While happiness may have felt far off as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the globe, the latest World Happiness Report (WHR) has ranked Canadians in 15th place, slipping down from the 10th position the previous year. The report is released annually by a team of independent researchers and weighs six variables: income, freedom, trust in government, healthy life expectancy, social support, and generosity. (CTV News)

Classified as: McGill experts, happiness index, economics of happiness, Christopher Barrington-Leigh
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Published on: 19 Mar 2021

Rogers Communications Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Shaw Communications Inc., a takeover that will reshape the country’s telecom landscape provided it receives regulatory approval. The purchase of the Calgary-based telecommunications company would give Rogers a bigger national footprint with deeper access to the West and a national wireline network, according to analysts assessing the transaction, while Rogers itself touted the potential for $1 billion in synergies.

Classified as: McGill experts, rogers, shaw, telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, 5g, Desautels Faculty of Management, Paul Beaumont
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Published on: 16 Mar 2021

This year, the theme for the International Women’s Day, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,” celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the gaps that remain. Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes, and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all.

Classified as: McGill experts, International Women's Day, feminism, gender and representation, gender based violence, gender disadvantage, gender and women's studies, global women leaders, women in education, women in science, Women in society, women and politics, women of colour, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, Shaheen Shariff, Audrey Moores, Lisa Cohen
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Published on: 5 Mar 2021

NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday, February 18 and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. (National Post)

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Classified as: McGill experts, Richard Léveillé, Erin Gibbons, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill Space Institute, air and space, Mars
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Published on: 19 Feb 2021

A rare deep freeze in Texas that raised demand for power forced the U.S. state's electric grid operator on Monday to impose rotating blackouts that left nearly three million customers without electricity. The cold snap sweeping Texas reached the northern part of neighboring Mexico as well, where authorities said 4.7 million users lost power early on Monday, February 15. (CBC News)

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Classified as: McGill experts, François Bouffard, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas, snow storm
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Published on: 19 Feb 2021

The federal government has approved Air Canada's purchase of competing airline Transat A.T. Inc. under a series of strict terms and conditions the government says "are in the interest of Canadians." A statement released by the transport minister's office said the impact of COVID-19 was a key factor in the final decision to approve the purchase. (CBC News)

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Classified as: McGill experts, Aviation, commercial aviation management issues, John Gradek, School of Continuing Studies, Karl Moore, Desautels Faculty of Management, Air Canada, Air Transat
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Published on: 12 Feb 2021

During Black History Month, Canadians celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians who, throughout history, have done so much to make Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate, and prosperous nation it is today. (Government of Canada)

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Classified as: McGill experts, Myrna Lashley, Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, Department of Psychiatry, Department of History and Classical Studies, black history month, Black history, black diaspora studies, african history, antiblackness in education, racism
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Published on: 3 Feb 2021

Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including state counsellor and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi — a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule. (Associated Press

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Classified as: McGill experts, Erik Kuhonta, department of political science, southeast asia, Myanmar, military coup
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Published on: 1 Feb 2021

Governor General Julie Payette and her secretary, Assunta di Lorenzo, are resigning after an outside workplace review of Rideau Hall found that the pair presided over a toxic work environment. Last year, an independent consulting firm was hired by the Privy Council Office to review reports that Payette was responsible for workplace harassment at Rideau Hall. (CBC News)

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Classified as: McGill experts, governor general, julie payette, Canadian Politics
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Published on: 1 Feb 2021

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as the International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. The theme of the 3rd International Day of Education is ‘Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation’. Now is the time to power education by stepping up collaboration and international solidarity to place education and lifelong learning at the center of the recovery. (UNESCO)

Classified as: McGill experts, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Adam Dubé, nancy heath, Steven Shaw, international day of education, covid-19
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Published on: 22 Jan 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power. Biden signed an executive order rejoining the Paris climate accord within hours of taking the oath of office, fulfilling a campaign pledge. (CTV News)

Classified as: McGill experts, paris climate agreement, climate change policy, Joe Biden, US politics, Sustainability
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Published on: 21 Jan 2021

Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday under a pledge to "heal" the country as it grapples with an ongoing pandemic, economic uncertainty and deep political divisions. Extra security measures will be in place following the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 as rioters sought to stop Congress from certifying the president-elect's win over Donald Trump. (CBC News)

Classified as: Joe Biden, presidential, Inauguration, U.S., United States, america, President, Daniel Béland, barry eidlin
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Published on: 19 Jan 2021

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan says the government is continuing to “make the case” for the Keystone XL pipeline expansion despite reported plans from Joe Biden to immediately quash the project. His comments come on the heels of reports that Biden is planning to cancel the planned pipeline expansion as one of his first moves after becoming U.S. president. (Global News)

Classified as: Daniel Béland, Canada, Canadian Politics, Keystone XL, Pipelines, International Trade
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Published on: 19 Jan 2021

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and McGill University are opening a retail lab in Montreal that will let consumers get a taste for technologies that may transform retail in the in the current and post-COVID-19 pandemic world. It will give McGill faculty and students a chance to do research and testing in a real retail environment. (BNN Bloomberg)

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Classified as: Maxime Cohen, Desautels Faculty of Management, Bensadoun School of Retail Management, retail innovation, retail industry, covid-19
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Published on: 15 Jan 2021

Last week pro-Trump protesters stormed the legislature as lawmakers were set to review the Electoral College votes that made Joe Biden the president. (Globe and Mail)

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Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies

Classified as: impeachment, incitement of insurrection, Trump, Pro-Trump, protesters, Capitol, US, legislature, experts, Daniel Béland, Mugambi Jouet, Jason Opal, barry eidlin, Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey
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Published on: 6 Jan 2021

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