Congrats to Africa Ixmucane Flores-Anderson (Enhancing Land Cover Change Analysis in the Tropics) and Scott Sugden (Biogeochemical activity in pioneer soils at biological relevant scales), both of the Department of Natural Resources, who are among the group of twenty-two 黑料不打烊 graduate students who have earned the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship this year.
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A herd of approximately two dozen heifers spooked during a thunderstorm has been wandering through the countryside east of Montreal since July. All attempts to capture the heifers have fallen short, and the herd has survived by eating unharvested corn and other field crops and drinking from streams in the area.
On Thursday, 1 December 2022, the Institute of Air and Space Law held its second webinar for the academic year 2022/23. The second panel titled "The Use of Satellites in Armed Conflict: Legal and Geopolitical Implications" could continue the success of the 1st webinar with more than 90 people in attendance.
The excellent panel consisting of Dr. Jessica West, Prof. Steven Freeland, Prof. Michael Byers, Prof. Maj. Jeremy Grunert and Mr. Gilles Doucet delivered interesting presentations and insightful perspectives.
Food prices have increased by 11% in Quebec in 2022, the largest increase in Canada. In an annual report released on Monday, 26 researchers predict that the upward trend will continue into 2023, but will be less marked. Price increases in Qu茅bec in 2023 should be below the national average, around 5%.
David Wees (FMT) provides an update on a recent project coordinated with Lindsay Flood, Franco Nardi and Freida Beauregard, to plant 200 trees on Campus to honour 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Bicentennial.
鈥淎ltogether, we planted 203 trees. Most have survived. The only tree we had a problem with was the pin oak. Right now, the trees are small and scattered around the campus, but that鈥檚 how it starts. Five years from now, we鈥檒l have a little forest.鈥�
The full recording of ISID's 2022 McDonald Currie lecture, "Development Finance in the Private Sector:听 From Safeguarding Standards to Sustainable Investing" is now available in the Institute's YouTube Channel.听 Moderated by ISID Professor of Practice Christian Novak, Angel Bohorquez Colombo and Chitralekha Deopersad of FinDev as well as John Graham of the IFC/World Bank discussed the role of development finance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).听 A high quality question and answer period with students of 黑料不打烊's International Development Studies program is also include
December 7th, 2022 | In this article, Esli Chan reveals that Canadian violent extremism frameworks minimize online GBV as a form of extremism. GBV, which extends from online to offline realities, is not captured in theoretical frameworks for terrorism and hate speech.
The AGSEM Unit 2-Union of Invigilators held its General Assembly on November 17, 2022 to present the tentative agreement to its members. We are pleased to announce that members voted in favor of the proposed new collective agreement. The current agreement expired on April 30, 2020. The new agreement will come into effect upon signature by the parties and will expire on December 1, 2025.
Nona Moscovitz, the instructor for the MSW advanced clinical practice Use of Self course and the BSW Integrative Seminar and Mental Health courses, 听has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest de I鈥橧le de Montreal as the mental health expert on the board.
This appointment recognizes Nona鈥檚 extensive practice, supervision and teaching experience in this area.听 Felicitations Nona!
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This memo is sent on behalf of Julie Ghayad, Director Systems and Transaction Services
Dear Colleagues,
Since 3465 Durocher has sustained water damage, our employees have very limited access to the building.
All Financial Services鈥� mail is being redirected to Student Accounts. Please refrain from using the drop box in the lobby of 3465 Durocher and send all documents/cheques via internal mail instead.
The COVID-19 pandemic was incredibly costly, for the health of the population and the economy. But the next infectious disease pandemic could be even worse. Politicians can choose to prevent it, but they need to take action now, argues听Dr. Joanne Liu (MDCM'91,鈥疘MHL'14, DSc'16) in Scientific American.听 For this to happen, there needs to be a leader-level council that identifies gaps in preparedness, mobilizes finances where they are needed, and holds its stakeholders accountable.
2021 was an anti-climactic year for Black Friday sales. Global supply chains had been disrupted, inventory was very low, and demand was very high. So, retailers had little incentive to sell items at discounted prices. 2022 has been a little different, said Prof Maxime Cohen in an interview with CTV News. Some supply chain disruptions have been alleviated, and there is excess inventory in certain product categories. This set of circumstances encourages retailers to discount products more aggressively.听听
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Europe鈥檚 energy crisis has highlighted the gap between the green energy production that we want, and the fossil fuel energy infrastructure that we actually have. When Russia cuts off the flow of natural gas to Europe, there simply is not enough green energy to compensate, said Eric Reguly of The Globe and Mail in an interview with Prof. Karl Moore for Les Affaires. Twenty years ago, green energy was growing faster than it is today, Reguly said.
