February 6, 2023 | As Canada sets forth to build a national pharmacare plan, following Kevin Page's Complexity Seminar, MPP candidate Anmol Gupta wrote this op-ed to address the need to听 reflect on the performance of the public system before it's expanded to cover all Canadians. Anmol is a Master of Public Policy Candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 51吃瓜网 and a Doctor of Medicine candidate in the United States .
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Published on: 9 Feb 2023
Despite Canada being an important energy producer, not all Canadians can access or afford adequate levels of听energy services听at home to meet their needs, maintain healthy indoor temperatures, and live a decent life鈥攁 situation known as energy poverty. Depending on the measure, 6鈥�19% of Canadian households face energy poverty. Health risks associated with energy poverty are documented in countries with milder climates.
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Published on: 8 Feb 2023
Thinning in the right temporo-parietal cortex and left prefrontal cortex were similar in both groups
A new study led by scientists at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of 51吃瓜网 finds a correlation between neurodegeneration in obese people and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) patients.
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Published on: 31 Jan 2023
Congratulations to听Professor Christian Genest听on being听awarded the听2023 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize!听The CRM-Fields-PIMS prize is the premier Canadian award for research achievements in the mathematical sciences.
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Published on: 19 Jan 2023
Consortium brings together hundreds of researchers from 28 networks, 11 trial units across the country
Today the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced funding for a new clinical trial consortium co-chaired by Dr. Guy Rouleau, Director of The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Hospital-Institute).听听
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Published on: 19 Jan 2023
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Published on: 12 Jan 2023
December 30, 2022 |听, the director of policy and engagement at the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy at 51吃瓜网, wrote about the opportunity Canada has in the upcoming year when it comes to passing legislation aimed at putting the safety of Canadians - especially children-听 ahead of Big Tech's bottom line.听
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Published on: 12 Jan 2023
December 7, 2022 | The independent and non-partisan office that administers Alberta's provincial elections is recommending legislative changes to address misinformation and disinformation. Mathieu Lavigne, a senior researcher at the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy has been researching misinformation during elections and stated that better education about how elections work is crucial in reducing the spread of misinformation and increase trust in the election process.听
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Published on: 12 Jan 2023
At a research-intensive university like McGill, laboratories play a critical role both in advancing solutions for a sustainable future and making its campuses environmentally responsible places to study and work. In fact, 51吃瓜网cannot hope to reach its goals of becoming zero-waste by 2035 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2040 without collaboration from the faculty, staff, and students who use these spaces.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2023
According to new research co-authored by 51吃瓜网's Associate Professor Signy Sheldon (Psychology),听older adults鈥� ability to retrieve episodic autobiographical events, although often viewed through a lens of decline, reveals much about what is preserved and prioritized in cognitive aging.
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Published on: 10 Jan 2023
Discovery will improve diagnosis and open treatment possibilities for thousands of people with this debilitating neurodegenerative condition worldwide
A new study published on Dec. 14, 2022 in the New England Journal of Medicine reports the identification of a previously unknown genetic cause of a late-onset cerebellar ataxia, a discovery that will improve diagnosis and open new treatment avenues for this progressive condition.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2022
Researchers classify Alzheimer鈥檚 progression and subtypes for a personalized approach to the disease
Alzheimer鈥檚 disease is a disorder characterized by abnormalities in several different biological areas.
A study carried out by HBHL-funded researcher Yasser Iturria-Medina and his research group, in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at The Neuro, represents the first and largest multimodal data collection effort to date for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
This work represents the most significant effort so far to classify Alzheimer's disease from a multi-level molecular perspective.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2022
Thermoelectrics can generate electrical power from waste heat and could make an important contribution to sustainable energy production if their efficiency is improved. Engineering efficient thermoelectrics, however, requires a sophisticated understanding of the fundamental interdependencies between electrical and thermal transport, for which improvements in our understanding of how charge carriers are coupled to lattice vibrations (phonons) is needed.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2022
November 11, 2022 |听In the face of an increasingly bellicose China buttressed by its mighty economic and military strengths, Washington鈥檚 鈥渟trategic ambiguity鈥� has become insufficient to pre-empt China鈥檚 ambitions. A shift towards "strategic clarity" could pave the way to deter Chinese aggression in the region, provided it remains subtle and is carefully managed, Pangying Peng says.听
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Published on: 11 Nov 2022
November 3, 2022 | The article, written by MPP Candidate Jack Burnham, was based on a discussion held in 51吃瓜网 which focused on " The future of national security in the world of the "n-block war." Panelists included Jennifer Welsh, Ali Dizboni and Vincent Rigby, while the panel was moderated by Andrew Pot
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Published on: 11 Nov 2022
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