/newsroom/taxonomy/term/515/all en /newsroom/channels/news/half-canadians-dont-have-enough-savings-250447 <p> Fri, 08 May 2015 20:37:45 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 22530 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-mounting-tensions-between-canada-and-india-351401 <p>Canada has updated its travel advisory for its citizens in India as tensions mount between the two countries over the murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. In a recent update, the Canadian government cautioned about the potential for demonstrations and “negative sentiments” toward Canada in the wake of allegations that Indian government agents may be linked to the killing of Nijjar. (<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9983176/canada-india-travel-advisory/">Global News</a>)</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:17:01 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307372 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-canada-and-us-reach-border-deal-irregular-migrants-347287 <p>The Trudeau government has reached a long-discussed deal with the United States on irregular migration which will allow Ottawa to close the Roxham Road irregular crossing at the Canada-U.S. border. The deal would close a loophole in the agreement, which came into force in 2004 and currently prevents Canadian law enforcement from turning back asylum seekers who enter Canada from the United States at border locations that are not official ports of entry. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/deal-roxham-road-migrants-biden-trudeau-1.6788358">CBC News</a>)</p> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:57:19 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 297458 at /newsroom /newsroom/jennifer-elrick Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:22:46 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 297454 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-russias-invasion-ukraine-336610 <p>Here are some experts from ���ϲʿ������ who can provide comment on this issue:</p> <p><a href="#climate">Climate implications</a> | <a href="#disinformation">Disinformation</a> | <a href="#economic_policy">Economic sanctions</a> | <a href="#canadian_policy">Foreign policy</a> | <a href="#supply_chain">Investments and supply chains</a> | <a href="#politics_eastern_europe">Russian and Ukrainian politics</a></p> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:26:36 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 284435 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/melanoma-map-shows-skin-cancer-rise-canada-339957 <p>Rates of melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, are on the rise in Canada. Those living in southern and coastal areas are most at risk, according to a new study led by ���ϲʿ������.</p> <p>“Cutaneous melanoma causes more deaths than any other skin cancer, accounting for 1.9 per cent of all cancer deaths in men and 1.2 per cent in women in Canada. Globally, there were 290,000 new cases of this form of skin cancer in 2018,” says Dr. <a href="/newsroom/ivan-litvinov">Ivan Litvinov</a>, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at ���ϲʿ������.</p> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:52:10 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288209 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/exposure-wildfires-increases-risk-cancer-339499 <p>A new study from ���ϲʿ������ finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over two million Canadians over a period of 20 years, is the first to examine how proximity to forest fires may influence cancer risk.</p> Fri, 06 May 2022 18:43:15 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288123 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-canada-releases-plan-40-cent-cut-carbon-emissions-2030-338827 <p>Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault released the government's plan to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years to meet ambitious 2030 reduction targets. It's a plan that leans heavily on deep cuts in the electricity, oil and gas and transportation sectors. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-2030-emissions-reduction-plan-1.6401228" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CBC News</a>) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sibeal McCourt, PhD candidate, Department of Geography </strong></p> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:01:30 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 287755 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/martha-crago-awarded-german-order-merit-338540 <p>On March 22, <a href="/research/about/vice-principal">Martha Crago</a>, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award was handed over by Germany’s Ambassador to Canada, Ms. Sabine Sparwasser, at a special ceremony at ���ϲʿ������. The Order of Merit is awarded to Germans as well as foreigners for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, social, or intellectual realms.</p> Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:04:36 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 286882 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/prioritizing-supports-specific-neighbourhoods-key-curbing-covid-19-transmission-337560 <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has uneven impacts across cities and provinces, with some regions struggling more than others. A new study shows hotspots of COVID-19 infections across Canadian cities are linked to occupation, income, housing, and markers for structural racism.</p> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:55:32 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 286039 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/americans-are-super-spreaders-covid-19-misinformation-330229 <p>Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.648646/abstract">study</a> led by ���ϲʿ������ shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume this misinformation, embrace false beliefs about COVID-19, and subsequently spread them.</p> Tue, 06 Apr 2021 02:06:04 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 258602 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/gender-gap-women-represent-two-thirds-doctorates-hold-only-one-third-academic-jobs-328420 <p>Women today represent two-thirds of all Canadian doctorates in archaeology, but only one-third of Canadian tenure-stream faculty. While men with Canadian PhDs have done well in securing tenure-track jobs in Canada over the past 15 years, women have not, according to a new study from ���ϲʿ������. The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate these existing inequalities.</p> Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:57:01 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256611 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-canada-continues-make-case-keystone-xl-joe-bidens-team-327827 <p>Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan says the government is continuing to “make the case” for the Keystone XL pipeline expansion despite reported plans from Joe Biden to immediately quash the project. His comments come on the heels of reports that Biden is planning to cancel the planned pipeline expansion as one of his first moves after becoming U.S. president. (<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/7583384/keystone-pipeline-biden-oregan-canada-united-states/" target="_blank">Global News</a>)</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:11:52 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256319 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/child-marriage-legal-and-persists-across-canada-327554 <p>Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padr.12369">new study</a> from researchers at ���ϲʿ������. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.</p> Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:58:29 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 255851 at /newsroom /newsroom/alexandra-ketchum Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 krysta.veneruz@mail.mcgill.ca 181716 at /newsroom