/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10089/all en /newsroom/article/around-campus/montreals-english-dramatic-tradition-comes-life-showcase-free-staged-readings <p>Audiences are invited to attend a series of <b>free</b> staged readings, which unearth plays from English Montreal’s not-so-distant past. The event will spotlight influential writers like Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton, Aviva Ravel, Mada Gage Bolton and more, who helped shape Montreal’s English-language theatre tradition.</p> Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:01:34 +0000 Katherine Gombay 198446 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/multidisciplinary-framework-derive-global-river-reach-classifications-high-spatial-resolution <p><em>New paper by Camille Ouellet Dallaire and Bernhard Lehner (McGill Department of Geography), Roger Sayre (US Geological Survey, Reston, VA) and Michele Thieme (World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC)</em></p> <p>Source: <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aad8e9">Environmental Research Letters</a> Published January 25, 2019</p> <p> </p> Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:41:06 +0000 Newsroom 137030 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/around-campus/world-maternal-mental-health-day <p><strong><span>Why are you interested in maternal mental health especially in pregnancy?</span></strong></p> Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:28:03 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 38212 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/tax-havens-three-issues-alain-deneault <p><em><strong>Who pays for Canada? Taxes and Fairness</strong>, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada 2018 Conference, welcomes <strong>Alain Deneault </strong>“directeur de programme” at the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. Deneault will discuss tax havens at a panel on Political Spaces of Fairness.  </em></p> <p> Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:02:10 +0000 Alain Deneault 32985 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/around-campus/appointment-dean-school-continuing-studies <p><span>Professor Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal Academic </span><span>announces the appointment of <strong>Dr. Carola Weil</strong> as the next Dean of the School of Continuing Studies. Dr. Weil’s five-year, renewable term will begin on July 1, 2018, and end June 30, 2023. The Advisory Committee for the Selection of a Dean of the School of Continuing Studies conducted an extensive, international search. The McGill University Board of Governors accepted the committee’s recommendation during its meeting on February 15, 2018.</span></p> Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:16:12 +0000 Newsroom 32982 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/around-campus/dr-elham-emami-appointed-dean-faculty-dentistry <p>Professor Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal Academic announces the appointment of <strong>Dr. Elham Emami</strong> as the next Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry. Dr. Emami’s five-year, renewable term will begin on July 1, 2018, and end June 30, 2023. The Advisory Committee for the Selection of a Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry conducted an extensive, international search. The McGill University Board of Governors accepted the committee’s recommendation during its meeting on February 15, 2018.</p> Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:10:58 +0000 Newsroom 32981 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/around-campus/mcgill-lecturer-open-his-class-public-talk-justice-and-race-saskatchewan <p><span>The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Colten_Boushie">death of Colten Boushie in Saskatchewan and Gerald Stanley acquittal</a><span> sparked a national discussion on the Canadian justice system and anti-indigenous racism in Canada.</span></p> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:15:01 +0000 Newsroom 32958 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/around-campus/nsercs-science-action-contest-open-voting <p>Public Voting is now open for <a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ScienceAction/index_eng.asp">NSERC's Science, Action!</a><span> contest, and seven McGill students are in the running.</span></p> <p>From February 6 to March 2, watch and share your favourite videos. Show your family and friends how science and engineering is improving their lives.<br /> The 25 videos with the most views on March 2 will proceed to NSERCs judges’ panel, where they will compete for one of 15 cash prizes.</p> <p>Vote for your favourite now!</p> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:07:56 +0000 Newsroom 32939 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/wilder-penfield-honoured-google-doodle <p>You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to know why we’re celebrating Wilder Penfield’s 127th birthday today, but it doesn’t hurt! Penfield was once considered “the greatest living Canadian” for his trailblazing advancements in mapping the brain and brain surgery techniques to treat epilepsy.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:23:43 +0000 Newsroom 32894 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/winter-storm <p>Today’s challenging weather is resulting in widespread school closures and, in some places, difficult driving conditions. Unfortunately, indications are that the situation is unlikely to improve during the day. McGill will be open today, but we urge employees and students to use extreme caution if trying to get to one of our campuses.</p> Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:29:32 +0000 Newsroom 32882 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/around-campus/infrastructure-awards-mcgill <p>New labs and equipment through the CFI’s Innovation Fund will help six transformative McGill research projects to collaborate, innovate and train the next generation of scientists for the jobs of tomorrow.<br /></p> Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:51:51 +0000 Newsroom 32872 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/around-campus/principal-suzanne-fortier-encourages-students-25th-edition-soup-and-science <p>Soup and Science is held for one week at the start of each fall and winter term. Each day at lunch, undergraduate science students are invited to see and hear some of our coolest professors give short presentations about their research. <a href="/science/research/ours/soupscience/jan2018">See more</a><br />  </p> Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:44:19 +0000 Newsroom 32871 at /newsroom