Founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1821, McGill University is Canada’s top ranked medical doctoral university. McGill is consistently ranked as one of the top universities, both nationally and internationally. It is a world-renowned institution of higher learning with research activities spanning two campuses, 11 faculties, 13 professional schools, 300 programs of study and over 40,000 students, including more than 10,200 graduate students. McGill attracts students from over 150 countries around the world, its 12,800 international students making up 31% per cent of the student body. Over half of McGill students claim a first language other than English, including approximately 19% of our students who say French is their mother tongue.
Fondée en 1821, à Montréal, au Québec, l’Université McGill figure au premier rang des universités canadiennes offrant des programmes de médecine et de doctorat. Elle se classe parmi les meilleures universités au Canada et dans le monde. Institution d’enseignement supérieur de renommée mondiale, l’Université McGill exerce ses activités de recherche dans deux campus, 11 facultés et 13 écoles professionnelles; elle compte 300 programmes d’études et au‑delà de 40 000 étudiants, dont plus de 10 200 aux cycles supérieurs. Elle accueille des étudiants originaires de plus de 150 pays, ses 12 800 étudiants internationaux représentant 31 % de sa population étudiante. Au‑delà de la moitié des étudiants de l’Université McGill ont une langue maternelle autre que l’anglais, et environ 19 % sont francophones.
The transplantation of astrocytes — a type of brain cell as common as neurons — may provide hope of treatments or cures of some neurodegenerative disorders.
Communication accidents can damage an individual’s relationships.
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Corporate social responsibility disclosures impress shoppers but not suppliers, data suggests.
Longshoremen walk the picket line at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal during the first day of a dockworkers strike on Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston, Texas.
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As we embrace technological progress, we must not risk losing sight of the real people whose livelihoods are at stake in the here and now.
L’urgence d’agir face aux grandes transformations mondiales mobilise les jeunes générations de chercheurs. Le défi est d'améliorer le rayonnement de leurs travaux afin qu'ils aient un impact réel.
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L’urgence d’agir face aux grandes transformations mondiales mobilise les jeunes générations de chercheurs. Il faut créer un environnement favorable pour faire rayonner leurs découvertes.
Les accidents de communication peuvent endommager les relations d'un individu.
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Bien que les accidents de communication puissent se produire, leur multiplication peut indiquer une atteinte de la cognition sociale.
Les espèces envahissantes (dont le myriophylle en épi, photographié ici) représentent un risque réel pour de nombreux habitats d’eau douce du Canada.
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Les écosystèmes d’eau douce sont plus fragiles qu’il n’y paraît et vulnérables aux espèces envahissantes. Les lacs et les rivières doivent être surveillés afin d’être protégés des invasions.
Invasive species (including the plant species, Eurasian watermilfoil, pictured here) pose a real risk to many of Canada’s freshwater habitats.
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Freshwater ecosystems in Canada, and around the world, are more fragile than they look and vulnerable to invasive species. Canada’s lakes and rivers require constant vigilance to protect from invasion.
A woman laughs as she watches the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Sept. 10, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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An analysis of the language used during the recent debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump suggests Trump tends to focus more on himself than on voters.
En intégrant le marché du travail, plusieurs bénéficiaires de l'aide sociale occupent des emplois payés au salaire minimum. Il est parfois peu avantageux financièrement pour eux de travailler.
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Les améliorations proposées au régime québécois d’aide sociale n’inciteront pas davantage de bénéficiaires à intégrer le marché du travail ni à les sortir de la pauvreté.
Le chef du NPD, Jagmeet Singh, sur la colline parlementaire en juin 2024.
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has pulled his party out of the supply-and-confidence agreement that’s helped keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberals in power. What’s behind the move?
People cross the Fraser River on a pedestrian bridge from Vancouver to Richmond, B.C., during a Walk for Mother Earth march to the B.C. Legislature organized by Extinction Rebellion, in 2021.
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A course exemplifies one way group collaboration to address the climate crisis can begin: with each person identifying key moments in their engagement, and contributing this to a larger ‘river’ model.
Après 60 ans de semaine de travail de cinq jours, il est peut-être temps d'envisager une nouvelle approche.
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La semaine de travail de quatre jours a fait ses preuves dans plusieurs pays. Elle comporte de nombreux avantages. Pourrait-elle devenir la nouvelle réalité au Canada ?
Many app developers are not education experts, and their priorities may not align with those of educators and parents.
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Educators and parents should ignore information unrelated to educational quality, like star ratings — and instead look for benchmarks of quality when choosing an EduApp.
A product recall occurs when a manufacturer takes action to remove consumer goods with safety defects or regulatory non-compliance from the market.
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Both praise and criticism of product manufacturers have their place, and when used effectively, can drive companies to act more responsibly.
It is very difficult, if not impossible, to know exactly how many people with an intellectual disability are in sheltered work programs in Canada.
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According to the UN and rights organizations, people with an intellectual disability are still often exploited in workplaces in Québec and Canada.
A Rohingya refugee woman collects drinking water from a well at a refugee camp in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh in March 2023.
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Bangladesh’s interim government must balance demands for justice from its citizens with the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees. If it succeeds, it will be monumental for the global refugee governance.
Artist’s concept of Gliese 12 b and its central star.
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