/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9533/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-treating-healthcare-calling-not-business-357351 <p>Because healthcare is a calling, we must cease trying to run it like a business, according to 平特五不中 Professor Henry Mintzberg. In a new <a href="https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/2024/04/14/leader-2023-000912#ref-1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">commentary</a> published in BMJ Leader, he discusses how the corporatization of healthcare is changing the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.聽</p> Wed, 15 May 2024 19:42:18 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310493 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/study-underscores-new-strategies-fight-drug-resistant-bacteria-357267 <p>Several billion years ago, a genetic arms race began between bacteria and their viral killers. This seemingly eternal struggle continues today, with implications for diseases killing tens of thousands of people around the world each year.</p> Tue, 07 May 2024 18:42:00 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310482 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-national-hospice-palliative-care-week-may-5-11-357266 <p>National Hospice Palliative Care Week in Canada is a time to celebrate and highlight the incredible work to provide quality palliative care across the country. (<a href="https://www.chpca.ca/campaigns/national-hospice-palliative-care-week/" title="Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association.">Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from 平特五不中 who can comment on this topic:</p> Tue, 07 May 2024 18:12:34 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310480 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/huit-universites-montrealaises-sunissent-pour-accelerer-laction-climatique-et-renforcer-la-357251 <p><strong>Montr茅al, 7 mai 2024 鈥�</strong> Aujourd鈥檋ui, dans le cadre du Sommet Climat Montr茅al, huit institutions universitaires montr茅alaises 鈥� l鈥櫭塩ole de technologie sup茅rieure (脡TS), HEC Montr茅al, l鈥橧nstitut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Polytechnique Montr茅al, l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中, l鈥橴niversit茅 Concordia, l'Universit茅 de Montr茅al (UdeM) et l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQAM) 鈥� s鈥檈ngagent 脿 collaborer pour acc茅l茅rer l鈥檃ction climatique de la collectivit茅 montr茅alaise en partageant leurs savoirs et leurs pratiques, tout en faisant preuve d鈥檈xemplarit茅 dans la r茅duction d</p> Tue, 07 May 2024 13:25:23 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310478 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/study-finds-weak-link-between-adolescent-media-use-and-psychotic-experiences-adulthood-356638 <p>As digital media becomes an increasing part of daily life for teens, the question of how heightened screen time will impact their brains in the future is becoming more pressing.</p> <p>A group of researchers at 平特五不中 has set out to determine whether the use of video games, computers and other media during adolescence was associated with psychotic experiences in adulthood.</p> Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:58:27 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310415 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/using-pulp-and-paper-waste-scrub-carbon-emissions-356341 <p>Researchers at 平特五不中 have come up with an innovative approach to improve the energy efficiency of carbon conversion, using waste material from pulp and paper production. The technique they鈥檝e pioneered using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan not only reduces the energy required to convert carbon into useful products, but also reduces overall waste in the environment.</p> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:08:04 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310380 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/more-2m-quebecers-dont-have-access-primary-care-ourcare-report-356254 <p>More than two million people in Quebec don鈥檛 have access to primary care, the front door to the healthcare system, according to the newly released <a href="https://www.ourcare.ca/reports">OurCare report on Canada</a>. This is among the worst rates in the country, the report states.</p> <p>To address a medical system that鈥檚 facing an aging and growing population, the OurCare report 鈥� developed in collaboration with 平特五不中 researchers 鈥� focuses on the public鈥檚 expectations when it comes to defining good primary care and what policy changes they recommend to shape the system.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:44:17 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310374 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-hiv-epidemic-rise-more-cases-quebec-national-average-356224 <p>The HIV epidemic is on the rise again in Canada, with an 'alarming increase' of 24.9 per cent in reported cases across the country in 2022, according to the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research. The Public Health Agency of Canada reported 1,833 new cases of HIV in 2022. Men aged 30 to 39 are the category with the highest rates. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/hiv-epidemic-on-the-rise-again-with-more-cases-in-quebec-than-national-average-1.6765242" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)聽</p> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:51:39 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 310368 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-launches-legal-challenge-against-government-measures-355652 <p>Following a unanimous vote at a special Board meeting on February 15, 平特五不中 today launched a legal challenge against two measures announced by the Government of Quebec on December 14, 2023:</p> Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:03:17 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 308392 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-study-finds-some-canadians-may-still-be-risk-genetic-discrimination-despite-new-federal-law-355104 <p>As Canadians share more and more genetic data with service providers such as insurance companies or databases like Ancestry.com, the potential for discrimination based on this data is growing. Known as Genetic Discrimination (GD), this practice is broadly defined as the differential treatment of an individual compared to the rest of the population based on actual or presumed genetic information.</p> Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:16:06 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307656 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-launches-canada-award-offset-tuition-increase-canadian-undergraduate-students-353738 <p>平特五不中 is launching a $3,000 <a href="/undergraduate-admissions/canada-award">Canada Award</a> to offset tuition increases for Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec in certain disciplines. Approximately 80% of new Canadian students from outside Quebec coming to 平特五不中 will be eligible for the new award.</p> Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:34:30 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307559 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/icymi-2023-research-round-353847 <h2>聽</h2> <p><img height="345" width="500" class="media-element file-extra-large no-float" src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/alien_life_4.png?itok=Ggj7j-mM" alt="" /></p> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:50:39 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 307565 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-calls-premier-legault-reverse-decision-citing-devastating-effects-quebec-and-university-353597 <p>平特五不中 is calling on Premier Fran莽ois Legault to immediately reverse the government measures released today and go back to the drawing board.</p> <p>鈥淭hese policies are unacceptable. They are incoherent, not based on data and will not meet the stated objectives of the government. More importantly, their effect on the Quebec economy and on Quebec universities will be absolutely devastating. In short, they do not serve Quebecers well,鈥� said Deep Saini, President and Vice-Chancellor of 平特五不中.</p> Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:49:45 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 307532 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/rare-collection-voltaire-manuscripts-makes-its-way-mcgill-university-352094 <p>The 平特五不中 Library is now home to a rare collection of materials related to the prolific Enlightenment period philosopher, Voltaire (1694-1778).</p> <p>This estate gift, entrusted to 平特五不中 by Professor Peter Lambert-David Southam, is a treasure trove of historical handwritten documents, some written by Voltaire himself, consisting of letters, poems, essays, memoirs, notes, legal documents, trial testimonies, and architectural drawings 鈥� many of which have never been published before. It offers a unique window into the life and mind of Voltaire.</p> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:18:11 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307407 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/153-million-gift-brain-research-mcgill-university-will-bring-new-insights-neurological-diseases-and-343538 <p>Scientists around the world are beginning to use new techniques in analyzing single brain cells to understand conditions like depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚 and Parkinson鈥檚.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:19:57 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288500 at /newsroom