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Jan 15, 2025 | 
healthenews.mcgill.ca | Meaghan Thurston |Asma Ahmed
A McGill-led project to develop an open-source, online resource for data governance has been awarded a grant totalling $558,424 USD from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Development of the Data Governance Resource (DGR) will be led by Prof. Ma’n H.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
reporter.mcgill.ca | Meaghan Thurston
McGill is Canada’s No. 2 Research University of the Year in the medical category, according to Research Infosource Inc. The organization ranked McGill fourth overall among research universities in Canada. Research Infosource’s rankings are heavily based on universities’ total sponsored research income: money that is invested in research by a funding agency, foundation or corporate partner.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Meaghan Thurston
Set in Janwaar, a village in northern India, Barefoot Skateboarders tells the true story of how sport can help bridge caste and gender divides. Barefoot SkateboardersRina SinghIllustrated by Sophie CassonOrca Book Publishers$21.95cloth32pp9781459838536 The plain text, suited for beginner to intermediate readers, follows Ramkesh, a young boy who is of the Adivasi Indigenous group, living in a mud home in Janwaar.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Meaghan Thurston
Little Mouse loves to spend quiet days sipping tea in her burrow and learning about the world through encyclopedias. But when a plant root pierces her ceiling, she feels compelled to put down the book, go out into the wider world, and document what she discovers.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Meaghan Thurston
The Museum of Very Bad Smells A review of The Museum of Very Bad Smells by Monica Arnaldo Published on July 4, 2024 This latest offering from Monica Arnaldo is a whodunnit for olfactory detectives.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
reporter.mcgill.ca | Meaghan Thurston
Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of National Revenue, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced more than $92 million in funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) to support 165 Canadian-led research projects through two initiatives: the 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, and...
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Meaghan Thurston
A review of Cosmic Wonder by Nathan Hellner-Mestelman Published on March 14, 2024 Growing up in rural Nova Scotia, I was spoiled with unobstructed views of the stars. On one particularly starry night, a question sprang to mind: what contains the universe?
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
reporter.mcgill.ca | Meaghan Thurston
Today at the Université de Montréal, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport and Quebec Lieutenant, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced the results of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) 2023 competition.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
reporter.mcgill.ca | Meaghan Thurston
McGill has been rated Canada’s second-best Medical/Doctoral Research universities of 2023 by RE$EARCH Infosource Inc. In December, RE$EARCH Infosource Inc. released the Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities List and the Research Universities of the Year (RUY) lists for 2023. McGill ranked second behind the University of Toronto and ahead of McMaster University. RE$EARCH Infosource Inc. is an independent research, consulting and publishing firm that focuses on Canadian research and development.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Meaghan Thurston |Ian McGillis |Nadia Trudel |Alexandra Trnka
All around the world at any given moment (but most predictably when one has just set off on the day’s activities), “I’m hungry!” rings out from the mouths of children. This ravenous demand is met either by a snack that was packed with heroic foresight by the adult in charge or by the bark, “You’ll have to wait!” Suppers around the world shan’t be spoiled.
