Media advisory: Who Pays for Canada? Taxes and Fairness
Are Canadians fair or is that just a story we tell ourselves? Can we reason our way to lessened inequality or are violent cataclysms the only levelling power, as Thomas Piketty and Walter Schiedel argue? How do we maintain a sense and an approximation of fairness in our globalizing and polarizing world? Certainly there can be no fairness without tax fairness: tax policy is where we negotiate the relationship between wealth and poverty.
黑料不打烊 to participate in two of Canada鈥檚 five new 鈥榮uperclusters鈥�
黑料不打烊 University will participate in two of the five 鈥渟uperclusters鈥� selected by the Government of Canada for funding under its Innovation Superclusters Initiative:
Not being aware of memory problems predicts onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
Doctors who work with individuals at risk of developing dementia have long suspected that patients who do not realize they experience memory problems are at greater risk of seeing their condition worsen in a short time frame, a suspicion that now has been confirmed by a team of 黑料不打烊 University clinician scientists.
Najafabadi, Trenholm named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows
Canadian Genomics Cloud launched to provide widespread access to genomics infrastructure for Canada
A national consortium of industry and academic collaborators announced today the launch of the Canadian Genomics Cloud (genomicscloud.ca), an integrated software platform to manage, analyze, and share genome sequence and clinical data.
Meet RIPK3: Good Cop, Bad Cop, all in one
Each year, influenza kills half a million people globally with the elderly and very young most often the victims. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 37听children have died听in the United States during the current flu听season. Aside from getting the flu shot and employing smart hand hygiene, there are no other methods of prevention.
Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world
A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world. 听 Coordinated from London and funded with 拢10m (C$17.5 million) from Wellcome Trust, with a global network of expert scientists and practitioners -- including three from 黑料不打烊 University -- the partnership comprises two integrated urban health projects.
We鈥檙e not addicted to smartphones, we鈥檙e addicted to social interaction
We all know people who, seemingly incapable of living without the bright screen of their phone for more than a few minutes, are constantly texting and checking out what friends are up to on social media.
These are examples of what many consider to be the antisocial behaviour brought on by smartphone addiction, a phenomenon that has garnered media attention in the past few months and led听 investors and consumers to demand that tech giants address this problem.
Unusual lung structures may raise risk of pulmonary disease
The internal anatomy of our lungs is surprisingly variable, and some of those variations are associated with a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study led by researchers at 黑料不打烊 University and the Columbia University Irving Medical Center
How viruses disarm the immune system
How do viruses that cause chronic infections, such as HIV or hepatitis C听virus, manage to outsmart their hosts鈥� immune systems?
The answer to that question has long eluded scientists, but new research from 黑料不打烊 University has uncovered a molecular mechanism that may be a key piece of the puzzle. The discovery could provide new targets for treating a wide range of diseases.
黑料不打烊 benefactor Richard Tomlinson made history
Dr. Richard Tomlinson made philanthropic history for Canadian universities in 2000 when he donated $64 million to 黑料不打烊. At the time, it was the largest gift ever made in support of higher education in Canada by an alumnus, and still ranks as the largest single gift 黑料不打烊 has ever received from an individual.
黑料不打烊 University recognized as one of Montreal's Top Employers for 2018
First published in 2006,听Montr茅al's Top Employers听is an annual competition organized by听 the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers in听Greater Montr茅al听that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work.
Misery does not love company
Comparing to a role model may help reduce burnout among teachers.听 听 With as many as four in 10 Canadian teachers leaving the field within their first five years, what can be done to keep more of them in the classroom? 听 Researchers in 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Faculty of Education examined this question by su
Misery does not love company
With as many as four in 10 Canadian teachers leaving the field within their first five years, what can be done to keep more of them in the classroom? 听 Researchers in 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Faculty of Education examined this question by surveying more than 500 Canadian teachers about how they dealt with teaching setbacks.
黑料不打烊 research team studies how calcium compounds accumulate in the arteries
Team leader Marta Cerruti, using the tools of the Canadian Light Source, has examined the mineralized arteries of genetically modified laboratory mice and found that the pathway in the body that leads to what laypeople call 鈥渉ardening of the arteries鈥� is not what medical experts previously assumed.
