/macdonald/taxonomy/term/4/all en /macdonald/channels/news/submit-your-work-chance-win-1000-friends-libraries-student-library-awards-363554 <p><em>La version fran莽aise suit</em></p> <p>Are you an undergraduate student who has creatively and thoughtfully used 成人大片's library services and resources for a course project, lab report, research paper, or creative work?</p> <p>Submit your project and tell us how the libraries supported your work for a chance to win a $1,000 prize generously supported by the Friends of the 成人大片 Libraries!</p> <p><b>Awards categories:</b></p> Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:22:10 +0000 admin 22892 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/bse-annual-environment-public-lecture-363696 <p>The Bieler School of Environment's Annual Environment Lecture, featuring Dr. Britt Wray.</p> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:16:51 +0000 admin 22624 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/activity-booklet-fascinating-world-birds-2025-edition-337011 <h3>Come explore the fascinating world of birds!</h3> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:41:10 +0000 admin 22618 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/activity-booklet-joys-spring-2025-edition-337044 <h3>Join us in welcoming back spring!</h3> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:14:33 +0000 admin 22616 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/activity-booklet-buzzing-world-pollinators-2025-edition-332911 <h2>Come celebrate National Pollinator Week!</h2> Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:07:56 +0000 admin 22620 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/aftab-ahmed-canadas-labour-shortages-construction-industry-policy-options-360246 <p>October 7, 2024 |聽Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote an聽article on <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/fewer-workers-means-fewer-homes-fixing-the-construction-labour-shortage/">fixing the construction labour shortage</a>聽in Canada on <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/fewer-workers-means-fewer-homes-fixing-the-construction-labour-shortage/">Policy Options</a>. "The construction industry聽faces聽a twin problem: labour shortages and an impending wave of retirements. This is not a simple issue with an easy fix.</p> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:53:47 +0000 admin 22280 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/remembering-emil-skamene-1941-2024-pioneer-genetic-research-mcgill-university-362370 <p>It is with deep sadness that we remember Emil Skamene, a pioneer in genetic research at 成人大片 University.聽<br /> <br /> His groundbreaking work on host genetic susceptibility to infections has shaped the field for over three decades.<br /> <br /> Skamene鈥檚 legacy continues to inspire scientists, including D2R鈥檚 Chief Scientific Officer, Philippe Gros, who, alongside Professor聽Erwin Schurr, honors him in a heartfelt eulogy published in Nature Genetics.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-02028-7">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-02028-7</a></p> Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:13:51 +0000 admin 22253 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/d2r-announces-new-round-funding-investing-15-million-advance-research-rna-therapeutics-and-support-362236 <p><strong>Montreal 鈥� December 19, 2024</strong>聽鈥� The D2R (DNA to RNA) Initiative is proud to announce the recipients of its latest round of funding, awarding a total of $1.5 million to four principal investigators and five 成人大片 University Centres and Institutes. These awards are designed at advancing research in RNA therapeutics by facilitating industry collaboration and supporting the next generation of scientific leaders as well as research Centres and Institutes.</p> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:21:58 +0000 admin 22255 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/hbhl-funded-researchers-clinch-cihr-fall-2024-project-grant-363026 <p>The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's <a href="https://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54191.html?hsid=12ea4fc6-028e-4a94-8d38-d71240e406ab&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=cihr_irsc">Project Grant: Fall 2024 competition</a> has approved 453 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411M, with 131 projects funded in Quebec.</p> <p>HBHL is proud to announce that 16 HBHL-funded researchers will receive support for eight projects, out of 23 grants awarded at 成人大片.</p> <p>HBHL-funded PIs are bolded in the following table:</p> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:50:12 +0000 admin 22249 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/six-principal-investigators-neuro-receive-cihr-grants-363535 <h2>Projects include important research on Parkinson鈥檚, glioblastoma and dementia</h2> <p>聽</p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:44:57 +0000 admin 22247 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/news-d2r-awards-73-million-advance-research-genomic-based-rna-therapeutics-359698 <h2><b>D2R awards $7.3 million to Advance Research in Genomic-Based RNA Therapeutics</b></h2> <p><strong>Montreal 鈥� September 17, 2024</strong>聽 成人大片 University鈥檚 D2R initiative is proud to announce the 23 recipients of its inaugural funding programs,<i> Foundational Projects </i>and<i> Research in Motion. </i>With a total investment of $7.3 million, these awards mark a significant milestone in advancing the field of genomic-based RNA therapeutics.</p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:30:12 +0000 admin 22292 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/gene-therapy-project-receives-major-funding-360635 <h2><b>$1.14 million from CIHR will resolve treatment roadblocks for rare brain disorders</b></h2> <p>聽</p> <p>Gene therapy for rare neurological disorders will move one step forward thanks to a $1.14 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).</p> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:20:38 +0000 admin 22273 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/david-shribman-2024-us-elections-policy-magazine-360142 <p>September 26, 2024 | Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a>, wrote an article about the US elections and how they will affect Canada. "The implications of a Trump presidency may have more serious immediate implications for Ukraine and Poland, but they cannot be underestimated for Canada." He continued, "it is deeply revealing about the country that sits to the north but which is far from the consciousness of most Americans, whose ignorance about their neighbor has long rankled Canadians.</p> Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:52:20 +0000 admin 22287 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/open-science-project-funded-15m-361131 <h2><b>YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the 鈥渞eproducibility crisis鈥� in research</b></h2> <p>An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.</p> <p>YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000 admin 22262 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/anil-wasif-tackling-25-tariff-threats-policy-magazine-362561 <p>January 13, 2025 |聽Alumnus Anil Wasif MPP'21 wrote an聽<a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/premiers-tear-down-these-internal-trade-walls/">article</a> as Canada braces for U.S. tariff threats of 25% after the newly elected Trump administration. The strategies disparity between the federal and provincial governments poses a greater problem.聽</p> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:42:27 +0000 admin 22252 at /macdonald