Max Bell School Professor Pearl Eliadis has authored the听chapter听Mind the Gaps: Integrating Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals into Evaluation Practice听inThe Realpolitik of Evaluation,听a recently published book edited by听Markus Palenberg an Arne Paulson.
Category:
Published on: 4 Jan 2021
Neural 鈥渟ignature鈥� may reflect how we respond to feelings of social isolation
This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.
Category:
Published on: 15 Dec 2020
As approved by its Board of Directors, CIRM recently welcomed two new members:
Category:
Published on: 1 Dec 2020
We are pleased to welcome Professor Nik Luka as Interim Director for the 2020鈥�2021 school year. As an Associate Professor in the School of Urban Planning and the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at 捆绑SM社区, he has been involved with CIRM since its inception in 2014. Prof.
Category:
Published on: 1 Dec 2020
In this report for the Quebec government, our Director Christopher Ragan with the support of MPP students Matis Allali, Ruhee Ismail-Teja, Riad Katkhoda听& Charlotte Reboul听examine how terminating electric vehicle subsidies can strengthen Quebec's climate policy.
Category:
Published on: 11 Nov 2020
Through its Health and Social Services Community Leadership Bursary Program, Dialogue 捆绑SM社区 awarded a total of $325,000 to 51 health and social services students from 14 Quebec regions in the 2020-2021 academic year. Depending on the bursary category and level of study, recipients will receive anywhere from $2,500 to $10,000. The recipients have committed to working in their home region following the successful completion of their studies for a minimum of one year in a public health and social services institution or related organization.
Category:
Published on: 30 Oct 2020
Psychology researchers at 捆绑SM社区 have used network science 鈥� a mathematical technique for revealing connections and patterns 鈥� to gain novel insights into Montrealers鈥� experience of using French and English.
The unique approach has brought to light subtle differences as to which social settings Montreal bilinguals discuss certain topics and whether they use French, English or both languages to discuss those topics.
Published on: 8 Oct 2020
In response to the current health crisis, the latest Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Partnership Engagement Grants competition included a special initiative for research related to COVID-19. More than $3听million was awarded to 139 projects across the country. CIRM is proud to announce that two of its members have received funding as principal investigators and will contribute to efforts to address the challenges posed by the pandemic in their respective fields.
Category:
Published on: 29 Sep 2020
This report, co-authored by Max Bell School Professor Jennifer Welsh, begins by summarizing a number of features of Canada鈥檚 population, economic power, and geographic and political position, which continue to call for international engagement.
Section Two then provides a strategic assessment of the current global environment and the most significant risks it poses to Canada鈥檚 interests and values.
Category:
Published on: 8 Sep 2020
The ten strategic questions set out in this report are based on a dialogue among a group of Canadian international policy experts co-chaired by Max Bell School Professor Jennifer Welsh. Their "dialogue was aimed not at recommending a single course of action for Canada, but rather at identifying a range of key strategic choices Canadian governments will need to make in order to advance the security and prosperity of Canadians and to contribute to shaping the world around us in the years ahead."
Category:
Published on: 8 Sep 2020
August 17, 2020 | Since the start of this year, there have been increasing calls for the Canadian government听to impose a national moratorium on facial recognition technology. This demand arises from the possibility that law enforcement will use facial recognition听to discriminate against certain demographics and worsen discrimination in the justice system. A moratorium would provide legislators time to develop a comprehensive and effective policy regulating听 FR technology and the data it collects, uses, and shares.
Category:
Published on: 26 Aug 2020
Scientists at 捆绑SM社区 have developed a solvent-free method for making oligonucleotides, short strands of DNA of growing significance in research and the pharmaceutical industry.
Published on: 24 Aug 2020
The HCALM student program supports innovative research projects whose focus is to explore relationships between language and access to health care and related social services.
Proposals must be e-mailed by Friday October 2, 2020.
For all information, click here.
听
听
Category:
Published on: 11 Aug 2020
The HCALM Network issues regularly a call for proposals for research projects whose focus is to investigate the relationship between language and access to health care and related social services.
Proposals must be e-mailed by Friday October 2, 2020.
For all information, click here.
听
Category:
Published on: 10 Aug 2020
A new report released by the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy 鈥� set to launch this September听鈥� outlines an infrastructural approach to social media platforms, and has much to add to the policy space around platform governance of harmful content online. Written by, Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the report outlines how companies employ specific infrastructural concepts in their models.
Category:
Published on: 6 Aug 2020
Pages
