/arts/taxonomy/term/18/all en /arts/channels/event/ce-que-les-festivals-apportent-la-vie-culturelle-de-montreal-lecture-anouk-belanger-362140 <p>Our member and axis director <a href="/centre-montreal/list/members/anouk-belanger">Anouk Bélanger</a>, along with her colleague Martin Lussier (UQAM) and their UQAM research team (Hélène Legault (PhD), Lucile Ouriou (PhD), Lé</p> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:47:31 +0000 admin 2786 at /arts /arts/channels/event/fearing-mangue-contaminated-landscapes-and-politics-trust-recife-362068 <p>A guest lecture by Professor Marta-Laura Haynes.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:49:10 +0000 admin 2782 at /arts /arts/channels/event/guest-lecture-beverly-mullings-362084 <p>A gust lecture by Beverly Mullings of the University of Toronto</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000 admin 2779 at /arts /arts/channels/event/guest-lecture-neil-buhne-362085 <p>A guest lecture by Neil Buhne, Professor of Practice, ISID.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:31:34 +0000 admin 2780 at /arts /arts/channels/event/guest-lecure-natasha-reheja-362086 <p>Co-sponsored with the Department of Anthropology.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:33:20 +0000 admin 2781 at /arts /arts/channels/news/prof-jelena-ristic-presents-tedx-talk-amazing-brain-science-talks-361556 <p>On October 17, 2024, Prof. Jelena Ristic presented a TEDx talk entitled, <em>Eyes speak louder than words</em>, at the Amazing Brain Science Talks hosted by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL), which is an interdisciplinary neuroscience program at ƽ���岻��. This event brought together leading Canadian brain health experts to showcase some of the latest advances in brain health research. For more information on the event, see <a href="https://amazingbrain.ca/#2024">here</a>. To watch Prof.</p> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:05:16 +0000 admin 2756 at /arts /arts/channels/event/olszewski-lecture-spatially-resolved-single-cell-genomics-cell-atlas-brain-361354 <p>The Neuro's Olszewski Lecture, established in 1986, honours Dr. Jerzy Olszewski (1913–1964), a pioneering neuroanatomist and neuropathologist. Invited to The Neuro by Dr.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:36:37 +0000 admin 2743 at /arts /arts/channels/news/new-publication-international-journal-eating-disorders-graduate-student-adrienne-mehak-and-prof-360980 <p>Congratulations to PhD candidate Adrienne Mehak and Prof. Racine for their recent publication in the <strong>International Journal of Eating Disorders</strong>! The paper is titled, <strong>A Psychophysiological Investigation of Mechanisms Underlying “Feeling Fat” in Women With and Without Binge Eating</strong>, and more information (including the full article) can be found <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eat.24293">here</a>. Great work! </p> Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:46:51 +0000 admin 2709 at /arts /arts/channels/news/phd-candidate-emilee-bews-chosen-foras-rise-boards-youth-director-358253 <p>Emilee Bews, Indigenous Scholar and PhD. Candidate has been chosen to be part of Fora:Network for Change's Young Director program! </p> <p>The Young Director program places youth aged 18-25 facing gender-based discrimination as voting Directors on non-profit boards across Canada. Youth Directors play significant roles in achieving community building, advocacy, and activism, while training governance and decision-making skills alongside mentors in coaching and directorship. </p> Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:58:08 +0000 admin 2679 at /arts /arts/channels/news/new-publication-nature-communications-psychology-graduate-student-florence-mayrand-and-prof-jelena-360875 <p>Congratulations to graduate student Florence Mayrand, postdoc Dr. Sarah McCrackin, and Prof. Ristic for their recent publication in <strong>Nature Communications Psychology</strong>! The paper is titled, <strong>Intentional looks facilitate faster responding in observers</strong>, and can be found <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00137-x">here</a>. This work represents one of the first experimental demonstrations that humans can “read” information regarding mental states from others’ eyes. Great work!</p> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 07:06:45 +0000 admin 2674 at /arts /arts/channels/news/montreal-international-poetry-prize-2024-360200 <p>The jury has done its work, the finalists are being announced, and the next anthology is taking shape. <strong><a href="https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/">READ THE POEMS</a></strong> that are in the running for the Montreal Prize 2024! The one winning poem, to be announced soon, will earn the author $20,000.</p> Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:18:49 +0000 admin 2665 at /arts /arts/channels/news/professor-karim-nader-elected-fellow-royal-society-canada-359519 <p>Congratulations to Prof. Karim Nader on becoming a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Prof. Nader is being honoured as a renowned leader in memory research focusing on fear. More information on this honour can be found <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-royal-society-of-canada-2024/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 06:01:23 +0000 admin 2603 at /arts /arts/channels/news/101-mcgill-research-projects-awarded-235-million-nserc-discovery-grants-funding-358031 <p><strong><em>Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering</em></strong></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 ƽ���岻�� research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:07:59 +0000 admin 2526 at /arts /arts/channels/news/congratulations-myriam-denov-professor-mcgills-school-social-work-who-won-prix-du-quebecs-marie-360665 <p>"A leading advocate for children’s rights, Myriam Denov won the Prix du Québec’s Marie-Andrée-Bertrand Prize for social innovation.</p> <p>Denov conducted groundbreaking research on war-affected children and families for more than two decades and on three continents. Her research explored the unique realities and complex challenges of child soldiers, girls in armed conflict and children born of wartime rape, as well as that of post-conflict reconciliation and war-induced migration and resettlement.  </p> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:58:18 +0000 admin 2637 at /arts /arts/channels/news/new-publication-nature-neuroscience-prof-rosemary-bagot-and-her-team-359520 <p>Congratulations to Prof. Bagot, her lab, and their co-authors for their recent publication in <strong>Nature Neuroscience</strong>! The paper is titled, <strong>Sex-biased neural encoding of threat discrimination in nucleus accumbens afferents drives suppression of reward behavior</strong>, and can be found <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01748-7">here</a>. Additional brief information about this paper can be found in <a href="https://x.com/RCBagot/status/1831738976115552436">this thread</a>. Prof.</p> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 06:38:46 +0000 admin 2602 at /arts