She has been called 鈥淐anada's Martin Luther King鈥�, the 鈥渃onscience of the nation鈥�, and a 鈥渘ational hero鈥�, but Cindy Blackstock bristles at the accolades. 鈥淭he only reason my job exists is because racism against First Nations children has been used as a cost-saving measure. I don't want that job to exist鈥攏ow or ever.鈥� Blackstock is the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, a charity that, for 20 years, has lobbied for First Nations children to have equitable access to health and social welfare services.
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Published on: 27 Feb 2018
Scientific research supports theories that music is healing. "The studies show that music can create profound neurochemical and biological changes, tangible, demonstrable ones," said psychologist Daniel Levitin, a professor emeritus at 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal, who specializes in neuroscience and music.
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018
芦 Comme les enfants autistes ont souvent un retard de langage, les professionnels pensaient que le bilinguisme 茅tait contre-indiqu茅 parce qu'il compliquerait l'acquisition du langage 禄, explique Aparna Nadig, chercheuse 脿 l'Universit茅 9I制作厂免费, qui est l'auteure principale de l'茅tude publi茅e dans la revue Child Development. 芦 Nous voulions v茅rifier cela, vu que chez les enfants ne souffrant pas d'autisme, le bilinguisme ne nuit pas 脿 l'apprentissage de la langue. 禄
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018
(Op-ed by J.M. Opal, Associate Professor of History, 9I制作厂免费) 鈥淭here is no reason to think that America鈥檚 leaders will respond any differently to the latest mass shooting.鈥�
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018
The IIHF announced its 2018 Olympic media all-star team, as well as its Most Valuable Player (MVP) and tournament directorate awards.
Canada's Melodie Daoust [BEd'17] was voted tournament MVP. The 26-year-old forward led Canada with three goals and four assists.
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Published on: 22 Feb 2018
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Published on: 21 Feb 2018
Outside the U.S., 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal, Canada, will host its Rare Disease Day 2018 event, at which half a dozen speakers from the rare disease community will give talks on research, treatment, and political advocacy. The five-hour conference is sponsored by the university鈥檚 Rare Disease Interest Group (rareDIG).
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Published on: 21 Feb 2018
At this early stage, the potential for harm is real while the benefits are only surrogate measures, said Kimmelman, an associate professor of biomedical ethics at 9I制作厂免费. One such measure at Phase 1 might be tumor shrinkage, which does not necessarily translate into what people really care about: survival.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2018
Republicans鈥攁nd some liberals鈥攄ownplay the significance of the president鈥檚 outbursts. But his words are quietly radicalizing both the left and right, with untold consequences for the future of policy. [...] But Trump鈥檚 words are his substance. 鈥淧olitics is persuasion as well as coercion,鈥� the political scientist Jacob Levy wrote last week, rightly arguing that Trump has 鈥渃hanged what being a Republican means.鈥�
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Published on: 20 Feb 2018
L鈥檈ntrepreneuriat sur les campus est en effervescence aux 脡tats-Unis comme au Canada. Montr茅al n鈥櫭ヽhappe pas 脿 la fr茅n茅sie. Notre journaliste Andr茅 Dubuc a fait la tourn茅e des universit茅s. Voici ce qu鈥檌l a vu et entendu.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2018
Ottawa has announced a new fund to connect all Canadian brain scientists. Fifteen universities across the country doing research into the hundreds of different types of brain diseases and disorders will join the $10 million platform. The Brain Canada Foundation said the federal funding will allow the creation of the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform, which will be based at Montreal's Neurological Hospital. [...] Dr.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2018
Allan Downey, an assistant professor of history at 9I制作厂免费, says lacrosse touches all aspects of life in many Indigenous cultures and helps explain everything from how the world came to be to self-identity.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
The public conversation overlooks how the entirety of Colten鈥檚 life, as an Indigenous person, was lived without justice.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
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