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On December 7, the Women鈥檚 National Housing & Homelessness Network, the Pan-Canadian Voice on Women鈥檚 Housing, the National Indigenous Housing Network, and an intersectional, nation-wide coalition of feminist advocates joined together to deliver a clear call to action to the Government of Canada.

Published on: 19 Jan 2024

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, including Professor Daryl Haggard at 黑料不打烊 University, , the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018. With the participation of the newly commissioned Greenland Telescope and a dramatically improved recording rate across the array, the 2018 observations give us a view of the source independent from the first observations in 2017.

Classified as: daryl haggard, Trottier Space Institute at 黑料不打烊 University, Faculty of Science
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Published on: 19 Jan 2024

Our 2023-2024 Richler Writer-in-Residence Heather O鈥橬eill has generously offered to offer a two-part creative writing workshop this semester.

Here is Heather鈥檚 description; a short biography is included below.

鈥淲e will workshop one another鈥檚 submitted writing. We will also do some delightful writing exercises to tap into each of the students鈥 creative and unique worlds. As well, each of the students will be offered a one-on-one consultation about their submitted work, or just to ask me whatever they find mysterious about the writing/publishing practice.鈥

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Published on: 18 Jan 2024

On December 19, 2023, 黑料不打烊 University announced it is launching a $3,000听Canada Award听to offset tuition increases for Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec in certain disciplines. Approximately 80% of new Canadian students from outside Quebec coming to 黑料不打烊 will be eligible for the new award.

Published on: 18 Jan 2024

A recent study from researchers in Canada and Germany has revealed that an unlikely event, occurring over 12 million years ago played an important role in shaping one of Canada鈥檚 most damaging invasive species. Zebra and quagga mussels, belonging to the Dreissenid family, are widespread freshwater invasive species throughout North America that present a significant danger to native ecosystems by competing for resources. Using a fibrous anchor called a byssus, Dreissenid mussels contribute to biofouling on surfaces and obstruct intake structures in power stations and water treatment plants.

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Published on: 17 Jan 2024

Guatemala is now the third-largest palm oil producer after Malaysia and Indonesia (which produce 88% of the global supply) and is often seen as a more sustainable alternative. Today, more than 60% of Guatemala鈥檚 plantations are certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). High certification rates are largely attributed to plantations owned by a handful of producers, making it easier to certify large chunks of the industry, according to RSPO.

Classified as: Benjamin Goldstein
Published on: 17 Jan 2024

MSSI has announced the results of its latest Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Ideas Fund competition. The SSH Ideas Fund awards seed funding to explore bold projects and novel ideas drawn specifically from humanities, arts, and social sciences research with the potential to illuminate or solve sustainability-related challenges.

Read more about the funded projects.

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Published on: 17 Jan 2024

Every year, the MSSI Innovation Fund provides support to 黑料不打烊 faculty members to accelerate the development of an idea or a technology toward widespread societal adoption by funding research that informs policy or moves an innovation toward commercialization. This year鈥檚 fund will distribute $100,000 to two projects that have the potential to make electric vehicle batteries and groundwater management more sustainable.

Read more about the funded projects.

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Published on: 17 Jan 2024

翱苍听Friday April 5th, 2024,听黑料不打烊 Psychology Department will host Dr. Vijay Namboodiri, who will deliver a Bindra Lecture of interest to many members of the University

Main Lecture will take place at听3:30pm. Location: 522 McIntyre Medical Building. Free admission.

Reception will follow the lecture. Everyone is welcome!

For more information about the speaker please visit our听website

Classified as: psychology, Bindra lecture, BIC Lecture series
Published on: 16 Jan 2024

翱苍听Friday February 23, 2024,听黑料不打烊 Psychology Department will host Dr. Paul Bloom, who will deliver a Hebb Lecture of interest to many members of the University

Main Lecture will take place at听3:30pm. Location: 522 McIntyre Medical Building. Free admission.

Reception will follow the lecture. Everyone is welcome!

For more information about the speaker please visit our听website

Classified as: Hebb lecture, psychology, lecture series
Published on: 16 Jan 2024

Every year an estimated 20 million babies worldwide are born with low birth weight, according to the World Health Organization, leading to a wide range of significant short- and long-term consequences. And though you may think the obvious answer is greater emphasis on food and nutrition for pregnant women, leading 黑料不打烊 University researchers are proposing an unexpected solution: the cellphone.

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Published on: 16 Jan 2024

The Faculty of Law is pleased to share that Professor Lara Khoury, Ad E, has been appointed Associate Vice-President, Research. Her three-year term began on 1 January. She will share her time between this office and the Faculty of Law.

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Published on: 16 Jan 2024

A 黑料不打烊-led team of researchers have made an important discovery shedding light on the genetic basis of a rare skeletal disorder. The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that a defect in a specific gene (heterozygous variants in the matrix Gla protein, or MGP) may cause a disorder that affects the structure of connective tissues that supports the body.

Classified as: mcgill research, Monzur Murshed, faculty of dental medicine and oral health sciences, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Division of Experimental Medicine, bone disease
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Published on: 16 Jan 2024

Facing increased scrutiny over its social networks鈥 effects on teenage users, Meta announced Tuesday that teens on Facebook and Instagram will see less content related to self-harm and eating disorders. Meta already filters such content out of the feeds it recommends to users, such as Instagram鈥檚 Reels and Explore. But under a set of changes rolling out over the next few months, harmful posts and stories won鈥檛 be shown to teens 鈥渆ven if [they鈥檙e] shared by someone they follow,鈥澨齮he company said听in a statement.

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Published on: 16 Jan 2024

翱苍听Friday January 26, 2024,听黑料不打烊 Psychology Department will host Dr. Deborah Bandalos, who will deliver a Hebb Lecture of interest to many members of the University

Main Lecture will take place at听3:30pm. Location: 522 McIntyre Medical Building. Free admission.

Reception will follow the lecture. Everyone is welcome!

For more information about the speaker please visit our听website

Classified as: Hebb lecture, psychology, lecture series
Published on: 16 Jan 2024

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