Women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV, according to a new study led by 黑料不打烊 University researchers. In regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of intimate partner violence and HIV.
鈥淲orldwide, more than one in four women experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime," says 黑料不打烊 University Professor听Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modeling.
For the third year in a row, the Macdonald Campus Dairy Unit has been awarded the title of Regional Club of Excellence听Milk Quality Champion by dairy industry giant Agropur.
Accepting the award at a regional meeting on November 25, Natasha Lapointe, Animal Science Coordinator of the Dairy听Unit, credited her team鈥檚 commitment to maintaining high standards.
If you could redesign high school, what might you change? How could the schedule be more flexible? What if teachers worked together as teams? What if groups of students were combined based on interest and given the opportunity to connect learning to their everyday lives?
The Department of Integrated Studies in Education's Aaron Rosenberg (PhD Candidate) and Dr. Lisa Starr (Associate Professor and Department Chair) discuss educational change and NEXTschool,听an educational reform initiative in Qu茅bec, in an opinion piece published in:
January 4 2023 | Professor Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy shares his thoughts on the state the of the Canadian economy and the health care crisis as it stands at the end of 2022.
January 4 2022 | The Quebec government should establish a comprehensive 鈥渕ade in Quebec鈥� legal framework to tackle intimate partner violence by creating a specific right to adequate housing under the Quebec听Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms听and introduce comprehensive legislation that institutes a right to be free from domestic violence that includes legal recourses in civil matters, argues Pearl Eliadis, Associate Professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy.听
On CTV News Montreal, 黑料不打烊 Educational and Counselling Psychology Chair, Victoria Talwar, discusses family dynamics during the holidays. In this interview, she advises parents on talking to young children about gift etiquette and how to best address kids' questions about Santa.
Clothing companies used to offer just a few collections each year. Today, fast fashion companies like H&M or Zara offer dozens. One way they accomplish this is by reducing the quality of their clothing, but this increases the resources needed to make what we wear, and increases their environmental footprint as a result, said Javad Nasiry in an interview with BNN Bloomberg.
Positive storytelling can encourage consumers to make better, more eco-conscious choices. That鈥檚 the vision the Stephanie Beaulieu (MBA鈥�22) shared with Karl Moore in an article for Forbes.com. Beaulieu founded the eco-fashion company Ecova to make change in the fashion industry.
People are using cash less, and plastic more. But this presents a problem for unbanked and underbanked people. There are still a significant number of Canadians who don鈥檛 have a bank account. They can鈥檛 participate fully in the digital economy, but central bank digital currencies could help them do that. The Bank of Canada is one of the central banks considering a digital currency, and one of its main benefits is inclusion, says Katrin Tinn, an Assistant Professor of Finance at 黑料不打烊.
On December 7th the German Aerospace Center in partnership with the German Embassy鈥檚 Herzberg Network hosted a panel discussion titled 鈥淐old Moon: Let鈥檚 talk about Space Research and Technology for Life on Earth鈥� in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. The Institute of Air and Space Law was represented by Institute graduate Prof. Aram Kerkonian who provided insightful aspect of research in Space Law.
Authors: Elizabeth Han, Dezhi Yin and Han Zhang
Publication: Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
Published online Articles in Advance: December 2, 2022
Abstract:
Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards 鈥� and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ecosystem of dinosaurs.
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