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Dobson Foundation donates $2M to support McGill entrepreneurship

The John Dobson Foundation has announced a donation of $2 million – its largest gift to McGill yet – to fund the McGill X-1 Accelerator program run by the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. The gift will support the X-1 program, now in its third year, as it grows to support and promote entrepreneurship across McGill.

Fleuve-Montagne pathway gets official opening

A few sprinkles of rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of dozens of people who gathered for a pleasant ceremony to unveil one of the largest projects celebrating the City of Montreal’s 375th anniversary this year: the 3.8-kilometre Promenade Fleuve-Montagne, a pedestrian pathway linking the St. Lawrence River and Mount Royal that slices through the heart of McGill’s downtown campus.

Bringing Indigenous scholarship to the forefront at McGill

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Research

Brains are more plastic than we thought

Practice might not always make perfect, but it’s essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It’s also the basis of brain training, an approach that holds potential as a non-invasive therapy to overcome disabilities caused by neurological disease or trauma.

Kidney graft success – does age and sex matter?

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Other News

McGill grad Julie Payette named Canada’s next Governor General

Former astronaut and McGill grad Julie Payette (BEng86) will be Canada’s next Governor General. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (BA94) made the announcement Thursday, July 13.

Construction of the house of the future kicks off at Loyola

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Entre Nous

Digging into data: Toward a new understanding of the Arts

A conversation with Professor Andrew Piper about why data science is such a valuable tool for greater understanding in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

From Montreal to Maputo

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Around Campus

Mac Paddle Shack opens for paddlers of all ages

The Mac Paddle Shack is operated by Mac Athletics and Recreation for the McGill community, as well as the public, and offers kayak, stand up paddle board, canoe rentals and classes in paddling and paddle board yoga classes. The classes are run out of an innovative structure made of recycled shipping containers.

AI Summer Lab for women: Sisters are doing it for themselves

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Kudos

Two physiology profs appointed Mathematical Biology fellows

Leon Glass and Michael Mackey are among the SMB’s inaugural cohort of fellows. They developed an equation that illuminates how simple control mechanisms can lead to complex bodily rhythms such as the fluctuations in the number of circulating blood cells.

Dr. Arkady Khoutorsky awarded the 2017 Award in Pain

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Extra! Extra!

The limits of multicultural universities for Indigenous peoples

Multiculturalism is a huge part of the Canadian identity. We see it from coast to coast in the faces of our fellow citizens, a huge mosaic – not a melting pot, we proudly point out – of diversity from around the world. But why do our multiculturalism policies seem to focus on integrating European cultures and newcomers into Canadian society rather than in addressing the needs and aspirations of Indigenous peoples?

$3M for research to help farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions

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Blog

Crafting a better beer

Canada’s extensive malting and brewing industry could get a further boost from new insight into the science of malting.

Time will stand still for Roddick Gates clocks

The iconic clocks and bells of the Roddick Gates will be turned off until October 2017, while the work is done around the Gates.

McGill’s summer reading list

We received some solid entries for the Reporter’s first-ever summer reading list. While the list isn’t as extensive as our annual winter holiday version, it does include some excellent offerings.

Reopening of McTavish and Dr. Penfield

“I am delighted to inform you that the City of Montreal’s major construction projects around the downtown campus are very close to being finished,” writes Robert Couvrette, AVP (Facilities Management and Ancillary Services)

Using AI and hacking to make the world a better place

The first-ever McGill Artificial Intelligence for Social Good Hackathon was a big hit. For two days teams of students and members of the community used data sets to try to solve social problems using their tech skills in a two-coding jam session.

Last chance to get local veggies!

The McGill Farmers’ Market is offering weekly and bi-weekly Community Supported Agriculture baskets from three local farms this summer. Baskets begin in one week, but we still have some baskets remaining!

What I did this summer…

Have you lined up some interesting fieldwork or research this summer? The McGill Reporter wants to tell your story…

Erasure of negative memories one step closer to reality

A collaborative study by research groups from Columbia University Medical Center and the Montreal Neurological Institute has improved our understanding of memory retention. Their findings could one day lead to therapies that alleviate anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder by selectively erasing pathological memories.

Biofilms – the eradication has begun

Biofilms, the slimy, glue-like membranes that protect microbes from the body’s immune system and increase their resistance to antibiotics, represent one of the biggest threats to patients in hospital settings. But there is good news – a research team led by the RI-MUHC and SickKids in Toronto has developed a novel enzyme technology that prevents the formation of biofilms and can also break them down.

Celebration with introspection

There’s more to Montreal’s 375th and Canada’s 150th anniversaries than big parties. (But there are plenty of those.) Two upcoming events – a lacrosse festival and the submission of the Final Report of the Provost’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education – are offering clear-eyed critiques of the past in order to build a more inclusive future.

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Notes from the field

Searching for Arctic pollinators

Just finishing his first year as Dean of Students, Chris Buddle could probably use a little downtime, right? Well, for the award-winning researcher and professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, downtime means heading to the Arctic tundra to study pollination with graduate student, Vinko Culjak Mathieu.

Collective entrepreneurship for a better future

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In the Community

Opening the door to new possibilities

Raising aspirations and academic achievement for promising high school students from under-represented groups is the goal of the Explore! Careers in Health Camp that just wound up at McGill.

Take a walk on the artistic side

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Human Resources

Floor Fellows sign first collective agreement

On Monday, July 3, McGill’s Floor Fellows, represented by the Association of McGill University Support Employees (AMUSE) / Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), signed their first ever collective agreement with the University. AMUSE (Floor Fellows) represents approximately 75 employees on both the Downtown and Macdonald campuses.

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