Two McGill Projects selected for funding by Genome Canada

Published: 30 May 2024

Quebec-based projects awarded over half of the total national allotment, demonstrating the province’s strength in the transformative science of genomics

McGill project awarded $1.7 million to mitigate housing crisis and climate change

Published: 29 May 2024

As Canada faces the dual challenges of contending with a housing crisis at the same time as facing the impacts of severe climate change, the need to find innovative and practical solutions remains...

Battery breakthrough could usher in greener, cheaper electric vehicles

Published: 28 May 2024

The global shift to electric vehicles is gaining momentum, yet the extraction of battery materials has a significant environmental footprint that comes with high costs....

McGill University celebrates graduates and honorary doctorate recipients at 2024 spring convocation

Published: 28 May 2024

As part of this year’s Spring Convocation celebrations, McGill University will confer honorary degrees upon ten inspirational individuals, five of whom are from Quebec....

Expert: Satellite mission to decode clouds’ role in climate change

Published: 24 May 2024

The EarthCARE satellite, a groundbreaking mission set to enhance our understanding of clouds and aerosols in the climate system, is ready for launch. Scheduled to lift off from California's...

Jennifer Welsh on Inequality’s Threat to Liberal Democracy | CBC Listen

Published: 14 May 2024

May 9, 2024 | On a podcast episode of Ideas with Nahlah Ayed, Professor Jennifer Welsh delves into answering on how inequality is undermining liberal democracy. Following the end of Cold War, the...

The UN’s New Agenda for Protection | International Peace Institute

Published: 14 May 2024

May 13, 2024 | The United Nations (UN) recently released its Agenda for Protection, a comprehensive document aiming to enhance protection as a collective responsibility across various UN components...

Sustainable Data Science Training Program awarded $1.65 M from NSERC CREATE

Published: 16 May 2024

Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced more than $26 million in funding for 16 new training initiatives through its Collaborative Research and...

Expert: Treating healthcare as a calling, not a business 

Published: 15 May 2024

Because healthcare is a calling, we must cease trying to run it like a business, according to McGill Professor Henry Mintzberg. In a new commentary published in BMJ Leader, he discusses how the...

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