A new study from 黑料不打烊 University finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over two million Canadians over a period of 20 years, is the first to examine how proximity to forest fires may influence cancer risk.
May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, a time to reflect on and recognize the many contributions that Canadians of Asian heritage have made and continue to make to Canada. Asian Heritage Month has been celebrated since the 1990s. In December 2001, the Senate of Canada adopted a motion proposed by Senator Vivienne Poy to officially designate May as Asian Heritage Month in Canada. In May 2002, the Government of Canada signed an official declaration to announce May as Asian Heritage Month.
Two public art projects launching in Montreal this summer take inspiration from the botanical collection of Dr. Andrew Holmes, one of the founders of 黑料不打烊's Faculty of Medicine.
The University鈥檚 first in-person Spring Convocation since 2019 will celebrate 14 exceptional women and men, including a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, an acclaimed Quebec writer, a medical doctor committed to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation, and the scientist-entrepreneur behind Moderna鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine
To celebrate the Class of 2022, 黑料不打烊 University will award 14 inspirational individuals鈦 honorary degrees 鈥 the highest order it can bestow 鈥 at the Spring 2022 convocation. Desautels alumnus Lawrence S. Bloomberg, C.M., O.ONT (MBA鈥65) will receive a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) during the Faculty鈥檚 ceremony on June 1, 2022.
On May 5th members of the Faculty of Education launched a four-part series of live, interactive seminars to assist Ukrainian teachers, psychologists and support staff in helping people, particularly children, deal with the horrific consequences of the on-going war. Professor Emerita, Alenoush Saroyan, Director of the 黑料不打烊 International Institute of Education, created the series at the request of Dean Dilson Rassier. In 2021, Dr. Saroyan created a similar series to support educators in Armenia during the conflict with Azerbaijan.
This Spring, beloved traditions are returning to 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 downtown and Macdonald campuses. The University鈥檚 newest graduates will again cross the stage to receive their hard-earned degrees and diplomas. To celebrate these students鈥 outstanding achievements, the University will welcome 14 inspirational individuals who have made exceptional contributions to both their own fields and society as a whole.
Black members of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Class of 2022 celebrated the completion of their degrees in-person at the fourth annual Black Grad event on Sunday, May 1 at the Omni Mont-Royal. The event, inspired by similar ones at Harvard, Yale and the University of Toronto, honours graduating students ahead of next month鈥檚 Convocation 鈥 and highlights their accomplishments despite the institutional, economic and socio-cultural barriers to accessing higher education.
Dr. Bruno Giros was awarded the 2022 Canadian College of Neuropsycho-pharmacology (CCNP) Heinz Lehmann Award, which is given out in recognition of outstanding contributions by a single individual in neuropsychopharmacology research in Canada. Congratulations Dr. Giros!
Dr. Natasha Rajah was appointed to the new position of Assistant Dean, Academic Career Development, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) effective April 1, 2022. Congratulations Dr. Rajah!
The Department of Integrated Studies in Education is proud to share that Dr. Philip Howard is the recipient of the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, 2021-2022 Doctoral Level.
This award recognizes excellence and creativity in teaching of graduate students at the doctoral program level and innovation in graduate curriculum development and implementation.
Faculty of Education Master's Student, Grace Skahan, was recently interviewed for the outlet TVA Nouvelles on her research on engaging male youth on issues of gender based violence.
Read the full TVA Nouvelles article .
Fast fashion is a rapidly expanding subsection of an already environmentally problematic industry. What does a truly sustainable fashion industry model look like鈥攁nd will customers buy it?
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In March 2021, 黑料不打烊 enabled a 3-way match process in MMP to mitigate the risk of paying for unfulfilled orders. The process requires a match between what was ordered, what was received and what is invoiced by the supplier.
MMP Users and Procurement Services have since been adjusting. Certain system deficiencies have been identified and Procurement Services is working diligently with the software provider to correct some of these issues.
As of May 5, a new feature in the will make it easy to request books directly from the other 18 university libraries across Qu茅bec.