/channels/taxonomy/term/1844/all en /channels/channels/news/three-researchers-mcgills-faculty-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences-honoured-prestigious-357787 <p>On June 14, the Government of Canada announced $693.8 million in funding for discovery and applied research, including $94.5 million for the聽<a href="http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/spring-printemps-eng.aspx">Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program</a>聽to support 121 new and renewed chair holders at 39 postsecondary institutions across the country.</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:53:37 +0000 webfull 200593 at /channels /channels/channels/news/faculty-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences-researchers-announced-canada-research-chairs-356170 <p><img alt="" data-eio-rheight="260" data-eio-rwidth="350" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CRC-Pin-350x260.jpg" data-srcset="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CRC-Pin-350x260.jpg 450w, https://reporter.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CRC-Pin-350x260-300x223.jpg 300w, https://reporter.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CRC-Pin-350x260-445x330.jpg 445w" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" sizes="350px" src="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CRC-Pin-350x260.jpg" srcset="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/w</body></html>" /></p> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:21:38 +0000 webfull 198639 at /channels /channels/channels/news/federal-government-announces-17-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-336139 <p>Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem 平特五不中 researcher No茅mie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. Today she was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, in recognition of the importance of her research for Canada鈥檚 future.</p> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:08:31 +0000 webfull 176175 at /channels /channels/channels/news/patrick-augustin-associate-professor-finance-awarded-canada-research-chair-macrofinance-and-331562 <p>Professor <strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/patrick-augustin">Patrick Augustin</a></strong>鈥檚 research program seeks to foster our understanding of financial markets and public institutions, focusing on sovereign and corporate credit risk, insider trading, and new financial technologies. As these subjects are fundamental to the stability of financial markets and modern economic society, the proposed research is instrumental in guiding public policy design.</p> Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:14:13 +0000 webfull 171176 at /channels /channels/channels/news/six-new-canada-research-chairs-and-three-renewals-mcgill-331542 <p>Today, at l'Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Trois-Rivi猫res, the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced investments of more than $635 million for science, research, and engineering in Canada.</p> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:16:38 +0000 webfull 171147 at /channels /channels/channels/news/twenty-five-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-327105 <p>In its twentieth year, the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is awarding 25 平特五不中 researchers with eleven new and fourteen renewed chairs. The projects supported by this round of CRC funding tackle a variety of topics, including, racial inequality in democratic societies, arctic ecology and data mining for cybersecurity.</p> Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:46:42 +0000 webfull 166252 at /channels /channels/channels/news/canada-research-chairs-program-announces-new-and-renewed-chairs-mcgill-profs-323229 <p>The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC) stands at the centre of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top countries in research and development. The CRCs aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences. This season鈥檚 cohort reflects Canada鈥檚 diverse research talent and ushers on a new era of discovery.</p> Fri, 10 Jul 2020 02:44:10 +0000 webfull 161933 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-canada-research-chair-tier-ii-indigenous-peoples-nutrition-and-food-security-323053 <p>Congratulations to聽<a href="/nutrition/staff/professors/treena-wasontiio-delormier" target="_blank">Treena Wasonti:io Delormier</a>, School of Human Nutrition and Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), who has been awarded a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Indigenous Peoples鈥� Nutrition and Food Security.</p> Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:15:49 +0000 webfull 161728 at /channels /channels/channels/news/nine-mcgill-experts-named-new-canada-research-chairs-287016 <p><em>By Meaghan Thurston</em></p> <p>New chair holder Sarah Harrison, who holds joint appointments in the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics, will continue her investigations in string theory, a theoretical framework that proposes a unified description of all particles and forces in nature, including gravity. Among the questions Professor Harrison explores, the mysterious relationship in mathematics between finite groups and modular forms (ominously named 鈥渕onstrous moonshine鈥�), which appears to have deep connections to physics and string theory.</p> Thu, 03 May 2018 20:50:40 +0000 webfull 137791 at /channels /channels/channels/news/call-nominations-canada-150-chairs-268845 <p> Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:36:01 +0000 webfull 129126 at /channels /channels/news/fight-tumors-and-infections-targeted-drugs-257962 <p><i>By Cynthia Lee</i></p> <p>Some drug regimens, such as those designed to eliminate tumors, are notorious for nasty side effects. Unwanted symptoms are often the result of medicine going where it鈥檚 not needed and harming healthy cells. To minimize this risk, researchers in Quebec have developed nanoparticles that only release a drug when exposed to near-infrared light, which doctors could beam onto a specific site. Their report appears in the <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society</em>.</p> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:35:58 +0000 webfull 115366 at /channels /channels/news/25-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-258441 <p>Twenty-five outstanding 平特五不中 researchers are being awarded Canada Research Chairs (CRC), as announced today by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, at the University of British Columbia.</p> Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:41:47 +0000 webfull 115890 at /channels /channels/news/dr-mark-brandon-and-dr-sylvia-villeneuve-awarded-canada-research-chairs-258451 <p>Dr. Mark Brandon and Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve are聽among the twenty-five outstanding 平特五不中 researchers being awarded Canada Research Chairs.</p> <p>For more information, visit the following link:聽<a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2016/02/25-canada-research-chairs-for-mcgill/">http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2016/02/25-canada-research-chairs-for-mcgill/</a></p> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:04:56 +0000 webfull 115902 at /channels /channels/news/vulnerability-depression%E2%80%89linked-noradrenaline-258606 <p><em><strong>By聽Bruno Geoffroy,聽<a href="https://www.ciusss-ouestmtl.gouv.qc.ca/en/home/">Centre int茅gr茅 universitaire de sant茅 et de services sociaux de l鈥橭uest-de-l鈥櫭巐e-de-Montr茅al</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>First-ever connection between noradrenergic neurons and vulnerability to depression</em></p> Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:08:32 +0000 webfull 116080 at /channels /channels/news/six-new-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-239586 <p align="center"></p> <p> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:47:35 +0000 webfull 105964 at /channels