External /channels/taxonomy/term/4/all en ACB Seminar Series: Ziv Gan-Or, PhD "Neurogenomics and Precision Medicine" /channels/channels/event/acb-seminar-series-ziv-gan-or-phd-neurogenomics-and-precision-medicine-368537 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000 webfull 212835 at /channels Fast Radio Burst Conference hosted at º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ for the first time /channels/channels/news/fast-radio-burst-conference-hosted-mcgill-first-time-368536 Physics researchers Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin organize FRB2025, celebrating the 10th anniversary of a major finding in the field <em>Doris Hua, Faculty of Science Communications Assistant</em> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:03:31 +0000 webfull 212834 at /channels Bilingual teenagers in Montreal exhibit writing skills on par with their French unilingual peers’, new research shows /channels/channels/news/bilingual-teenagers-montreal-exhibit-writing-skills-par-their-french-unilingual-peers-new-research-368460 <p>º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ researchers who examined the writing skills of teenagers in Montreal found that the performance in French of English-French bilinguals was similar to that of near-monolingual francophones. Bilinguals were defined as teens raised in anglophone or bilingual (English-French) households and who had had significant exposure to French through attending French-language school. Further, the English writing skills of the bilingual participants were found to be on par with their French writing skills.</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:01:05 +0000 webfull 212832 at /channels Chem Soc Seminar: Ashutosh Chilkoti - Biomolecular Condensates from Synthetic Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Tools for Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology /channels/channels/event/chem-soc-seminar-ashutosh-chilkoti-biomolecular-condensates-synthetic-intrinsically-disordered-368535 ´¡²ú²õ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìý Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:12:38 +0000 webfull 212831 at /channels Last date before Nov 1 deadline: French Language Placement Test date with º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ School of Continuing Studies /channels/channels/news/last-date-nov-1-deadline-french-language-placement-test-date-mcgill-school-continuing-studies-368533 <p><strong>The last date to register for tests from October 28 to 30, 2025</strong></p> <p><strong>Monday, October, 27, 2025 at noon</strong>: <a href="https://continuingstudies.mcgill.ca/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&amp;courseId=6159818">YCTFR-EPT MED French Placement Test (EPT online) | º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ School of Continuing Studies</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:19:42 +0000 webfull 212829 at /channels Public pension funds deliver higher returns when they use a capitalized model /channels/channels/news/public-pension-funds-deliver-higher-returns-when-they-use-capitalized-model-368531 <p>Some national pension funds operate on a ‘pay as you go’ model, meaning that retiree pensions are primarily funded by current workers. But other national pension plans—including the Canada Pension Plan—operate on a capitalized model, meaning that workers contributions are invested to fund future payouts. Capitalized plans allow for funds to be invested in a wider variety of assets, and can yield much bigger returns, according to research by <a href="/desautels/patrick-augustin">Patrick Augustin</a>, Associate Professor of Finance at º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ Desautels.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:15:01 +0000 webfull 212827 at /channels Canada should consider a hockey league of our own /channels/channels/news/canada-should-consider-hockey-league-our-own-368530 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:05:13 +0000 webfull 212826 at /channels 2025 º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ Materials Research Day /channels/channels/event/2025-mcgill-materials-research-day-368529 <p>Join FEMR, MC2, and MIAM at Faculty Club for the 2nd º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ Materials Research Day, a day-long dive into materials research in Montreal and beyond, with keynote speaker <strong>PETER FRATZL</strong> (Max Planck Institute), <strong>ISABELLE MARCOTT</strong></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:55:40 +0000 webfull 212825 at /channels Opera Excerpts /channels/channels/event/opera-excerpts-368527 <p><strong>Opera º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ</strong><br /> <strong>Patrick Hansen,</strong> Artistic Director<br /> <strong>Luna Pearl Woolf,</strong> Guest Music Director </p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:36:37 +0000 webfull 212823 at /channels Music Theory Class Concert /channels/channels/event/music-theory-class-concert-368526 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:29:46 +0000 webfull 212822 at /channels Nineteen new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ /channels/channels/news/nineteen-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-368524 <p><em>Federal investment boosts º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs </em></p> <p>Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced over $198 million in federal funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, including more than $13 million to support 19 Chairs—nine new and ten renewed—at º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ.  </p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:58:35 +0000 webfull 212820 at /channels Expert: Mobile games that target children   /channels/channels/news/expert-mobile-games-target-children-368523 <p>A <a href="https://chrome-extension//efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https:/crc-jeu.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2025/10/Rapport_2025_CVPC-jeuxmobiles.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">report</a> released yesterday by an inter-university team of researchers has found that none of the mobile games intended for children under the age of 13 fully comply with Quebec, Canadian or U.S. laws on the protection of children's data. </p> <p>This º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ expert was part of the research team and can discuss this topic: </p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:52:18 +0000 webfull 212819 at /channels BioPortal – Bringing Multi-Omics to our Clinics /channels/channels/event/bioportal-bringing-multi-omics-our-clinics-368522 <p><strong>BioPortal – Bringing Multi-Omics to our Clinics</strong></p> <p><strong>Brent Richards, MD</strong></p> <p>Professor of Medicine, º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ</p> <p><strong>Educational Objectives: </strong></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:49:34 +0000 webfull 212818 at /channels Cardio-Oncology: Cardiotoxic Agents – A Contemporary Review /channels/channels/event/cardio-oncology-cardiotoxic-agents-contemporary-review-368521 <p><strong>Cardio-Oncology: Cardiotoxic Agents – A Contemporary Review</strong></p> <p><strong>Speaker: Sabin Filimon, MD, MSc</strong></p> <p>Cardiologist, Jewish General Hospital<br /> Assistant Professor, º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:46:39 +0000 webfull 212817 at /channels CARs in the Fast Lane: The Promises of Cellular Immunotherapy and Synthetic Biology /channels/channels/event/cars-fast-lane-promises-cellular-immunotherapy-and-synthetic-biology-368520 <p><strong>CARs in the Fast Lane: The Promises of Cellular Immunotherapy and Synthetic Biology</strong></p> <p><strong>Speaker: Jean-Sébastien Delisle, MD, PhD, FRCPC, DRCPSC</strong></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:40:43 +0000 webfull 212816 at /channels