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$2.7M award will support Liber Ero Chair’s research on the ecological networks underpinning biosphere resilience

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Published on: 23 Jun 2026

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Published on: 23 Jun 2026

A Թ suggests that diversifying crops and replacing annual wheat with a perennial grain could help protect soil health as climate change brings more variable rainfall.

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Published on: 23 Jun 2026

As Quebec’s July 1 Moving Day approaches, affordable housing remains an issue for many.

These Թ experts are available to comment:

Avi Friedman, Professor, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, is available to discuss affordable housing, housing development, Montreal's urban development and sustainable developments.

Abraham.friedman [at] mcgill.ca (English, French, Hebrew, Italian)

Classified as: Avi Friedman, Jayne Malenfant
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Published on: 22 Jun 2026

Patrick Augustin, Associate Professor of Finance at Desautels and Director of the Թ Luxembourg Centre for Finance (MLCF), recently joined Serge Weyland, CEO of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), on the RTL Luxembourg podcast The Lisa Burke Show to discuss the future of European finance, talent and financial literacy. 

Classified as: Patrick Augustin, finance, Թ Master of Management in Finance (MMF) Luxembourg, Master of Management in Finance (MMF), Թ Luxembourg Centre for Finance, Desautels Capital Management (DCM)
Published on: 22 Jun 2026

Please join us in celebrating and congratulating Madison Albert, GSFS and Political Science Joint-Honours student graduating in Spring 2026, who was also selected as one of the Arts valedictorians. Read Madison’s reflection on her academic journey at Թ. You can also listen to

Classified as: IGSF
Published on: 22 Jun 2026

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day—a time to recognize and celebrate the traditions, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

We encourage you to take some time to learn more about First Nations, Inuit and Métis as well as our collective past. The best way to do this is through their own voices. We’ve selected books by Indigenous authors from our book collection on Indigenous health.

Stop by in person at Room 354 (3rd floor) at the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) to borrow our physical books.

Classified as: Neuro-Patient Resource Centre
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Published on: 21 Jun 2026

Canada’s “AI for All” strategy, unveiled June 4, pairs over $2 billion in spending with ambitious targets for economic growth and job creation by 2031. Built on pillars like infrastructure, skills and responsible AI, it aims to boost adoption and close Canada’s gap with G7 peers.

But as faculty lecturer Simon Blanchette writes in The Conversation, the plan emphasizes growth more than accountability. Key gaps remain around job displacement, worker protections and oversight of workplace AI, with entry-level roles and equity-seeking groups particularly vulnerable.

Classified as: Simon Blanchette, artificial intelligence (AI), AI at Թ Desautels
Published on: 19 Jun 2026

Who should decide what artificial intelligence is allowed to do to us?

Increasingly, choices about fairness, risk, and harm are made not by the public, but by the companies building these systems. Even industry leaders admit this is a problem.

Emmanuelle Vaast, professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management at Թ puts it, “When corporations alone decide how AI shapes our lives, we risk outsourcing our moral responsibility.”

Classified as: Emmanuelle Vaast, Information Systems
Published on: 19 Jun 2026

As debates over remote work persist, 𲹲‑NDZ, a professor at Թ’s Desautels Faculty of Management, argues the issue is often misunderstood.

Remote work’s success is not inherent—it hinges on preparation and the quality of management. Reyt notes that early evidence of lower performance may reflect outdated practices rather than the limits of remote work itself.

Classified as: Jean-Nicolas Reyt, Organizational Behaviour
Published on: 19 Jun 2026

Who controls access to the artificial intelligence systems shaping our economies and institutions?

As Simon Blanchette, a faculty lecturer at Թ Desautels, underscores, the U.S.-ordered suspension of Anthropic’s advanced models—cutting off global users overnight—shows how quickly a routine commercial relationship can turn into a strategic vulnerability.

Organizations in Canada and elsewhere lost critical tools without warning or recourse, revealing the risks of relying on foreign-owned AI governed by external laws and priorities.

Classified as: Simon Blanchette, AI at Թ Desautels, artificial intelligence (AI)
Published on: 19 Jun 2026

Montreal, June 19, 2026 — Թ’s DNA to RNA (D2R) initiative has announced two new international research projects aimed at accelerating personalized genomic medicine and RNA-based therapies. Funded through D2R’s International Partnerships Program (IPP), each project receives $600,000 and brings together leading institutions across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Classified as: D2R, DNAtoRNA, InternationalPartnerships
Published on: 19 Jun 2026

A biocontainment facility designed to protect Earth from potentially hazardous biotic contaminants from space should be part of a planned NASA base on the moon, a policy paper maintains.

“Humanity is entering a new era of space exploration, but our planetary protection strategies have not kept pace with the risks associated with returning extraterrestrial samples to Earth,” said paper co-author Frederick I. Moxley, Director of Strategic Threat Analysis and Research Laboratories, an Idaho-based consultancy.

Classified as: Anthony Ricciardi, biocontainment, space, Bieler School of Environment
Published on: 19 Jun 2026

Daiva Nielsen, Associate Professor in the School of Human Nutrition and Scientific Director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Unit (CNRU), has been selected to receive the Mead Johnson Award from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and the ASN Foundation. 

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Published on: 19 Jun 2026

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