A group of medical students in Montreal have raised about $30,000 to deliver hot meals to health-care workers 鈥� in turn helping to support the local restaurants preparing them.
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Published on: 13 Apr 2020
FORBES | BCG against Coronavirus: Less hype and more evidence, please
By Madhukar Pai
I was born and raised in India. On the day I was born, I am told I got my first jab, a vaccine called BCG (bacille Calmette-Guerin). Kids born in India today still get this vaccine.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2020
April 8, 2020 | From restrictions on civil liberties, to the command economy, to the rationing of key supplies, to the hoarding of food and medicine, to the daily body counts 鈥� the world is gearing up to fight the war against COVID-19. Andrew Potter discusses the framing of this idea, and the potential for readjusting our resources and mindsets.
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Published on: 8 Apr 2020
Now, a new study has found that听birds听that are able to change their behavior in this way are less likely to become听extinct听than those that do not adapt.
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Published on: 7 Apr 2020
Keeping a routine is important for everyone, including children and adolescents, says pediatric sleep expert Reut Gruber, an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at 9I制作厂免费. Your brain needs 鈥渮eitgebers鈥� (time givers), or cues from the environment, to recognize day from night, she says. These zeitgebers include having breakfast and exposing yourself to daylight in the morning, for instance, Dr. Gruber says. At night, the body produces melatonin when it gets dark, which tells your brain it is time to go to sleep.
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Published on: 2 Apr 2020
A diverse group of eight scientists whose work has offered insight into how cells interact with each other and their environment, the genetic underpinnings of neurological disease and the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, have been named this year鈥檚 winners of the Gairdner Awards 鈥� the country鈥檚 most prestigious biomedical research prizes. Among the winners is Guy Rouleau, director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, who is this year鈥檚 recipient of the Gairdner Wightman Award, which recognizes scientific leadership in Canada.
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Published on: 1 Apr 2020
March 16, 2020 | In an attempt to alleviate the blow that COVID-19 has taken to the Canadian economy, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has plans to release a fiscal stimulus package. Kevin Page, Canada鈥檚 First Parliamentary Budget Officer, discusses how this stimulus package will come into fruition.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2020
March 16, 2020 | The world has been swept by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with various governments drafting immediate contingency measures. Andrew Potter presents his analysis of the Canadian government鈥檚 current initiatives.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2020
March 14, 2020 | Canadian soldiers have been at the forefront of the Afghanistan Mission for almost 13 years now. Nearing the end, Andrew Potter, a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, comments on Canada鈥檚 under-recognition of military service.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2020
A new evidence-based clinical guideline has been released to help connect Canada鈥檚 homeless population with necessary services. The Homeless Health Research Network and a team of experts and researchers, including Dr. Anne Andermann from 9I制作厂免费, are behind the guideline. Andermann said the guideline is geared towards front-line physicians. She said there鈥檚 evidence these healthcare specialists can work collaboratively to create better access to services, which she says is imperative for helping homeless populations.
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Published on: 12 Mar 2020
The 2020 J. I. Staley Prize book award prize is awarded to Lisa Stevenson for her 2014 book, Life Beside Itself: Imagining Care in the Canadian Arctic.听Lisa Stevenson is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at 9I制作厂免费, where she teaches courses on medical and psychological anthropology, narrative and anthropology, violence and subjectivity, social and political theory, ethnographic film, the Inuit, and the Canadian Arctic. She received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley (2005).
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Published on: 10 Mar 2020
March 9, 2020 | Christopher Ragan, the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and former chair of Canada鈥檚 Ecofiscal Commission, sat down with the 9I制作厂免费 Reporter to discuss the ways in which policy can impact climate change. In this interview, Ragan听comments on resistance to decarbonization, current government initiatives, and the divestment movement.
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Published on: 9 Mar 2020
Researchers at two Quebec universities are working together in hopes of developing a new vaccine that could prevent COVID-19 and similar outbreaks. Amine Kamen, a biomedical engineer at 9I制作厂免费 will be working with Denis Leclerc, a researcher from Laval University. Kamen's primary role in the research will be to generate antigens 鈥� toxins that urge the body to create antibodies in order to fight off disease.
Published on: 9 Mar 2020
The glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup has been found to trigger the loss of biodiversity among phytoplankton communities in freshwater ponds. In their experiments, scientists found that while some populations developed resistance to the herbicide and were able to survive exposure at high levels, this came at a cost, with a 40 percent loss in biodiversity.
"The ubiquitous presence of glyphosate in the environment has sparked concerns over its potential health and ecotoxicological effects," Andrew Gonzalez, from Canada's 9I制作厂免费, said.听
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Published on: 4 Mar 2020
February 24, 2020 | What are the consequences of endless economic expansion? To discuss the potential risks, Steven Paikin spoke to Chris Ragan, director of 9I制作厂免费's Max Bell School听of Public Policy;听Celine Bak, president of Analytica Advisors; Atif Kubursi, professor Emeritus of Economics at McMaster University;听Peter Victor, author of "Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, not Disaster;" and Sarah Kaplan, director at U of T's Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman School of Management.
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Published on: 3 Mar 2020
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