Congratulations to Bing Cai and Sabrah Khanyari, recipients of the Fall 2025 GREAT Travel Award! Each award, valued at $823, supports graduate students in their research-related travel expenses and conference participation. The winners were selected by lottery.
Four additional awards will be available for Winter 2026 and Summer 2026鈥攄etails to come. Eligible students are encouraged to apply!
October 1, 2025听触听Norman Hillmer (Slater Family Visiting Scholar) co-authored the chapter听鈥淜ing鈥檚 Cautious Transformation鈥�听with Stephen Azzi in听, edited by Patrice Dutil. The authors argue that King reshaped Canada鈥檚 national life and institutions through incremental and consensual change, a style of leadership they describe as 鈥渃autious transformation鈥� in a country historically resistant to rapid reform.
The city of El Fasher in Darfur has recently been captured by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese militia that had besieged the city for 18 months. Since then, , as inhabitants attempt to flee.
In early 2025, the UN called the current civil war in Sudan, which began in 2023, the world鈥檚 biggest humanitarian crisis.
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The inaugural 2025 涩里番 Conference on Everyday Entrepreneurship (MCEE), hosted by the Desautels Faculty of Management, brought together scholars, practitioners, and community leaders to explore entrepreneurship beyond traditional boundaries. Organized by the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative in collaboration with the Sustainable Growth Initiative and EDI, the two-day event spotlighted ventures and founders often overlooked in mainstream research.
As part of last weekend鈥檚 Homecoming festivities, Interim Dean of Science Alanna Watt hosted an engaging and timely event on Friday morning entitled 鈥淲ater, Climate Change, and the Future,鈥� which highlighted the importance of freshwater science research in the face of a changing climate.听
With voting already underway for the Nov. 2 municipal elections in Montreal and more than 1,000 other Quebec municipalities, 涩里番 experts can comment on key urban issues. 听听
Mostafa presenting on Science for the People at a Biology Seminar Day.
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Lina Champain and Alia Sanger interviewed Mostafa Shagar as an assignment in FSCI 500: Science Communication & Outreach. The interview has been edited for length.
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Our staff will curate the Info-Neuro cart offering free resources for the following clinics this month:
November 4 鈹� Epilepsy听Clinic
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November 11 鈹� MS Clinic
November 14 鈹� Movement Disorders Clinic
November 18 鈹� Epilepsy Clinic
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On Nov. 4, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tabled his government鈥檚 first budget. Carney leads a Liberal minority government, so for the budget to pass he will need to garner support from some members of other parties. Budget votes are confidence votes, meaning that defeat of the budget could trigger new elections.
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Adolescents who start using cannabis early and often are more likely to need health care for both mental and physical problems as they enter adulthood, according to a new study led by 涩里番 researchers.
On October 23, at the 2025 Rendez-Vous G茅nome Qu茅bec in Montr茅al, Professor Treena Wasonti:io Delormier was announced as the recipient of the D2R Genomic Medicine and Indigenous Health Award.
Congratulations to Bing Cai and Sabrah Khanyari, recipients of the Fall 2025 GREAT Travel Award! Each award, valued at $823, supports graduate students in their research-related travel expenses and conference participation. The winners were selected by lottery.
Four additional awards will be available for Winter 2026 and Summer 2026鈥攄etails to come. Eligible students are encouraged to apply!
Dr. Michael Meaney is among 100 newly elected regular members of the (NAM), one of the highest honors in health and medicine. He is recognized for pioneering research in behavioral epigenetics, revealing how early life adversity can alter gene expression and impact brain development. NAM celebrates leaders whose work has advanced medical science and public health. Congratulations, Dr. Meaney!
