Update - Monday, December 2, 2024 - Afternoon:
Mercury online course evaluation system is back online.
Original announcement - Monday, December 2, 2024 - Morning:
We regret to inform you that the Mercury online course evaluation system is currently down due to unforeseen technical issues. IT Services is working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.
Staff and students will not be able to access Mercury during this time.
A new study published today in Nature Sustainability uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS).聽
Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at 捆绑SM社区, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts.聽
Dear 捆绑SM社区 Finance Community Member,
It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of the , a centralized repository of Financial Services鈥� procedures, documentation and how-to鈥檚, where sign-in is required.
The Financial Services Website will still display the Policies & Procedures, Contact Information, Reports, and Forms and will continue to be available to the general public.
Important update for Microsoft Teams users! Starting November 27, 2024, all newly created Microsoft Teams groups were set to Private by default. If you attempt to create a new team, the Public option will be unavailable (greyed out), as shown below:
Counting citations is an important way that a scholar鈥檚 academic influence is measured, but not all citations are created equal. Sometimes, widely-cited researchers don鈥檛 have much influence beyond their own narrow academic niche. New platforms like OpenAlex and Scite adjust for this type of difference and seek to provide a more balanced picture of influence across disciplines鈥攁s well as whether a citation is supporting, challenging or simply mentioning the original work.
Dr. Paul H茅bert (IMHL鈥�20) has been appointed to a 5-year term as president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the federal organization that funds health research. A clinical scientist at the Bruyere Health Institute, practicing palliative care physician and professor at the University of Ottawa鈥檚 faculty of medicine, H茅bert is a graduate of the International Masters for Leadership, a cohort-based graduate management degree for health professionals.
The Emerging Topics in Health (EToH) seminar series is cohosted by the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Physiology and Human Genetics, the Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI), the 捆绑SM社区 Research Centre on Complex Traits (MRCCT), and M[i]4. The organizers invite guest speakers to talk about their current research.聽This seminar series is part of the Current Topics & Seminars course and is open for attendance by MIMM students and all interested individuals.
Details about upcoming seminar:聽
Integrating an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) lens into artificial intelligence systems is no longer a luxury or optional, writes 捆绑SM社区 Desautels Faculty Lecturer Simon Blanchette in The Conversation Canada. Without it, AI risks reinforcing existing biases. The creators of the technology should integrate EDI from the ground up, and adopt practices that promote its integration into their tools, like ensuring that development teams are diverse, establishing accountability frameworks, and cultivating inclusive work places.
The impact of time in finance is decisive, says Benjamin Croitoru, Academic Director of the 捆绑SM社区 Personal Finance Essentials course. But people don鈥檛 realize how small decisions can make all the difference over time. Getting the timing right when you鈥檙e buying or selling stocks is one way that time plays an important role in long-term financial growth.
Scientists have uncovered a new link between the immune system and the development of Parkinson鈥檚 disease.
Researchers at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) at 捆绑SM社区 have discovered that an immune response plays a key role in how toxic protein clumps, known as Lewy bodies, form in brain cells and contribute to disease.
This suggests factors that trigger the immune system, such as chronic inflammation, exposure to toxins, or prolonged stress may not only correlate with Parkinson鈥檚, as previous research has found, but drive its development.
Representing 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Chemistry Department, the MC虏 facility, and the QCAM-FRQNT strategic cluster, Petr Fiurasek was honored to be invited to the University of C贸rdoba to deliver two lectures. One presentation was part of the advanced characterization course for physics master鈥檚 students. Beyond the scientific discussions, the visit aimed to foster collaboration between the University of C贸rdoba and Quebec universities through MITACS and various mobility programs
Ratna Ghosh is being honoured with 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning, which recognizes sustained excellence in leadership and innovation, as well as the active integration of teaching and learning with inquiry, scholarship and research.
In finance, making money is the name of the game, and financial services professionals have sometimes been sceptical of sustainability goals that could undercut profits. But it doesn鈥檛 have to bee that way. 鈥淩ealizing that financial systems could support environmental goals and sustainability goals inspired me,鈥� says Mitch McEwen (MMF鈥�20). A senior manager in enterprise sustainable finance at TD, leads the bank鈥檚 Sustainable Bonds program, and was named to Corporate Knights 30 under 30 for 2024.
December 17, 2024 update:聽
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) strike has ended. The delivery of documents requested from other libraries will gradually resume. Additional delays are to be expected. Thank you for your understanding.
La gr猫ve du Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (STTP) est finie. La livraison de documents demand茅s dans d鈥檃utres biblioth猫ques reprendra graduellement. Des d茅lais suppl茅mentaires sont 脿 pr茅voir. Merci de votre compr茅hension.
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In 1974, Chandra Madramootoo arrived at Macdonald Campus to pursue his BSc in Agricultural Engineering. He never left.
鈥淚 loved the program. I loved the professors. I loved my courses,鈥� said Madramootoo. 鈥淚t was giving me exactly what I wanted in life. I was fulfilling a dream.鈥�
After also earning his MSc (1981) and his PhD (1985) at Mac, he accepted an 11th聽hour offer from 捆绑SM社区 for an assistant professorship, declining opportunities at other universities.
