/newsroom/taxonomy/term/6930/all en /newsroom/channels/news/reducing-mental-health-stigma-junior-hockey-345531 <p>For professional athletes, the pressures of competition and stigma surrounding mental health issues can be debilitating to the point where some are leaving the arena for good. Young hockey players are no exception. Fear of negative career repercussions can mean athletes avoid disclosing their mental health concerns.</p> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 16:59:41 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288652 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-and-trafalgar-school-forge-new-partnership-transform-education-324794 <p>ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University’s Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls are partnering to establish a transformative partnership - the CoLab. A first of its kind in Canada, the CoLab will integrate teacher training, classroom practice and cutting-edge pedagogical research under one roof.</p> Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:35:28 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 240442 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-russia-banned-olympics-and-global-sports-4-years-over-doping-303257 <p>Global antidoping leaders agreed unanimously on Monday to banish Russia from international sports — including next summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo — for four years, the latest and severest punishment yet connected to a years long cheating scheme that has tarnished global sport. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/sports/russia-doping-ban.html">New York Times</a>)</p> <p>Here is an expert from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University that can provide comment on this issue:</p> <p><b>Lindsay Duncan, Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education</b></p> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:51:12 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 190445 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-understanding-how-muscles-work-269759 <p>Muscle malfunctions may be as simple as a slight strain after exercise or as serious as heart failure and muscular dystrophy. A new technique developed at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ now makes it possible to look much more closely at how sarcomeres, the basic building blocks within all skeletal and cardiac muscles, work together. It’s a discovery that should advance research into a wide range of muscle malfunctions.</p> <p><strong>Talk about finicky work</strong></p> Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:24:05 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32196 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/taking-pain-out-office-work-253767 <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAjKk_SQBv4&index=2&list=PLfMfJihLOASUU1-PZklsyVXrI1vgVktlw" target="_blank" title="Watch the video on treadmill research"><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/cote_video_treadmill_english.png" style="float:left" /></a></p> <p><span>Office work will become much less of a pain in the neck if Julie Côté has her way. </span></p> <p> Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:01:22 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 24282 at /newsroom