The Faculty of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) has unveiled its new Indigenous space, named the Onkwanakt铆:io lab, which aims to provide a supportive environment for Indigenous students and encourage Indigenous-focused research.
The space features a mural highlighting Indigenous athletes and a hand-carved wooden table depicting traditional Indigenous sports, underscoring the connection between culture, movement, and community.
Yesterday, HBHL hosted the first Neurogenesis Speaker Series talk of 2025 at The Neuro, featuring Paul Masset听补苍诲 Pouya Bashivan.
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The D2R (DNA to RNA) Initiative has awarded more than $6 million to support eight Core Platforms at 黑料不打烊 University and one at the University of British Columbia through its Core Platform Sustainability funding program. This program supports state-of-the-art Core Platforms that are essential for advancing research and development and facilitating technology uptake and transfer in fields relevant to RNA therapeutics.
Join 黑料不打烊 to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From February 22nd to 28th, 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 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more. .听
US tariffs will hit the Canadian economy hard, but individual industries will experience unique effects. In the case of aluminum production, much of Canada鈥檚 3.2 million metric tons of aluminum that Canada produces each year could be re-routed to Europe. But some communities could still be hit hard and other places that harvest natural resources won鈥檛 be able to find other buyers so easily. 鈥淭here are a lot of towns where the whole town will be impacted,鈥� says Saibal Ray, Professor of Operations Management.
Buying clothing, wearing it once or twice, and then returning it is not a new practice, but online shopping has amplified the issue. To stay competitive with e-commerce giants, retailers have had to simplify their return processes, making them more vulnerable to abuse. 鈥淎mazon puts pressure on speed of delivery and the customer always being right,鈥� says Charles de Brabant, Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management.
Canada鈥檚 Maple 8 pension funds are globally respected for strong returns and independence from government influence. However, recent political moves threaten this model. The federal government has encouraged more domestic investment, while Alberta鈥檚 government fired AIMCo鈥檚 board, raising fears of political interference. 鈥淲hen you start investing based on political objectives, you risk compromising returns,鈥� warns Associate Professor of Finance Sebastien Betermier.
Despite BlackRock鈥檚 exit from the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), climate action remains a key priority for financial institutions, says Sebastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance. He notes that asset managers are shifting their strategies to focus on helping firms transition to net zero rather than maintaining strictly net-zero portfolios. While GFANZ is adapting to these needs, Betermier warns that moving away from alliances could weaken collective action.
黑料不打烊 Desautels Faculty of Management congratulates Professor Alain Pinsonnault on receiving the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his contributions to Canada's international scientific recognition. The medal, awarded to individuals making significant community, national, and global impacts, was presented at a ceremony on January 29, 2025, at Laval鈥檚 Centre de congr猫s Palace.
Please be advised that 黑料不打烊 University has mandated CORENOV CONSTRUCTEURS to carry out the following project:听21-007 Parasitology Building 鈥� JELF Lu and Liu
Description:听Renovation of lab P039 on the first floor of the Parasitology Building.
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Planned construction end date: March 28th, 2025
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February 4, 2025 | Professor Pearl Eliadis听wrote in the on the differences between free speech in the US and free expression in Canada. The recent conflicts go much deeper than tariffs. It speak to the Canadian national sovereignty and the ability of their courts to affirm the differences in the legal cultures.
Last year, a found that replacing half their red and processed meat would increase people's life expectancy an average of nine months, while cutting their diet-related carbon footprint by 25 per cent.
Inspired by Veganuary, a U.K.-based challenge to eat vegan for the month of January, the CBC News podcast听What on Earth听interviewed lead author and PhD graduate of 黑料不打烊's Department of Animal Science, Olivia Auclair, now a research fellow at the University of Oxford.听
Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise,
Experts told them wild turkey populations in southern Quebec have steadily climbed over the past two decades due to warming temperatures.
This has raised concern that predators could be following close behind.
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 黑料不打烊.听
