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2026 Beatty Lecture - Peter Howitt

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:49:17 +0000

Understanding how economic growth occurs��and how societies can sustain it��has been central to the work of Canadian economist and 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences laureate Peter Howitt, who will deliver the 2026 Beatty Lecture at �鶹�� Univer

Authority, Legitimacy & Regulation in the British Birth Space

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:08:47 +0000

Authority, Legitimacy & Regulation in the British Birth Space with Dr. Anna Nelson

CRCF Research Seminars

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:42:08 +0000

CRCF Research Seminars

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:45:31 +0000

New Research from Prof. Rose Bagot's Lab uncovers how GABAergic neurons encode experienced rewards

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:26:58 +0000

New work from Dr. Rosemary Bagot's lab: inhibitory "GABAergic" neurons �� long treated as supporting players in the brain �� turn out to help track the recent history of rewards in two key decision-making regions (shown in mice). The work reshapes which neurons we think are keeping score of our past outcomes.
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Read the paper in Cell Reports

Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature Inaugural Lecture

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:00:08 +0000

Talk by Dr. Antje Chan, Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature, Religion, Literature and the Shaping of Neighbourliness in Late Medieval England.

Ya Hsuan (Wendy) Lin, Recipient of the 2026 Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:07:52 +0000

The Institute for the Study of International Development congratulates Wendy Lin, recipient of this year��s Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize. Wendy is a Joint Honours International Development Studies and Cultural Studies graduate with a minor in East Asian Language and Literatures. She received the award for her honours thesis, ��ȥȥ �C Coming and Going: A Qualitative Study on First- and 1.5-Generation Taiwanese Return Migration.��

�鶹�硯s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:30 +0000

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

�鶹�� celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

�鶹�� awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:51:34 +0000

From fundamental physics to child well-being, �鶹�� researchers advance discovery across disciplines?

�鶹�� has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs �C six new and 10 renewed.

Provost honours 31 �鶹�� professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:18 +0000

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James �鶹�� Professors, James �鶹�� Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ��the very best of our academic community��.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 �鶹�� professors as Distinguished James �鶹�� Professors, James �鶹�� Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

Meet the �鶹�� Arts students behind the Montreal International Poetry Prize

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:34:27 +0000

Curious about what goes on behind the scenes of an international poetry prize? The Faculty of Arts spoke to MA student Izzi Holmes and U3 Physics and English major Clara Costello about the important work they do for the Montreal International Poetry Prize and the positive impact it has on the �鶹�� community, and on poets around the world.

A Look Back at "Remembering Homelands, Rebuilding Lives: On the Lived Experiences of the Cambodian Diaspora in Canada��

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:40:45 +0000

In early February 2026, the �鶹�� Southeast Asia Lecture Series hosted a two-day conference on the Cambodian diaspora. Professor Erik Kuhonta, from Department of Political Science and the Institute for the Study of International Development, offers some reflections on the conference's success.

Catherine Bradley in �鶹�� News!

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:56:40 +0000

Birks Annual Lecture Series

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:35:05 +0000

Lectures by Tulasi Srinivas, Professor of Anthropology, Religion and Transnational Studies,?Marlboro Institute

First talk on October 22:

Gay and Once Divorced, a Canadian Rabbi Broadens Judaism��s Tent

nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000

When?Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, the first openly gay rabbi of a large synagogue in Canada, was preparing to begin rabbinical school, she faced a daunting choice: love or serving God.

Her world was suddenly turned upside down in the late 1990s while she was studying religion at Oxford on a?Rhodes scholarship,?and fell in love with a woman she met at a conference. This posed a problem: The Conservative rabbinical school she planned to attend did not ordain openly gay rabbis.