-ethics-and-digital-technology-expert-breaks-down-challenges-stop-spread-hateful-297464 <p>MAY 15, 2019 |聽Taylor Owen, 黑料不打烊's Chair of Media, Ethics and Communication says the barriers to effectively moderate extreme online content are both technical and political. The tragic Christchurch live-streamed video is prompting further action from world leaders.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1142 at /arts /arts/channels/news/impact-childcare-poor-urban-womens-economic-empowerment-africa-298288 <p>Despite evidence from other regions, researchers and policy-makers remain skeptical that women鈥檚 disproportionate childcare responsibilities act as a significant barrier to women鈥檚 economic empowerment in Africa. This randomized control trial study in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, demonstrates that limited access to affordable early childcare inhibits poor urban women鈥檚 participation in paid work.</p> <p>Co-authored by Shelley Clark (黑料不打烊), Caroline W. Kabiru (APHRC), Sonia Laszlo (黑料不打烊) and Stella Muthuri (APHRC)</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1162 at /arts /arts/channels/news/obligation-produce-results-298097 <p>An article by Thomas Mulcair based on the Mallory Lecture he gave at the 黑料不打烊 Institute for the Study of Canada聽earlier this spring.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1156 at /arts /arts/channels/news/autism-policy-failure-has-stark-consequences-families-montreal-gazette-297771 <p>MAY 7, 2019 | We know that the prevalence of autism has risen steadily in Quebec, and across the world, as awareness and identification have improved, as have concerns about the availability of both diagnostic and intervention services. Autism is here to stay. Over the past two decades, consecutive governments have struggled to find a policy response to this condition 鈥� better understood as a spectrum 鈥� that defies typical policy definitions. Autism cuts across health, education and social policies in its complexities, and so too do the services and programs needed to address it.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 1150 at /arts