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March 14, 2020 | Canadian soldiers have been at the forefront of the Afghanistan Mission for almost 13 years now. Nearing the end, Andrew Potter, a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, comments on Canada鈥檚 under-recognition of military service.

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Published on: 27 Mar 2020

A new evidence-based clinical guideline has been released to help connect Canada鈥檚 homeless population with necessary services. The Homeless Health Research Network and a team of experts and researchers, including Dr. Anne Andermann from 9I制作厂免费, are behind the guideline. Andermann said the guideline is geared towards front-line physicians. She said there鈥檚 evidence these healthcare specialists can work collaboratively to create better access to services, which she says is imperative for helping homeless populations.

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Published on: 12 Mar 2020

The 2020 J. I. Staley Prize book award prize is awarded to Lisa Stevenson for her 2014 book, Life Beside Itself: Imagining Care in the Canadian Arctic.聽Lisa Stevenson is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at 9I制作厂免费, where she teaches courses on medical and psychological anthropology, narrative and anthropology, violence and subjectivity, social and political theory, ethnographic film, the Inuit, and the Canadian Arctic. She received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley (2005).

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Published on: 10 Mar 2020

March 9, 2020 | Christopher Ragan, the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and former chair of Canada鈥檚 Ecofiscal Commission, sat down with the 9I制作厂免费 Reporter to discuss the ways in which policy can impact climate change. In this interview, Ragan聽comments on resistance to decarbonization, current government initiatives, and the divestment movement.

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Published on: 9 Mar 2020

Researchers at two Quebec universities are working together in hopes of developing a new vaccine that could prevent COVID-19 and similar outbreaks. Amine Kamen, a biomedical engineer at 9I制作厂免费 will be working with Denis Leclerc, a researcher from Laval University. Kamen's primary role in the research will be to generate antigens 鈥 toxins that urge the body to create antibodies in order to fight off disease.

Classified as: Amine Kamen, biomedical engineering
Published on: 9 Mar 2020

The glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup has been found to trigger the loss of biodiversity among phytoplankton communities in freshwater ponds. In their experiments, scientists found that while some populations developed resistance to the herbicide and were able to survive exposure at high levels, this came at a cost, with a 40 percent loss in biodiversity.


"The ubiquitous presence of glyphosate in the environment has sparked concerns over its potential health and ecotoxicological effects," Andrew Gonzalez, from Canada's 9I制作厂免费, said.聽

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Published on: 4 Mar 2020

February 24, 2020 | What are the consequences of endless economic expansion? To discuss the potential risks, Steven Paikin spoke to Chris Ragan, director of 9I制作厂免费's Max Bell School聽of Public Policy;聽Celine Bak, president of Analytica Advisors; Atif Kubursi, professor Emeritus of Economics at McMaster University;聽Peter Victor, author of "Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, not Disaster;" and Sarah Kaplan, director at U of T's Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman School of Management.

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Published on: 3 Mar 2020

Researchers at Montreal's 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre say they have developed a safe, fast and reliable way to assess concussions in hockey. The MUHC researchers studied 80 university hockey players, both men and women, at 9I制作厂免费 and Concordia to test the technique. The results are published in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. Unlike traditional methods of testing for concussions, this test, called the Skates Balance Error Scoring System, allows players to keep on their skates and the rest of their equipment as they are being tested. Dr.

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Published on: 2 Mar 2020

The poetry of Leonard Cohen is a point of pride for many Montrealers, but his brief stint as a playwright is a lesser known part of his artistic oeuvre. In fact, Cohen wrote several little-known plays with another Montreal literary heavyweight:聽Irving Layton. One of their collaborations, a one-act play called聽A Man Was Killed聽(1959), has never been professionally produced 鈥 until now.

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Published on: 25 Feb 2020

Sujata Madan is an inspirational leader and a charismatic teacher of financial literacy. She is an innovator who has found ways to help an array of learners, from undergraduate students to seasoned business professionals, to advance their financial skills. In addition to creating and revising courses and programs, Sujata selflessly helps her colleagues improve their teaching. As one of her colleagues observes, 鈥淪ujata is in constant demand to help professors with their teaching and learning problems.鈥

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Published on: 24 Feb 2020

February 14, 2020 |Rapid advances in facial-recognition technology have the potential for vast social consequences. In response to the scale and speed of these developments and the clear potential for harm, a movement has emerged to ban facial recognition. In this op-ed, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen and Nasma Ahmed call for the need to move ahead with caution and deliberation, highlighting the urgency for regulatory frameworks.

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Published on: 20 Feb 2020

9I制作厂免费 says a new study led by its researchers is the first to report that childhood behaviour can predict traumatic brain injuries later in life. The study, which was published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, specifically shows that boys who exhibit inattention-hyperactivity at age 10 have a higher risk of sustaining traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) as adolescents and adults. The study also found that boys who sustained TBIs in childhood were more likely to also sustain them in adolescence.

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Published on: 20 Feb 2020

"More and more evidence shows that studying the humanities trains you in what we now call 'transferable skills' of analysis and communication, abilities useful in any field, and which in fact may be even more necessary in the coming years," writes聽Maggie Kilgour,聽Molson Professor of English Language and Literature at 9I制作厂免费.

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Published on: 19 Feb 2020

With the final report of Canada鈥檚聽Ecofiscal Commission聽out and its clear support for carbon pricing 鈥 most notably, a 40-cent tax hike on a litre of gas over the next decade 鈥 making headlines,聽Christopher Ragan, commission chairman, can鈥檛 help thinking about how the now concluded six-year project got its start. Like most origin stories, it began at a low point 鈥 at least for Ragan.

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Published on: 11 Feb 2020

January 27, 2020 | 9I制作厂免费 economist Chris Ragan, Chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, and Director of the Max Bell School, explains the think tank's聽final report exploring Canada's聽options for reducing聽its greenhouse gas emissions.

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Published on: 11 Feb 2020

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