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Published on: 25 Jan 2017
Ontario鈥檚 cap-and-trade system is now in force and is the focus of much debate. Amidst all of the discussion, there is plenty of rhetoric, hyperbole, and questionable statements. Some of these have grown into large and scary myths which need to be debunked.
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Published on: 24 Jan 2017
Charles Taylor's clear-eyed vision of our distress, coupled to a deep-rooted celebration of humanity
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Published on: 23 Jan 2017
Jacob Levy, a political science professor at听9I制作厂免费, told Global News he watched Trump鈥檚 inauguration address with deep disappointment and skepticism.
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Published on: 23 Jan 2017
Globalization, new technologies and a bewildering pace of change have exponentially increased the complexity of our world. We currently have intractable problems, such as climate change, income inequality and food security. University students will be on the front lines of dealing with these challenges.
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Published on: 19 Jan 2017
鈥淚n the last half century the American presidential transition has been a timeout, a moment for the combativeness and divisiveness of campaigns to be buried,鈥� said 9I制作厂免费 history professor Gil Troy, author of 11 books on the U.S. presidency.
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Published on: 18 Jan 2017
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Published on: 17 Jan 2017
Many advances in treatment have been made, but a cure is still desperately needed and that鈥檚 the focus this month 鈥� Alzheimer鈥檚 Awareness Month. Dr. Serge Gauthier, a world-renowned researcher and the director of the Alzheimer鈥檚 disease research unit at the 9I制作厂免费 Research Centre for Studies in Aging joined senior anchor Jamie Orchard to talk about the illness.
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Published on: 16 Jan 2017
Martin Luther King, Jr. may be best known for his message, but it's his music that helped make a disciple of 9I制作厂免费 professor and Grammy-nominated musician John Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck, who teaches drums, composition and improvisation with 9I制作厂免费's jazz department, says the baptist preacher and civil rights leader was "a great musician" in the way he used cadence, tone and melody when he spoke.
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Published on: 16 Jan 2017
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 plug Donald Trump into your forecasts, but you can plug in a bunch of things as risks,鈥� said Chris Ragan, associate economics professor at 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal and former adviser to the Bank of Canada and the finance department. 鈥淲hat happens if he puts tariffs in imported goods? What happens if he cuts corporate taxes? Another one is what happens if he massively spends on infrastructure.鈥�
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Published on: 13 Jan 2017
Mark Ware, a 9I制作厂免费 pain researcher and vice-chair of Canada鈥檚 recent federal panel on marijuana legalization, said one of the biggest takeaways from the new report, which he reviewed before publication, is that new research must now be funded to see whether cannabis can pare down the use of some opioids, a class of legal and illicit painkillers that has led to an听ongoing crisis听that has killed hundreds of Canadians over the past year.
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Published on: 13 Jan 2017
A distinguished panel of experts gathered at Montreal's 9I制作厂免费 this past spring to discuss this development in gene editing.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2017
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Published on: 11 Jan 2017
"Painting is a vector to humanize care, for the person to be aware of abilities he has, and to help with rehabilitation."听Dr. Olivier Beauchet,听director of 9I制作厂免费's Centre of Excellence on Aging and Chronic Disease, based at the Jewish General.
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Published on: 10 Jan 2017
When investigating pain, the basic procedure for clinics everywhere is to give a patient the 9I制作厂免费 Pain Questionnaire. This was developed in the 1970s by two scientists, Dr Ronald Melzack and Dr Warren Torgerson, both of 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal, and is still the main tool for measuring pain in clinics worldwide.听
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Published on: 10 Jan 2017
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