Over $10 million in SSHRC funding to support McGill research
The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada recently announced the recipients of its latest round of Insight, Insight Development, and Partnership Grants, which include 70 projects led by McGill researchers. In total, 157 McGill-affiliated researchers will be supported by these grants.
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For the love of music
Longtime McGill supporter and alumnus Graham Sommer, M.D., C.M.’72, has pledged $1 million to the university to fund a Canada-wide competition for young composers, providing an exciting forum for the creation of new musical works. The competition will be launched in 2017 to coincide with Canada’s 150th and Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebrations.
Read More →McGill will foot bill for students’ Acfas registration
McGill défraie les coûts d’inscription à l’Acfas
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#ConsentMcGill encourages people to ask, listen and respect one another
From September 26-30, 2016, the third annual #ConsentMcGill campaign presents a week of interactive and educational activities. “Our best way to reduce the incidence of sexual violence is to make sure our students are informed and aware, and the annual consent campaign is an important part of that process,” says Ollivier Dyens, Deputy Provost (Student Life & Learning).
Read More →Annual Pow Wow draws hundreds to Lower Campus
Open Forum could help shape sustainable development at McGill
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Community helps launch Indigenous task force
Members of the McGill, Montreal and Indigenous communities gathered Thursday, Sept. 22, on lower campus for the official launch of the Provost’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education.
Read More →Une équipe dirigée par un chercheur de l’INM obtient 6,1 M$ pour étudier la SP
$6.1 million for MNI-led multiple sclerosis study
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Former Dean of Law to be next head of Cambridge
Stephen Toope (BCL’83, LLB’83) has been nominated the first non-British vice-chancellor in the University of Cambridge’s 807-year history. Toope was the Dean of McGill’s Faculty of Law from 1994 to 1999.
Read More →Two faculty members named Trudeau Fellows
Ten researchers and scholars named as Royal Society of Canada Fellows
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Cindy Blackstock joins School of Social Work
Cindy Blackstock was catapulted into the headlines earlier this year when the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal made a landmark ruling in favour of her complaint that the federal government financially discriminates against First Nations children. Blackstock has now joined McGill’s School of Social Work.
Read More →One on one with Chris Buddle, Dean of Students
Soigner : un langage universel
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New Montreal Alzheimer’s Research for a Cure initiative to fund local research
The first online fundraising program dedicated exclusively to supporting Montreal-based research into the early detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia was launched on Sept. 12.
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Un chercheur de McGill explore le cerveau musical de Sting
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Vijaya Raghavan elected President of RSC’s Academy of Science
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) recently announced the results from elections to choose new Presidents of its three Academies as well as a new President of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Vijaya Raghavan, James McGill professor in the Dept. of Bioresource Engineering, was elected President of the RSC’s Academy of Science.
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