/oss/taxonomy/term/44/all en /oss/channels/event/chemistry-outreach-group-10th-anniversary-mcgill-open-house-360512 <p>The Department of Chemistry will be open to the public for ���ϲ����� Open House on Sunday October 27<sup>th</sup> from 10AM to 3PM.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:05:59 +0000 admin 10116 at /oss /oss/channels/event/covid-and-more-conversations-mcgill-office-science-and-society-322589 <p>This week, the OSS is speaking with Fred Morin, co-owner of <em>Joe Beef</em>, <em>McKiernan</em>, Liverpool House, & <em>Le Vin Papillon</em>, along with Joel Tietolman, owner of the <em>Mile End Deli</em> in New York City, to discuss the cha</p> Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:56:29 +0000 emily.shore@mcgill.ca 8271 at /oss /oss/channels/event/trottier-symposium-longing-longevity-299614 <h2>The 2019 Trottier Public Science Symposium: "Longing for Longevity"</h2> <h3>Tuesday & Wednesday, October 22 and 23</h3> <p><em>All events will take place at the Centre Mont-Royal, 1000 Sherbrooke Street West (corner Mansfield)</em></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:14:11 +0000 emily.shore@mcgill.ca 7871 at /oss /oss/channels/news/food-babe-decoded-243591 <p>Vani Hari, who goes by the alias “The Food Babe” has become a real social phenomenon. She blogs, appears on TV and has just come out with a book that quickly made it to the New York Times best seller list. She has lots of followers and lots of critics, including myself. I don’t disagree with her goal of improving people’s eating habits. I just disagree with the methods used. Irrational fear-mongering is not the way to go. "There is just no acceptable level of any chemical to ingest, ever," she says.</p> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:39:57 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1298 at /oss /oss/channels/news/your-makeup-killing-you-decoding-cosmetic-scare-stories-234181 <p>You’ve seen the stories: There’s Lead in Your Lipstick! Pthalates in Your Shampoo! Parabens in Everything!</p> <p> </p> <p>Our cosmetics are awash in toxic chemicals, or so it seems. Are we in imminent danger? Should we throw them all out and go au naturelle? Or slather away in a fool’s paradise, only to develop cancer – or worse, pass on our toxic habits to our children as birth defects? Why are there toxins in our products at all? And if these toxins are so dangerous, why isn’t anything being done?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>A Scientific Opinion</strong></p> Wed, 19 Mar 2014 03:36:03 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1263 at /oss /oss/channels/news/more-oz-folly-232626 <p><span>Dr. Oz has absolutely gone haywire. In pushing the "alkaline" diet he takes a piece of kidney and pours acid on it to show how it disintegrates and infers this is happening in the body. This is insane. The pH of the blood is maintained at about 7.35 no matter what the diet. Oz has lost all perspective and is falling deeper and deeper into the abyss of quackery.</span></p> <p></p> Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:48:47 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1254 at /oss /oss/channels/event/alternative-medicine-232624 <p>Dr. Joe Schwarcz will be presenting a talk on Alternative Medicine at St. George's University in Granada</p> Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:27:00 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1253 at /oss /oss/channels/event/2014-spmao-annual-conference-speakers-232623 &������;����;��3&������;����;���ٰ�.&������;����;/��3&������;����; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:23:15 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1252 at /oss /oss/channels/news/dr-joe-comments-dr-oz-232622 <h2>The wizardry of Dr. Oz</h2> <h3>The surgeon and TV celebrity has succeeded in winning fans and influencing public health debates - which troubles some experts.</h3> <p></p> <div> <p>Mehmet Oz's followers believe he is a trustworthy, serious-minded (and hot) physician.</p> <p>His equally fervent flock of critics say he is a fad-foisting, ratings-grubbing (and smart) TV celebrity.</p> <p>In the 10 years since Oprah dubbed him "America's Doctor," the 53-year-old Oz has shown he is comfortable in both roles.</p></div> Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:16:17 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1251 at /oss /oss/channels/news/online-course-offers-food-thought-ever-changing-information-232472 <div> <p>What is it like to teach a class of more than 20,000 students? I don’t know, but I’m about to find out. Colleagues David Harpp and Ariel Fenster and I have been selected to offer ���ϲ�����’s first “massive open online course,” known in the trade as a MOOC.</p></div> Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:16:10 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1247 at /oss /oss/channels/news/ctv-montreal-dr-joe-schwarcz-dangers-ecoli-232457 <p>Many strains of E.coli are necessary for human digestion, but O157:H7 can be deadly.</p> <p> </p> <p>To view the video, <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=274666"><strong>click here</strong></a> </p> Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:22:33 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1246 at /oss /oss/channels/event/food-there-solution-confusion-232295 <div><span><span>Dr. Joe Schwarcz presents: " <span>Food-Is There a Solution to the Confusion?" </span><br /></span></span></div> <div></div> Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:00:33 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1241 at /oss /oss/channels/event/mystery-ageing-232294 <div><span><span>Dr. Joe Schwarcz presents a talk "The Mystery of Ageing"  </span></span></div> <div></div> Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:57:08 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1239 at /oss /oss/channels/event/celebrity-science-231746 <p>Dr. Joe Schwarcz will be giving a lecture at the Quebec Teachers Association.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2013 02:45:49 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1234 at /oss /oss/channels/event/speaq%E2%80%99s-41st-annual-convention-231489 <div> <p><span>This year’s theme is “The Future Is Now!” What is the inspiration behind this theme? Since the </span><span>renouveau pédagogique </span><span>is fully implemented in schools across the province of Quebec... where do we go now?</span></p></div> Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:46:16 +0000 alexandra.pires-menard@mail.mcgill.ca 1226 at /oss