/channels/taxonomy/term/16279/all en /channels/channels/event/housing-human-rights-and-public-health-whats-law-got-do-it-351860 <h2>Housing, Human Rights and Public Health</h2> <h3>What鈥檚 Law Got to Do With It?</h3> <p>Friday, November 3, 2023, from 11:00 to 12:30 p.m.</p> <p><b><i>Hybrid -聽</i></b>2001 黑料不打烊 College Avenue, Room 1201 (12th floor) or Via ZOOM</p> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:11:51 +0000 webfull 193783 at /channels /channels/channels/event/green-green-closing-keynote-witold-rybczynski-upenn-350066 <p>This event is part of the Design for the Global Majority project. Closing keynote by Witold Rybczynski, Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor Emeritus of Urbanism, University of Pennsylvania, and former director of the MCHG.</p> Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:45:32 +0000 webfull 191442 at /channels /channels/channels/event/design-global-majority-symposium-350065 <p>This event is part of the Design for the Global Majority project. International symposium with presentations by MCHG alumni and scholars.</p> Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:39:28 +0000 webfull 191441 at /channels /channels/channels/event/thousand-million-clients-keynote-vikram-bhatt-mcgill-conversation-ipek-tureli-mcgill-and-carmela-350064 <p>This event is part of the Design for the Global Majority project. Exhibition vernissage (5:00 p.m. in room 114) will be followed by a keynote talk (6:00 p.m.</p> Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:35:40 +0000 webfull 191440 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-montreal-prepares-moving-day-amid-continuing-housing-crisis-348869 <p>The vacancy rate in Montreal is at two per cent this year, for the third year in a row. The price for a three-bedroom, family sized-apartment generally starts at $1,500 a month. While the average price for a two-bedroom apartment is roughly $1,050 a month, according to the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation, units under $1,000 are disappearing fast. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/moving-day-how-inflation-and-a-housing-shortage-may-complicate-quebec-renters-plans-1.6423904" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CTV</a>)聽</p> Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:42:06 +0000 webfull 190308 at /channels /channels/channels/event/new-student-webinar-renting-montreal-grads-348518 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/fc6e9d84-f083-41f0-8cf7-bee145090ac1aa1a509f-e84b-4de5-8208-6e0682399b72.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt=" Renting in Montreal - G</body></html>" /></div> Wed, 31 May 2023 05:04:40 +0000 webfull 189887 at /channels /channels/channels/news/63-low-income-canadians-worried-about-impact-inflation-food-housing-global-news-346087 <p>February 9, 2022 | A recent report by Statistics Canada has found that more than 63% of Canadians belonging to a low-income household are worried about the impacts of inflation on food, housing and other expenses. Director <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan </a>mentioned that the increase in prices hurt low-income households more. However according to Ragan, this is not solely due to inflation.</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:52:43 +0000 webfull 187238 at /channels /channels/channels/news/housing-first-strategy-proves-cost-effective-especially-most-vulnerable-homeless-group-323879 <p>Canadians spend big money dealing with the consequences of homelessness, but the money spent could be far more effective. According to a new 黑料不打烊-led analysis, housing homeless people with severe mental illness is even more cost-effective than housing homeless people with moderate needs. A Housing-First strategy aimed at helping these individuals regain and keep permanent housing generates savings equal to about two-thirds of its cost.</p> Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:45:18 +0000 webfull 162711 at /channels /channels/channels/event/our-shared-spaces-focus-group-301614 <p>Come share your thoughts about the Our Shared Spaces workshops!聽</p> Fri, 11 Oct 2019 04:33:02 +0000 webfull 154314 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-concordia-team-create-net-zero-energy-home-269911 <p>Imagine a household that produces as much if not more electricity than it consumes. Now imagine that home in Montreal 鈥� harsh winters and all. That鈥檚 what a group of students and staff from Concordia and 黑料不打烊 universities is working toward. Students from undergraduate to PhD levels are teaming up to build what is called a 鈥渘et zero energy鈥� home. Then next year, the residence will be transported to China, where it will go up against other solar-powered housing models from around the world in a competition called a solar decathlon.<br /></p> Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:53:56 +0000 webfull 130642 at /channels