Professor Samer Faraj elected to France's Académie nationale de médecine

Prof. Samer Faraj has been elected Membre Associé étranger of the Académie nationale de médecine, one of France's most prestigious scientific institutions. The academy's foreign associate membership, limited to 60 scholars worldwide, recognizes researchers whose work makes a significant contribution to health and medicine internationally.

Curiosity is a practice, not a personality trait

Curiosity is not innate, it is a practice that you can learn and refine. “In leadership circles, curiosity is often treated as a personality trait,” Prof. Karl Moore writes in Forbes.com. “You either have an inquiring mind, or you do not. And if you do not, that is simply how you are.”  

Generative AI adoption has knock-on effects within an organization

Generative AI has begun replacing tasks at work, especially the dull, repetitive and simple ones. But when a task—or an entire job—is replaced by AI, the change doesn’t stop there. The jobs of the people using AI-produced information change too.

Master of Management in Finance program gives McGill a foothold in leading European financial centre

McGill has expanded to Luxembourg, where it will deliver finance training in one of Europe’s major financial centres.

Spiking oil prices will increase grocery prices

Oil is used for transportation, packaging and fertilizer. It is essential to the global economy, and when its price spikes, just about everything gets more expensive. With global supply throttled by conflict in the Middle East, Quebecers will likely feel the pinch, most noticeably at the grocery store. 

Saleh Bahrololoum to Lead Nakisa’s GCC Expansion

Nakisa has appointed Saleh Bahrololoum MBA’17 as Managing Director for the GCC region. In this role, Bahrololoum will shape Nakisa’s growth strategy, oversee regional operations, and deepen partnerships amid accelerating demand for AI powered enterprise solutions.

Since joining Nakisa in 2018, he has held several senior leadership roles, contributing to the company’s global expansion and enterprise platform scaling.

McGill Personal Finance Essentials course helps workers manage a changing labour market 

Canada’s economy is shifting quickly, and RBC is working with a number of universities to deliver microcourses, short, targeted training to help users gain sought-after skills at no cost.

This International Women’s Day, focus on the work that still needs to be done

This International Women’s Day, Desautels researcher, Janani Ramesh is urging us to see the big picture—by focusing a little less directly on success stories of individual women. “Initiatives that celebrate how far women have come or single out women’s resilience do the opposite of what’s intended,” Ramesh told HR Reporter.

Lack of elite sport funding snuffing out Canadian Olympic dreams

At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, Canada finished eighth in the total medal count. It was the country’s lowest Winter Olympic medal tally since the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. The result is a failure of leadership; Prof. Karl Moore writes in Forbes.com. For many would-be Olympians, the costs are simply out of reach.

AI red lines: who sets the limits in national security?

In a recent piece in The Conversation, Professor Emmanuelle Vaast examines the growing tensions between the use of artificial intelligence in warfare and surveillance. The discourse is prompted by a decision from AI company Anthropic, whose CEO refused to grant the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI systems.

McGill University brings top tier finance training to Luxembourg

McGill University’s expansion into Luxembourg is being spearheaded by finance professor Patrick Augustin, who initiated talks with the Ministry of Finance, ABBL and ALFI after identifying a gap in high‑level, finance‑focused executive education.

How open banking could empower survivors of financial control

Canada’s proposed open banking legislation, Bill C 15, could become a powerful tool for women experiencing economic abuse, according to researcher Sebastien Betermier. The framework would allow consumers to securely share their financial data with trusted third parties, helping survivors access crucial records without relying on abusive partners.

Remote work helps busy families manage household responsibilities

Affordability has reached a breaking point, and most households now depend on two incomes just to stay afloat. In this environment, telework has become essential, Jean Nicolas Reyt told La Presse.

European public pensions struggle with the weight of demographics

Europe is aging, and some national pension funds are better prepared to manage its changing demographics than others. Many European countries use a ‘pay as you go’ model in which current workers fund the retirement of current pensioners.