A new project at The Neuro, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been awarded $10.6M in financial support as part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund.
Please be advised that McGill University has mandated Adams Elevators Inc. to carry out the following project: 17-004 Burnside - Modernization of the elevators.
Construction start date: May 2024
Planned construction end date: March 2025
Work schedule: Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Project Manager: Simon Lacoste - simon.lacoste [at] mcgill.ca
Assistant Project Manager: Jose Uria - jose.uria [at] mcgill.ca
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.
AtkinsRéalis, formerly known as SNC-Lavalin, says it has been awarded the engineering contract for the Projet Mauricie green hydrogen hub in Quebec. The development is the latest milestone for the $4-billion Mauricie project, which is being developed by TESCanada H2 Inc. The company is proposing to build a "green hydrogen" production plant in the Mauricie region of Quebec, between Montreal and Quebec City, that will be powered exclusively by renewable electricity.
The current chairholder of the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, Jocelyn Maclure, recently took part in a publication by OBVIA called "Interdisciplinary Dialogues: The Major Risks of Generative AI". Please see the link below to read the publication.
The following message is being sent on behalf of McGill’s Human Resources Department.
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Dear members of the McGill community,
As noted in my March 23 message, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) representing Teaching Assistants began a strike on March 25. Since then, we have received various questions from our community, which I aim to address below.
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi has been elected as the new President of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP). It is a historic moment for CINP to elect its first woman President.
Imagine being middle aged and starting to feel that you are off balance a lot and that you are having a hard time coordinating your movements. Those are among the symptoms of Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, known as SCA6, a rare neurodegenerative disease which typically appears in adulthood and worsens over time. Over time, other problems such as slurred speech and difficulty seeing or seeing double, may also appear. It is estimated that fewer than 5,000 people in the US have the condition, which is the result of genetic mutations in the cerebellum.
On April 3rd, 2024, the Institute’s students had the opportunity to visit ICAO Headquarters. ICAO Secretary General, Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar (IASL LL.M., 1999) and Mr. Michael Gill, the Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau, spent the morning giving the students a lecture about the main bodies of ICAO, the work of the ICAO Legal Committee, and how ICAO helps their Member States address climate change.
Victoria Talwar, ECP Professor, Faculty of Education Interim Dean, and Lab Director of the Talwar Child Development Research Lab, recently published a paper in Developmental Psychology that investigates the effects of honesty promotion techniques on children of different ages.
Please be advised that McGill University has mandated St-Denis Thompson to carry out the following project: 16-135 Strathcona Music – Rehabilitation of building envelope Lot 4.
Building envelope restoration of South, East and North stone masonry facades. Construction is expected to last three years and will be carried out during the spring, summer and fall periods of 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Construction start date: April 2024
Planned construction end date: November 2026
The achievements of International Master’s Program for Managers alumnus Damiano Baj (IMPM’16) were recognized with the European Chief Information Officer Award at the Wealth Briefing Awards in London on March 21, 2024. “Anyone who meets Damiano is immediately struck by both his accomplished expertise and thoughtful philosophy of management and how this connects to his theory of business,” says Martin Brigham, an associate professor at Lancaster University in the UK and the worldwide academic director of IMPM.
Position Information: Administrative Officer, Office of Indigenous Initiatives at McGill University
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MORSL is excited to announce the launch of the Winter issue of our student-centred spirituality magazine Radix! In this issue "Between Worlds", our writers and artists have beautifully transcended the "isms" to bridge distances between worlds. Reality, as it turns out, is as plural as there are people walking this vast, plentiful earth. We are proud to present here poems, prose, photographs, and artworks by students who have been inspired to reach within themselves, and far beyond.
The Federal Government of Canada has increased the federal carbon tax from $65 a tonne to $80 as of April 1, 2024. Christopher Ragan joins several news outlets below sharing his expertise.
Opinion: Carbon pricing has become our national dumpster fire | The Globe and Mail
