Faculty

Construction Start: SIM Centre – Medicine Cohort increase

webfull — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:07:52 +0000

Please be advised that ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ has mandated CORENOV CONSTRUCTEURS INC. under the supervision of REDBOURNE to carry out the following project: 24-040 SIM Center – Medicine Cohort increase.

Description: The project includes creation of a satellite facility in leased space, transformation of existing space, and the use of technology for multi-space connectivity.

Construction start date: August 4th, 2025

Planned construction end date: End of December 2025

CRBLM-CRDH research talk: Dr. Daniel Swingley (U. Penn.)

webfull — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:26:38 +0000

When: Tuesday, August 12, 2:00pm-3:00pm, followed by a reception

Research | Viral DNA sequences in the human genome may help control gene activity, new study shows

webfull — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:40:53 +0000

Long dismissed as “junk,” viral fragments buried in human DNA may help regulate our genes, according to a new international study co-led by Guillaume Bourque, professor in McGill’s Department of Human Genetics, D2R-funded researcher and member of the D2R Research Steering Committee and Executive (RSC). The findings offer new insights into what makes us human, 25 years after the human genome was first mapped.

Construction Start: Rutherford Physics - Renovation of Room 419

webfull — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:18:23 +0000

Please be advised that ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ has mandated CORENOV CONSTRUCTEURS INC. to carry out the following project: 21-053 Rutherford Physics - CFI IF 2023 Childress, Renovation of Room 419

Description: Room 419 is already an existing research laboratory. It has two smaller rooms inside of it but the walls will be demolished to create one large room. The room will be updated to meet the McGill Design Standards for a research laboratory and it will be reconfigured to meet laser lab requirements as well.

Construction Starts: Trottier Space Institute Extension

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:15:18 +0000

Please be advised that ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ has mandated general contractor SUTERA INC. to carry out the following project: 20-069 Trottier Space Institute extension.

Lin Centre 2026 Annual Lecture

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:56:05 +0000

Chris Ragan on Rethinking Canada's Industrial Strategy | The Suburban

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:44:55 +0000

July 24, 2025 | Chris Ragan is quoted in The Suburban emphasizing the long-term economic benefits of cutting corporate taxes over relying on large-scale business subsidies. Nearly 25 years ago, Ragan argued that reducing taxes which inhibit investment—particularly corporate income taxes—would spur productivity, attract capital, and raise living standards. His perspective is resurfacing in current policy debates as concerns grow over the effectiveness of multibillion-dollar subsidies offered to major corporations, such as those in the electric vehicle sector.

Jennifer Welsh on Fading Western Donor Sensitivities to Global Suffering | Policy Magazine

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:40:05 +0000

July 26, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh is quoted in Policy Magazine saying that “something cognitive has happened” to Western donor sensitivities to the misery of others. She notes that public outrage over the war in Gaza appears to be the exception rather than the rule, pointing to a broader decline in empathy and responsiveness from governments and publics alike toward global humanitarian crises.

Doctoral Recital: Antonin Granier, percussion

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:23:06 +0000

Class of Fabrice Marandola

Announcing the Inaugural Recipients of the Arthur D Ruby Prizes in Management

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:58:51 +0000

Congratulations to Anabel Gratton (BCom’23), Damiano Mini (BCom’24), Delia Puiu (BCom’24), George Zergiotis (BCom Concordia’23), Giulia Marandola (BCom’24), Harley Belfer (BCom’23), Jade Raynaud (BCom’23), Joanie Marchand (BCom’24), Sarah Green (BCom’24), and Vincent Ducharme (BCom UOttawa’23) who were awarded the Arthur D Ruby Prizes in Management by the Graduate Cert

C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence awarded to two GCPA students

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:57:05 +0000

Hugo Deslandes (BCom‘24, GCPA’25) and Veronica Hall (BCom‘24, GCPA’25), students of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, have been selected among their graduating class as this year’s recipients of the C. Douglas Mellor Prize for Academic Excellence.

MMF Online Info Session: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:19:32 +0000

Join Professor Vadim di Pietro, Chief Investment and Compliance Officer and registered Advising Representative for Desautels Capital Management, for a one-hour online information sessio

Documentum services (D2, Webtop, and Records) will be unavailable August 5 from 12 p.m.- 1 p.m.

webfull — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:32:10 +0000

Documentum services, including D2, Webtop, and Records, will be unavailable on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. due to scheduled system maintenance.

This work is necessary to ensure the continued performance and reliability of IT resources across the organization.

Who is affected

Anyone who uses a D2 space or accesses documents through the Documentum platform will be unable to upload or retrieve files.

What to do

If you have work that requires access to Documentum, please plan accordingly.

CIHR grants $48.4M to McGill health research

webfull — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:50:29 +0000

53 McGill research projects were awarded funding through CIHR’s Spring 2025 Project Grant competition, to support high-potential health research across all areas and career stages.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently announced a total national investment of $411 million through the CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grant competition, funding 444 grants led by 428 lead investigators. At McGill, 53 projects were funded for a total research investment of $48.4 million.

McGill Innovation Fund (MIF) information session (2)

webfull — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:47:43 +0000

The next application window of the MIF will open on September 22, 2025. This in-person session aims to explain the MIF program to potential applicants, and to provide an overview of the application process.