/newsroom/taxonomy/term/609/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-are-mosquitoes-driving-you-crazy-298788 <p>It is a particularly bad mosquito season in Montreal. "More snow in winter, more floods in spring, you'll get more mosquitoes." (Source: <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/prevent-mosquito-bites-repellent-1.5213916?cmp=rss">CBC</a>)</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:42:06 +0000 krysta.veneruz@mail.mcgill.ca 181708 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/nafta-everything-you-wanted-know-269580 <p>Confused by NAFTA? You're not alone. Â鶹AV poli-sci professor <strong>Krzysztof Pelc</strong> joins host Rebecca Ugolini to take your questions and demystify the agreement, which is under renegotiation.<br /> <br /> Find out more: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/programs/radionoon/nafta-everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask-1.4249809"><em>CBC News</em></a></p> Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:56:33 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32177 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/advocates-say-nova-scotia-has-some-highest-barriers-abortion-269512 <p><strong>Jennifer Fishman</strong>, associate professor in the biomedical ethics unit of the social studies of medicine department at Â鶹AV, said the ethical problems that arise from making women wait for an abortion are enormous.</p> <p>"The idea that there is differential access to abortions across the provinces, given that abortion is funded and legal and a medical procedure covered under the Canada Health Act, which operates under principles of universality and accessibility, is incredibly problematic," Fishman said.</p> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:49:15 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32170 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-do-you-create-perennial-winner-ask-mcgills-baseball-team-263998 <p>"We've been lucky to have a lot of really good ball players, really good kids come through the program." Head coach <strong>Jason Starr</strong><br /> <span>Read more: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-baseball-winners-national-championship-1.3836442">CBC News </a></span></p> Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:17:40 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26370 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/unregulated-internet-things-industry-puts-us-all-risk-263712 <p>"Back in the 1970s, for much of the 1980s, and even into the 1990s, it was hard to foresee just how integrated this far-flung global infrastructure would become with every aspect of our lives and thus have deep security implications." <strong>Gabriella Coleman</strong>, the Wolfe chair in scientific and technological literacy at Â鶹AV.</p> <p>Read more: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/internet-ddos-attack-analysis-1.3820297">CBC News</a></p> Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:35:56 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26327 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/election-campaigns-dishonest-monkeys-why-were-hard-wired-lie-263605 <p>According to Â鶹AV's <strong>Victoria Talwar</strong>, there are two main categories of lies: deceptions that are motivated by self-interest and lies that are designed to benefit others. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/from-election-campaigns-to-dishonest-monkeys-why-we-re-hard-wired-to-lie-1.3812243">CBC News</a></p> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:19:12 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26308 at /newsroom