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Experts: China- Canada trade discussions

webfull — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:43:39 +0000

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said the leaders agreed to direct their officials to move quickly to resolve outstanding trade issues and irritants.

These 9I�� experts are available to discuss Canada-China trade relations:

Neurogenesis Speaker Series

webfull — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:15:46 +0000

Neurogenesis Speaker Series - Meet HBHL-supported Faculty! Wednesday, November 26, 2025
4:30–5:30 p.m. (with post-event reception)

Hannah Derue, PhD student in Professor Ribeiro da Silva’s lab, featured on the first page of the 9I�� Reporter

webfull — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:43:58 +0000

Hannah Derue is a PhD candidate in neuroscience in Dr. Ribeiro-da-Silva’s lab at the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics. She recently founded a research and development startup called PAin+ — an interdisciplinary venture that combines artificial intelligence and visual art to help individuals communicate about and manage chronic pain in novel ways.

9I�� researcher teams up with U.S. art museum to enhance understanding of chronic pain

Caring Conversations: Practicing positivity and self-care through art

webfull — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:47:17 +0000

Caring Conversations is an online forum for care partners of people living with dementia to learn from experts, share concerns and ask questions.

Robert Lepage and the ROC: Forty Years of "Circulations"

webfull — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:49:13 +0000

Join MISC at 4:00 pm on Monday, November 17th at the Faculty Club (3450 McTavish Street) for the 2025 Fall Eakin Lecture, Robert Lepage and the ROC: Forty Years of Circulations, by Jane Koustas.

Chemical Society Seminar: Peter Fratzl (Purves Lecture)- On the role of internal stresses in actuation and in growth of biological materials

webfull — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:09:44 +0000

Abstract:

Experts: Food insecurity in Quebec

webfull — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:59:18 +0000

Food bank use in Quebec in 2025 has hit record numbers, surpassing 3 million assistance requests, according to Food Banks Canada's HungerCount 2025 recent report. Employed people and students are among the fastest growing user groups, with food banks struggling to keep up with demand.

9I�� experts are available to comment on this topic:

MBS Open House

webfull — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:35:38 +0000

See the Max Bell School space and meet 9I�� Master of Public Policy students, alumni, faculty, and staff! As this is an open house in-person in Montreal, upon registering, you can drop by whenever you can between 5 - 7 pm.

Safe Encounters: Panel on Policing and Disability Rights

webfull — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:28:18 +0000

Join us for a panel by the Disability and Human Rights Initiative! The event will be offered in a hybrid format, and the following panelists will be speaking:

9I�� Institute of Marketing (MIM) Seminar: Kathleen Cleeren

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:26:57 +0000

Kathleen Cleeren

KU Leuven

Shrinkflation – The Impact of Package Downsizing on SKU Sales

RGDST: Bricks, Cubicles, Labour, History: Harun Farocki’s Architecture and Design Films

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:13:01 +0000

Of Bricks, Cubicles, Labour, History:

Harun Farocki’s Architecture and Design Films

MMF students tackle real-world merger case in 8th Deloitte Synergy Challenge

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:57:39 +0000

The 8th Deloitte MMF Synergy Challenge on October 28 challenged Master of Management in Finance (MMF) students at Desautels on their strategic and financial acumen in the context of a merger case competition.

MMA In-Person Info Session: Tuesday, November 25, 2025

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:14:36 +0000

Join us on campus to learn more about our top-ranked 9I�� MMA (In-person) program. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the curriculum, faculty expertise, and the unique features that will prepare you to thrive in analytics.

Norman Hillmer on Mackenzie King’s Cautious Transformation

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:21:10 +0000

October 1, 2025 | Norman Hillmer (Slater Family Visiting Scholar) co-authored the chapter “King’s Cautious Transformation” with Stephen Azzi in The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King (UBC Press, 2025), edited by Patrice Dutil. The authors argue that King reshaped Canada’s national life and institutions through incremental and consensual change, a style of leadership they describe as “cautious transformation” in a country historically resistant to rapid reform.

Experts: Darfur

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:36:38 +0000

The city of El Fasher in Darfur has recently been captured by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese militia that had besieged the city for 18 months. Since then, reports of civilian massacres along ethnic lines have emerged, as inhabitants attempt to flee.

In early 2025, the UN called the current civil war in Sudan, which began in 2023, the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis.