Montreal becomes hub for “simnovation”

More than 100 of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, representing a diverse cross-section of disciplines gathered at the Omni hotel in Montreal on...
May 12, 2016

The May edition of the ASPIRE Newsletter is now available online

This issue provides commentary from  Subject Matter Experts on the ITCSP event, some of the topics discussed and why this event is important...
May 12, 2016

Cole Foundation celebrates 10 years and $10 million of support for research into the fight against pediatric and young adult leukemia & lymphoma

Montreal, May 12, 2016 – This year, in continuing the tradition of past years, the Cole Foundation will be offering twenty-one new fellowship grants and...
May 12, 2016

Primary care in Quebec at the crossroads Time for open, respectful public policy discussion

By Dr. Howard Bergman  There is no doubt that primary care is at a crossroads in Quebec.  In 15 years there has been...
May 4, 2016

MIMM Bites Newsletter – May 2016

MIMM Bites, a newsletter of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, provides news and announcements of interest to the faculty and support staff...
May 3, 2016

Highlights from the April 21, 2016, Board of Governors meeting

Dear members of the McGill community: McGill’s Board of Governors convened on Thursday, April 21, 2016, for their fifth meeting of 2015-16. Here...
April 29, 2016

In Memoriam: John Corbett McDonald (1918 – 2016)

We regret to announce that Professor JC McDonald passed away peacefully in Montréal on April 25th 2016, at the age of 98 years....
April 29, 2016

A ‘tropical’ parasitic disease emerges in the Arctic

Canadian researchers describe the first outbreak of Cryptosporidium parasite in Nunavik An outbreak of an intestinal parasite common in the tropics, known as...
April 29, 2016

REGISTER NOW! National Clinical Trial Training Program – May 26-27

The Clinical Research Unit of the Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, under the direction of Dr. Angela Genge, has developed a national training program...
April 22, 2016

Brighter prospects for chronic pain

Researchers use optogenetics to produce pain relief by shutting off neurons with light By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute The potential of light...
April 20, 2016

Not all fun and games

By Gilda Salomone, McGill University Health Centre Games have always been played in all cultures to amuse and distract. If you’ve ever played a quiz...
April 20, 2016

McGill gets $1.65 M from NSERC for training project

McGill Newsroom CREATE project to prepare graduates for high-skills work in surgical-devices industry A team led by McGill University professor Jake Barralet will...
April 14, 2016