Sébastien Jodoin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Classified as: climate change, cop24, Sébastien Jodoin, Chandra Madramootoo, natalya gomez, environment
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Published on: 4 Dec 2018

Here are McGill professors and researchers that are available to comment on the upcoming 2018 US midterm elections on November 6, 2018:

Classified as: Jason Opal, Jose Mauricio Gaona, Simon Langlois-Bertrand, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law, department of political science, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill Centre for Human Rights, barry eidlin, Department of Sociology
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Published on: 24 Oct 2018

Organized crime is moving online and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is struggling to keep up, according to a briefing note prepared for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki when she took over the top job earlier this year. CBC

Allen Mendelsohn – Faculty Lecturer, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Allen Mendelsohn is a Montreal lawyer specializing in internet law. He teaches The Internet and Privacy course at the Faculty of Law.

Classified as: Faculty of Law, cyber security, cyber crime, encryption, online privacy, Allen Mendelsohn
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Published on: 24 Sep 2018

"With a Category 4 hurricane rapidly approaching and weather officials issuing a hurricane warning for more than 300 miles of coastline, more than 1 million people faced a choice Tuesday: stay home and take their chances with the storm, or compete with heavy traffic to drive inland." (CNN)

Classified as: eyad atallah, department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, hurricane
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Published on: 12 Sep 2018

Rob Whitley, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

Classified as: suicide prevention day, suicide, Mental Illness, Douglas Mental Health Institute, rob whitley, daniel almeida
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Published on: 5 Sep 2018

"In a stunning blow, the Federal Court of Appeal has quashed the government's approvals to build the Trans Mountain expansion project — a major victory for Indigenous groups and environmentalists opposed to the $7.4-billion project." (CBC )

Classified as: Trans Mountain, Sébastien Jodoin
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Published on: 30 Aug 2018

Kryzsztof Pelc, Political Science, McGill University

Professor Pelc's research examines the international political economy, with a focus on international rules. He also look at the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

kj.pelc [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

 

Canada ready to make concessions on dairy to secure NAFTA deal

Classified as: NAFTA, Nafta negotiations, Canada US Mexico agreement
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Published on: 27 Aug 2018

Graham Fraser, Visiting Professor, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada 

Distinguished author and journalist Graham Fraser joined the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada as a visiting professor. Fraser served as the sixth Commissioner of Official Languages from 2006 to 2016, becoming the longest-serving Commissioner in this post. With an extensive knowledge of language issues and cultural policy in Québec and Canada, he's available to provide comments on the current Quebec elections.

Classified as: Quebec elections, Graham Fraser, Benjamin Forest, amélie quesnel-vallée, Jan Doering, Daniel Weinstock, Sébastien Jodoin, Charles Pitt, School of Continuing Studies, Faculty of Law, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
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Published on: 23 Aug 2018

Social anxiety

Tina Montreuil, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University

Professor Montreuil is the Director of Childhood Anxiety and Regulation of Emotions Laboratory (C.A.R.E.) Research Group at McGill. She can talk about social anxiety in children and how parents can help their children overcome anxiety.

Tina.montreuil [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Stress management

Classified as: Back to school, stress, student anxiety, teacher anxiety, mental health
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Published on: 16 Aug 2018

"Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador on Monday and froze "all new business" with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom's arrest of women's rights -- yet another warning to the West reflecting Riyadh's new assertive foreign policy." (CTV News)

Classified as: Rex Brynen, saudi arabia, Faculty of Arts, department of political science
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Published on: 6 Aug 2018

"A Mars orbiter has detected a wide lake of liquid water hidden below the planet’s southern ice sheets. There have been much-debated hints of tiny, ephemeral amounts of water on Mars before. But if confirmed, this lake marks the first discovery of a long-lasting cache of the liquid." (Science News)

Classified as: Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences, Mars
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Published on: 25 Jul 2018

"The International AIDS Conference is the largest conference on any global health issue in the world. First convened during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1985, it continues to provide a unique forum for the intersection of science, advocacy, and human rights. Each conference is an opportunity to strengthen policies and programmes that ensure an evidence-based response to the epidemic. The 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) will be hosted in Amsterdam, Netherlands 23-27 July 2018." (AIDS 2018)

Classified as: anne gatignol, jean-pierre routy, AIDS, AIDS/HIV
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Published on: 25 Jul 2018

“A new U.S. airline start-up announced its plans Tuesday to buy 60 Airbus A220-300 aircraft, with deliveries beginning in 2021. (…) Airbus markets and supports the A220 aircraft, which is manufactured under the recently finalized partnership agreement between Airbus, Bombardier & Investment Québec.” (Fox)

Classified as: John Gradek, bombardier, cseries, School of Continuing Studies, aerospace
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Published on: 17 Jul 2018

Canada will commit extra troops and remain in Latvia as part of NATO's mission to deter potential Russian aggression until 2023, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Tuesday. (source: CBC)

Prof. T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, McGill University

Classified as: NATO, Latvia, troops, Russia, Trudeau, TV Paul
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Published on: 10 Jul 2018

McGill professor Isabelle Gagnon and colleagues have recently shown that the number of teenagers in the Montreal area who were admitted to the emergency room because of injuries caused during an improvised soccer game had experienced peaks during World Cups organized between 1999 and 2014.

Isabelle Gagnon, Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University

Classified as: Isabelle Gagnon, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, World Cup, Montreal
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Published on: 15 Jun 2018

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