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).Â
Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at Â鶹AV, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts.Â
Dear Â鶹AV Finance Community Member,
It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of the , a centralized repository of Financial Services’ procedures, documentation and how-to’s, 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’s academic influence is measured, but not all citations are created equal. Sometimes, widely-cited researchers don’t 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—as well as whether a citation is supporting, challenging or simply mentioning the original work.
Dr. Paul Hébert (IMHL’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’s faculty of medicine, Hébert 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 Â鶹AV Research Centre on Complex Traits (MRCCT), and M[i]4. The organizers invite guest speakers to talk about their current research. 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:Â
Integrating an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) lens into artificial intelligence systems is no longer a luxury or optional, writes Â鶹AV 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 Â鶹AV Personal Finance Essentials course. But people don’t realize how small decisions can make all the difference over time. Getting the timing right when you’re 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’s disease.
Researchers at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) at Â鶹AV 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’s, as previous research has found, but drive its development.
Representing Â鶹AV’s Chemistry Department, the MC² facility, and the QCAM-FRQNT strategic cluster, Petr Fiurasek was honored to be invited to the University of CĂłrdoba to deliver two lectures. One presentation was part of the advanced characterization course for physics master’s students. Beyond the scientific discussions, the visit aimed to foster collaboration between the University of CĂłrdoba and Quebec universities through MITACS and various mobility programs
Ratna Ghosh is being honoured with Â鶹AV’s 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’t have to bee that way. “Realizing that financial systems could support environmental goals and sustainability goals inspired me,” says Mitch McEwen (MMF’20). A senior manager in enterprise sustainable finance at TD, leads the bank’s Sustainable Bonds program, and was named to Corporate Knights 30 under 30 for 2024.
December 17, 2024 update:Â
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 grève du Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (STTP) est finie. La livraison de documents demandés dans d’autres bibliothèques reprendra graduellement. Des délais supplémentaires sont à prévoir. Merci de votre compréhension.
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In 1974, Chandra Madramootoo arrived at Macdonald Campus to pursue his BSc in Agricultural Engineering. He never left.
“I loved the program. I loved the professors. I loved my courses,” said Madramootoo. “It was giving me exactly what I wanted in life. I was fulfilling a dream.”
After also earning his MSc (1981) and his PhD (1985) at Mac, he accepted an 11th hour offer from Â鶹AV for an assistant professorship, declining opportunities at other universities.
