<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <channel> <title>Newsroom - Experts</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels_item/20</link> <description></description> <language>en</language> <item> <title>Experts: Donald Trump&#039;s Administration</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26649</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;These McGill University experts are available to comment on decisions made by Donald Trump and his team:&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:35:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Montreal pitch as Amazon’s 2nd headquarters</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32268</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Wanted: A place with a million people, a diverse population, good schools and malleable lawmakers. Room to accommodate up to 50,000 workers. Canadian provinces also welcome to apply.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/technology/amazon-headquarters-north-america.html?hp&amp;amp;action=click&amp;amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;amp;module=second-column-region&amp;amp;region=top-news&amp;amp;WT.nav=top-news&quot;&gt;New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:03:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Hurricane Irma</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32257</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“As a Category 5 with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour, Irma now ranks among the most powerful hurricanes (as measured by wind speed) ever recorded. Irma has sustained these 185 mph winds for more than 24 hours, a record length of time. And it’s one of the most powerful cyclones to ever make landfall.” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/9/5/16254872/hurricane-irma-2017-caribbean-florida-keys-puerto-rico-wind-speed-record&quot;&gt;Vox&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:11:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Dreamers and DACA in the US</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32255</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“As 15 states and Washington DC filed suit against Donald Trump over the rescinding of protection for young people brought to the US illegally as children, House speaker Paul Ryan said such ‘Dreamers’ should ‘rest easy’ as Congress tackled immigration reform.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/06/paul-ryan-says-dreamers-should-rest-easy-over-expiring-daca-policy&quot;&gt;The Guardian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:08:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Violence in Myanmar</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32254</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“The United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, has appealed to Myanmar to end the violence that has led more than 120,000 Rohingya people to flee in the last two weeks, which he warned was ‘creating a situation that can destabilise the region’.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/more-than-120000-rohingya-flee-myanmar-violence-un-says&quot;&gt;The Guardian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/faculty/kuhonta&quot;&gt;Erik Kuhonta&lt;/a&gt;, Political Science, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:05:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Airbnb and the Quebec government</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32223</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Airbnb and the Government of Quebec have finalized the first-ever tax agreement in Canada that will allow Airbnb to collect and remit the tax on accommodation on behalf of hosts using its residential sharing platform.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:23:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: tree damage due to storms</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32198</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The storm, which hit Tuesday afternoon and brought winds of up to 120 km/h, snapped tree branches, uprooted trees and downed hydro poles from the West Island over to the Saint-Henri neighbourhood, but authorities say there have been no reported injuries.&quot; (CBC)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcgill.ca/plant/faculty/wees&quot;&gt;David Wees&lt;/a&gt;, Plant Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;David Wees&#039; research interests include horticulture, greenhouses, sweet potatoes, and urban agriculture. He will answer questions from the media on tree damage due to storms.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:05:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Back-to-school experts</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32179</link> <description>&lt;h3&gt;Minorities and bullying&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Religious bullying &amp;amp; religious literacy, inclusion of minorities in public education – &lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;alice.chan&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;mail.mcgill.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;a&quot;&gt; (Alice Chan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), English only&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:01:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Unemployment and the Aging Workforce</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32159</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Bad news for anyone who still believes in freedom from work at 55. The number of women of this age and older who reported having jobs rose by 14,000 from June and by 66,000 from a year earlier. The number of working men aged 55 and older increased by 69,000 from 2016.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/canadas-jobless-rate-slides-to-6-3/&quot;&gt;Maclean’s&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fabianlange.ca/&quot;&gt;Fabian Lange&lt;/a&gt;, Associate Professor of Economics, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 18:46:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32158</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“A coalition composed mainly of relatives of missing and murdered Indigenous women is demanding the replacement of all remaining commissioners and a reset of the inquiry initiated by the federal Liberal government to look into the tragedy.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/inquirys-remaining-commissioners-must-resign-indigenous-families-say/article35900193/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:47:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Strong Link Between Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness in Canada</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32157</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;A new &lt;a href=&quot;http://homelesshub.ca/childwelfare&quot;&gt;report&lt;/a&gt; shows that almost sixty percent (57.8%) of homeless youth in Canada report involvement with the child welfare system at some point in their lives. In comparison, among the general population in Canada, roughly 0.3% of youth have child welfare involvement. This suggests that youth experiencing homelessness are 193 times more likely than youth in the general population to report involvement with the child welfare system.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:44:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Impact of forest fires in Western Canada on unborn children</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32141</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B.C. wildfire season worst in six decades, still far from over&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; “Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C. Wildfire Service said Thursday that 4,910 square kilometres of forest, bush and grassland have been torched, making 2017 the second worst in recorded history in terms of land destroyed. August is usually one of the busiest months for fire, so the situation could get worse, he added.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-wildfire-season-worst-in-six-decades-still-far-from-over&quot;&gt;Vancouver Sun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:18:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Air passenger bill of rights</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32130</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“A new air passenger bill of rights would punish airlines for keeping people on the tarmac longer than three hours, forcing them to compensate passengers. But it would not compel carriers to disembark a plane delayed for long periods.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/transat-bill-rights-ottawa-tarmac-1.4231286&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/instructors/biographies/gradek-john&quot;&gt;John Gradek&lt;/a&gt;, lecturer, School of Continuing Studies, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:51:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert on Census 2016: More Canadians living alone and without children (August 2)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32129</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Canadians are living increasingly alone and without children, according to the latest census figures released by Statistics Canada.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/census-2016-marriage-children-families-1.4231163&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:45:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Dairy, lumber and NAFTA (***UPDATED***)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/27489</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“U.S. President Donald Trump&#039;s surprisingly caustic complaints about trade with Canada in recent days could be setting the stage for a broader renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement than previously advertised.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2017/04/25/dairy-lumber-additions-to-nafta-trump-administration-signals-that-s-the-goal.html&quot;&gt;Metro News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/bjorklund-andrea&quot;&gt;Andrea Bjorklund&lt;/a&gt;, Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:48:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: male eating disorder on the rise</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32125</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;In the United Kingdom, &quot;the number of adult men being admitted to hospital with an eating disorder has risen by 70% over the past six years – the same rate of increase as among women,&quot; reports &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/31/eating-disorders-in-men-rise-by-70-in-nhs-figures&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Guardian&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Is there a similar trend in Canada? &lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:11:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Supreme Court: National Energy Board needs to consult with Indigenous peoples over energy projects</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32100</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“The Supreme Court of Canada has quashed plans for seismic testing in Nunavut, delivering a major victory to Inuit who argued they were inadequately consulted before the National Energy Board gave oil companies the green light to conduct this disruptive activity.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-ruling-indigenous-rights-1.4221698&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:01:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Venezuela&#039;s Collapse: Rule of law and economy almost non-existent</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32090</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:41:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32063</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from Antarctica, scientists said on Wednesday, creating an extra hazard for ships around the continent as it breaks up.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/giant-iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica-1.4200787&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:45:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Interest rates - Bank of Canada meeting (July 12, 2017)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32056</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“For months the consensus has been that interest rates in Canada would remain stable right into 2018. Now Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and his colleagues are dropping broad hints that the central bank will move a lot sooner, perhaps as early as next Wednesday’s meeting.” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2017/07/08/be-prepared-for-bank-of-canada-to-raise-interest-rates.html&quot;&gt;Toronto Star&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:36:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Venezuela: Peace offering from Maduro</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32055</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“The transfer of Venezuela&#039;s most prominent political prisoner from a military stockade to house arrest was widely viewed as a peace offering by President Nicolas Maduro to opponents who have led months of street protests against his beleaguered government.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-unrest-democracy-1.4196834&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/faculty/oxhorn%C3%A0&quot;&gt;Phil Oxhorn&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Political Science, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:31:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: preventing concussions this summer</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32049</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;This summer, whether in summer camps or sports leagues, children will practise outdoor sports. However, parents and educators need to be aware of the risk of head injury and concussion. Professor Isabelle Gagnon is available to speak about prevention and rehabilitation following a traumatic brain injury.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rimuhc.ca/web/research-institute-muhc/-/isabelle-gagnon-phd&quot;&gt;Isabelle Gagnon&lt;/a&gt;, Assistant Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 20:07:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert : Rising Tension with North Korea</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32047</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“President Trump warned Thursday that North Korea could face “some pretty severe” consequences after its defiant test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but Washington also confronted firm opposition from Russia and China over any possible response.” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/trump-warns-of-severe-consequences-for-north-korea-as-russia-china-balk-at-tough-us-talk/2017/07/06/f176634c-61ca-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html?utm_term=.408754db8e39&quot;&gt;Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:53:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Molson plans new Montreal-area brewery</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32042</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Molson-Coors is planning to build a brewery in the Montreal area instead of renovating its existing brewery on Notre-Dame St. E. (…) While the fate of the existing brewery hasn’t been decided, Lefebvre says the company won’t abandon the site.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/were-building-for-the-future-molson-plans-new-montreal-area-brewery&quot;&gt;Montreal Gazette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:57:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Omar Khadr to receive apology and compensation package</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/32039</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“The Trudeau government is poised to offer an apology and a $10-million compensation package to former child soldier Omar Khadr for abuses he suffered while detained in the U.S. military prison for captured and suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-to-offer-omar-khadr-apology-compensation-package/article35538745/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:58:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: U.S. travel ban </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26662</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Here are some McGill professors available to comment on the US Executive order that suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days and suspends entry by citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:13:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Feds inject 1.2 billion $ into Montréal&#039;s light-rail train project </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/31700</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:43:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Floods in Quebec</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/28624</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.douglas.qc.ca/researcher/suzanne-king?locale=en&quot;&gt;Suzanne King&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University and Douglas Institute&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; She can talk about the importance of keeping pregnant women away from stress, for themselves and their baby. Professor King is a specialist in prenatal maternal stress. She began the Iowa Flood Study right after major flooding in this US state in June 2008. Her group added disaster questionnaires to an existing study of pregnant women for whom mental health data had been collected prior to the flooding.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 17:51:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Sanctuary cities (***NEW***)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/27488</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“A judge in San Francisco on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Trump’s efforts to starve localities of federal funds when they limit their cooperation with immigration enforcement, a stinging rejection of his threats to make so-called sanctuary cities fall in line.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/us/judge-blocks-trump-sanctuary-cities.html&quot;&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/muniz-fraticelli-victor&quot;&gt;Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli&lt;/a&gt;, Professor of Law and Political Science, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:45:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Ontario&#039;s Fair Housing Plan</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/27487</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Ontario&#039;s Fair Housing Plan introduces a comprehensive package of measures to help more people find affordable homes, increase supply, protect buyers and renters and bring stability to the real estate market.” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.ontario.ca/mof/en/2017/04/ontarios-fair-housing-plan.html&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/desmond-tsang&quot;&gt;Desmond Tsang&lt;/a&gt;, Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:43:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert on Trade: Brexit, CETA, and Canada-China free trade</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26828</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;What will be the impact of Brexit on Canada? What will happen with the new upcoming new Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) this summer? Also, what can one expect from upcoming free trade talks between Canada and China?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/bjorklund-andrea&quot;&gt;Andrea Bjorklund&lt;/a&gt;, Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:28:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: OECD report on Montreal’s employment and innovation</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26824</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The OECD has released a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/employment/city-of-talent-montreal_9789264268661-en#page1&quot;&gt;report titled &quot;City of Talent Montreal: An Action Plan for Boosting Employment, Innovation and Skills&quot;&lt;/a&gt;: “Montreal has huge potential to become one of the most dynamic cities across OECD countries, thanks to its talented and creative population. Yet the city has not demonstrated outstanding results in terms of job creation and collective wealth generation in the past few”.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:38:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Federal Budget 2017 </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26792</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Finance Minister Bill Morneau will introduce the federal government&#039;s latest budget on March 22, 2017.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/gold-richard&quot;&gt;Richard Gold&lt;/a&gt;, Faculty of Law, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;His area of expertise is innovation policy, the clusters the government is announcing, and other programs they may mention to bolster how Canadian firms can become world players. He teaches in the area of intellectual property, international intellectual property, comparative intellectual property, innovation policy and intellectual property management.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:00:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: NASA News Conference on exoplanet (Feb. 22, 2017)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26729</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 22, to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. The event will air live on NASA Television. (Source: NASA)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:39:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert on Israel: What&#039;s happening to the Two-state solution?</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26721</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Palestinians reacted with anger and bafflement on Wednesday after the Trump administration apparently backed away from insisting that having two states — one for Israelis, one for Palestinians — was the only viable solution to the decades-long Middle East conflict.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/world/middleeast/trump-israel-two-state-solution.html&quot;&gt;New York Times&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;The peace process has been moribund. Trump and Netanyahu have shaken it up but the implications are hard to anticipate.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ​—Harold Waller&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:01:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>McGill University at the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26712</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hynes Convention Center - Boston&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session16826.html&quot;&gt;Jumpstarting Neurological Research through Open Science – MNI &amp;amp; McGill University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Friday, February 17, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM/ Room 208&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:56:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: New influx of asylum seekers crossing US border</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26702</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:11:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Quebec mosque shooting</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26664</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Here are McGill professors available to comment on the Quebec mosque shooting:&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:58:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Separated Fathers: Breaking the Isolation</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26606</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Around 40% of heterosexual marriage in Canada ends in divorce, and 70% of breakups are initiated by the woman. Robert Whitley, professor in social psychiatry at McGill University, directed a short documentary on a group of separated fathers in Montreal who discuss their struggles, challenges and perseverance. Documentary can be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4DhW7Oc_YY&quot;&gt;live-streamed here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:26:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: “Intelligence report claims Russia has compromising information on Trump”</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26605</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The chiefs of America’s intelligence agencies last week presented President Obama and President-elect Donald J. Trump with a summary of unsubstantiated reports that Russia had collected compromising and salacious personal information about Mr. Trump, two officials with knowledge of the briefing said.” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html&quot;&gt;New York Times&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:05:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: US Presidential Inauguration (Jan. 20, 2017)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26515</link> <description>&lt;div&gt;These McGill University experts are available to comment on the US presidential inauguration of Donald Trump:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/faculty/levy&quot;&gt;Jacob Levy&lt;/a&gt;, Dept. of Political Science, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; </description> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:14:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Famine in Nigeria</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26496</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“More than 2,000 people may have died of famine this year in parts of northeast Nigeria which cannot be reached by aid agencies due to an insurgency by Islamic militant group Boko Haram, hunger experts said on Tuesday.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-boko-haram-aid-idUSKBN1421MQ&quot;&gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:41:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Academic Freedom in a Volatile World</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26479</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/&quot;&gt;Scholars at Risk Network&lt;/a&gt; organizes two sessions on December 8 in Ottawa to discuss threats to academic freedom.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Around the world today, scholars are attacked because of their words, their ideas and their place in society.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:29:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Sea ice extent in Arctic and Antarctic reached record lows in November</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26477</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Both the Arctic and Antarctic experienced record lows in sea ice extent in November, with scientists astonished to see Arctic ice actually retreating at a time when the region enters the cold darkness of winter.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/06/arctic-antarctic-ice-melt-november-record&quot;&gt;The Guardian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2016/12/arctic-and-antarctic-at-record-low-levels/&quot;&gt;National Snow &amp;amp; Ice Data Center&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:27:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Ottawa approves two pipelines, rejects one</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26455</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced approvals for two major export pipelines Tuesday, while dismissing a third pipeline and imposing a ban on oil tanker traffic on the northern section of B.C.’s coast.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/ottawa-approves-two-pipelines-rejects-one-while-imposing-tanker-ban-on-northern-b-c-coast?__lsa=1980-1630&quot;&gt;Financial Post&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:38:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Tales from the South Pole</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26454</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;McGill astrophysicist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.astro.physics.mcgill.ca/group.php?gid=1008&quot;&gt;Matt Dobbs&lt;/a&gt; is spending a month at the South Pole helping to install a new camera in a huge telescope designed to help untangle mysteries of the universe by examining the cosmic microwave background -- the light left over from the Big Bang.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:30:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>The Neuroscience of HIV: World AIDS Day (Dec. 1)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26453</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, a time to raise awareness about a disease that has afflicted 70 million people worldwide, 35 million of whom have died as a result.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;When most people think of AIDS, they generally do not think of a neurological disease, yet HIV infection can have an important impact on brain function. Untreated, HIV can cause severe dementia.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:28:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Why are 7 Million Canadians at greater risk of chronic disease?</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26431</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;There is a growing body of evidence linking dental diseases to general health conditions, such as diabetes and pneumonia, and the barriers facing the estimated seven million Canadians who are unable to access dental care.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:58:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Fighting new viruses: should we make some mosquitoes extinct? (Nov. 23)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26414</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Chris Cloutier will tackle the controversial issue of mosquito eradication &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/about/events/fft&quot;&gt;November 23 at 7:00 PM during a Food for thought talk at Macdonald Campus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:50:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Homework without tears (Nov. 21)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26413</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;For the last lecture of the five-week &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/edu-ecp/ep2016&quot;&gt;Effective parenting series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; featuring McGill University Educational Psychology professors, Professor Steven Shaw will focus on homework.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:31:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Universal Children’s Day (November 20)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26412</link> <description>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/socialwork/people-real/faculty/cindy-blackstock&quot;&gt;Cindy Blackstock&lt;/a&gt;, School of Social Work, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“International Children&#039;s Day recognizes the rights and contributions of children worldwide including the right to non-discrimination.&lt;br /&gt; As Canada celebrates, the federal government fails to comply with three legal orders by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and a unanimous House of Commons Motion to cease racial discrimination against 165,000 First Nations children and youth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:27:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>APEC Peru 2016 (Nov. 19-20)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26405</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Prime Ministrer Trudeau will attend the APEC Economic Leaders&#039; Meeting, the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Peru, which will culminate on 19–20 November 2016 in Lima. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2016/11/08/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-travel-cuba-argentina-and-peru&quot;&gt;APEC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 18:24:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: South Africa and others leave the ICC</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26404</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Even as the International Criminal Court (ICC) suffered a blow from yet another country turning against it, Canada is continuing its fight to save it with a campaign of lobbying pressure and promised solutions.” &lt;span&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-saddened-by-african-countries-decisions-to-leave-icc-dion/article32873597/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 18:22:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Leonard Cohen dies at 82</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26387</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned nearly 50 years, died at the age of 82.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-dead-at-82-w449792&quot;&gt;Rolling Stone&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://willstraw.com/&quot;&gt;Will Straw&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;He’s available this afternoon to comment on the legacy of Leonard Cohen. He’s interested among other things in cultural industries, urban culture, film studies, Canadian culture and globalization.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:58:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Effective parenting: how to help your child overcome anxiety (Nov. 14)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26386</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;How parents can help their children overcome anxiety? Professor Tina Montreuil is the next speaker in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/edu-ecp/ep2016&quot;&gt;Effective Parenting: New Trends And Approach&lt;/a&gt; series. She will discuss strategies for parents to help their child overecome their anxiety. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/edu-ecp/tina-montreuil&quot;&gt;Tina Montreuil&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:54:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Effective Parenting: New Trends and Approaches</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26369</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;series of public lectures focuses on topics of concern for parents/guardians/grandparents in our fast-paced world and digital age. On November 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, Dr. Adam Dubé,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; will be giving a talk titled:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcgill.ca/education/channels/event/effective-parenting-new-trends-and-approaches-dr-adam-dube-myths-and-merits-childrens-ipad-use-261864&quot;&gt;The myths and merits of children&#039;s iPad use from the cradle to the classroom&lt;/a&gt;”. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:06:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: US 2016 Presidential Elections</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26030</link> <description>&lt;div&gt;These McGill University experts are available to comment on the race for the White House:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/faculty/levy&quot;&gt;Jacob Levy&lt;/a&gt;, Dept. of Political Science, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Jacob Levy is one of the world’s leading libertarian political theorists.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;jacob.levy&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;mcgill.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (English)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:44:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>International Criminal Court: South Africa&#039;s Withdrawal</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26326</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;South Africa&#039;s main opposition party on Monday tried to block a government plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, saying the move is illegal and that the country&#039;s top court should intervene.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:21:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>DDoS Attack: what does it tell us?</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26312</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;“Some major internet companies suffered service disruptions for several hours on Friday morning as internet infrastructure provider Dyn said it was hit by a cyber attack that disrupted traffic mainly on the U.S. East Coast.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/dyn-ddos-attack-websites-down-1.3815417&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:07:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>McGill linguist helped on upcoming movie Arrival</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26307</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The upcoming Denis Villeneuve movie &lt;em&gt;Arrival&lt;/em&gt; was filmed in Montreal and when the filmmakers went looking for a linguistics scholar to consult on the screenplay and offer on-set advice, they turned to McGill. Prof. Jessica Coon supplied feedback on the film’s script, worked with the set crew, and some of her books from her office even wound up in the film. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&amp;amp;gid=2&amp;amp;pgid=1344&amp;amp;utm_source=1132&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=MNEWS&quot;&gt;McGill News&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:08:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>The Media and the Environment</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26306</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The 2016 Beaverbrook Annual Lecture on Oct. 24 will present two speakers followed by a Q&amp;amp;A with the audience on the overall issues of media and the environment.:&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:04:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>135 years of theses available online</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26305</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;135 years of McGill graduate scholarship is now available &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcgill.ca/library-theses&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;. In 2012, McGill Library went to the stacks of Rare Books and Special Collections and began digitizing print only theses and dissertations. The project took four years to complete and to date almost 7,000 theses have been digitized representing almost a million pages.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Cancer and Work (Oct. 19)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26289</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Returning to work after any illness can be a challenge. For cancer survivors, the return to work can be especially difficult due to the effects of cancer and its treatment. Employers may lack understanding of cancer’s impact on work abilities, and how to provide accommodations. On Wednesday, October 19, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cancerandwork.ca/&quot;&gt;cancerandwork.ca&lt;/a&gt;, a new resource, will bring this information together.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:18:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Coderre visit to Iran</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26288</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Denis Coderre made “an early October side trip to Iran to meet the mayor of Tehran, a prominent figure in the country’s repressive theocracy.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.nationalpost.com/news/montreal-mayor-denis-coderre-had-a-quiet-mission-to-iran-and-now-people-have-noticed&quot;&gt;The National Post&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:13:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>EU-Canada trade pact at risk after Belgian region rejects deal</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26287</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;The Canada-European Union trade agreement has been dealt what could be a fatal blow after the Belgium’s Walloon parliament voted by a large margin on Friday not to accept the agreement.&quot; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/belgian-parliament-rejects-eu-canada-free-trade-agreement/article32360429/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2016 18:13:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Gambling in Canada</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26280</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;One-in-four say they have family or close friends who have a gambling problem, or have one themselves.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://angusreid.org/gambling/&quot;&gt;Angus Reid&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:18:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26279</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan &quot;for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition&quot;. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2016/press.html&quot;&gt;NobelPrize.org&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:09:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Trudeau’s 1st year as a Prime Minister</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26275</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Last year, Justin Trudeau, the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada’s new leader, ending 10 years of Stephen Harper rule.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:58:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Cholera in Haiti</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26273</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The number of cholera cases is on the rise Haiti after hurricane Matthew. (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/health/cholera-haiti-hurricane-matthew/index.html&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:49:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Hurricane Matthew</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26231</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Hurricane Matthew is poised to deliver a potentially catastrophic strike on Haiti beginning Monday, and poses a danger to eastern Cuba and Jamaica by Monday night.” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-matthew-caribbean-haiti-jamaica-cuba-bahamas-forecast-oct2&quot;&gt;The Weather Network&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:13:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Colombia referendum: Voters reject Farc peace deal</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26239</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.2% voting against it.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37537252&quot;&gt;BBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/history/catherine-c-legrand&quot;&gt;Catherine LeGrand&lt;/a&gt;, Department of History, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;The close ‘no’ vote in the plebiscite on the recent peace accord is a shock that plunges Colombia into deep political-institutional crisis.  What comes next is not clear.”&lt;/em&gt;—Catherine LeGrand&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:20:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Clinton, Trump poised for historic debate battle</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26214</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>McGill Symposium in Women&#039;s Health (Sept. 16)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26170</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Each year, the Department of Obstetrics &amp;amp; Gynecology at McGill organize a symposium to review new studies and practices in order to help practicing gynecologists, family physicians, residents, fellows and allied health professionals with interest in Women’s Health. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/obgyn/symposium&quot;&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:47:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>HMS Terror was found</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26168</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The second, HMS Terror, of the two Franklin Expedition shipwrecks was found earlier this month, Arctic Research Foundation expedition lead Adrian Schimnowski confirmed Monday. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/12/hms-terror-from-doomed-franklin-expedition-found.html&quot;&gt;Toronto Star&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/meteo/facultystaff/tremblay&quot;&gt;Bruno Tremblay&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;As an expert on ice and snow in the Arctic, he can comment about this discovery.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:14:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10, 2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26137</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Each year, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iasp.info/wspd/&quot;&gt;World Suicide Prevention Day&lt;/a&gt; has taken place on 10th September since 2003.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:11:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>New agreement with Uber (Sept. 8, 2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26134</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The Quebec government and Uber reached a deal late Wednesday night reports say.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/sociology/faculty/barry-eidlin&quot;&gt;Barry Eidlin&lt;/a&gt;, Professor of Sociology at McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:04:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Burkini in France</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26109</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“France&#039;s highest administrative court has suspended a ban on full-body &quot;burkini&quot; swimsuits that was imposed in a town on the Mediterranean coast.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37198479&quot;&gt;BBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/sociology/faculty/weinfeld&quot;&gt;Morton Weinfeld&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Sociology, McGill University&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;“&lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; agree with the French court decision today, but the burkini issue is really a symptom of a much deeper issue in France and Europe generally.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;br /&gt; —Morton Weinfeld &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:12:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Earthquakes in Italia and Burma</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26102</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that at least 50 people were killed and hundreds injured as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/earthquake-italy-1.3733399&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has shaken central Burma, the U.S. Geological Survey says.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burma-myanmar-earthquake-1.3733531&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:52:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Congo and Angola</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26096</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“The World Health Organization&#039;s (WHO) emergency committee on deadly yellow fever will meet on Aug. 31 to review outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, a spokesman said on Tuesday, as a major vaccination campaigns continues.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-yellowfever-idUSKCN10Y0RJ&quot;&gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/22/as-congos-globe-threatening-yellow-fever-pandemic-explodes-they-ask-where-is-the-vaccine/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-story-i%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&quot;&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:20:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>The Great Canadian Sleepwalk – the road to good nights</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26091</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;To sleep - to sleep, perchance to dream&lt;/em&gt;”, these words made famous by William Shakespeare, in the play &lt;em&gt;Hamlet&lt;/em&gt; are familiar to many of us. But did you know that sleep is just as important as diet and exercise for a healthy lifestyle?&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:16:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: flossing</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26074</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The world woke to the smell of burning floss last week, as thunderous applause met &lt;a href=&quot;http://qz.com/748461/flossing-doesnt-do-what-you-think-it-does/&quot;&gt;news reports&lt;/a&gt; that there was, after all, no evidence for dentists recommending flossing.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:45:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Henry Mintzberg and “On the Earth, for the Earth”</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26068</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Hundreds of 2016 World Social Forum participants will meet to brainstorm new solutions to climate change on August 10 at Percival Molson Stadium.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is the wild idea of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mintzberg.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Henry Mintzberg&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, internationally renowned management academic and professor of management studies at McGill University.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 14:04:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Breast Feeding Week</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26067</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2016/world-breastfeeding-week/en/&quot;&gt;WHO&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:57:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Elections in South Africa</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26066</link> <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;“South Africans are heading to the polls on Wednesday in what Barclays analysts have dubbed &quot;the most important elections since the 1994 democratic transition&quot; — back when Nelson Mandela was elected in the country&#039;s first elections post-Apartheid.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businessinsider.com/south-africa-local-elections-august-3-2016-8&quot;&gt;Business Insider&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:55:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Private Company Gets Approval To Put Lander on Moon</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26065</link> <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;“Moon Express, based in Cape Canaveral, Fla., announced Wednesday that it had received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to set a robotic lander on the moon.” (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/science/moon-express-faa.html&quot;&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:48:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Viruses in Rio 2016</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26050</link> <description>&lt;div&gt;“Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by the Associated Press.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-water-pollution-virus-risk-danger-swimming-sailing-rowing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Independent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </description> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:30:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Brazil 2016: Politics, Olympics Games, and Zika</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25932</link> <description>&lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/faculty/oxhorn&quot;&gt;Philip Oxhorn&lt;/a&gt;, Political Science, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;Professor Oxhorn is an expert in democracy, economic development and Latin American Comparative Politics. He can comment on social, political, and economic angles.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:philip.oxhorn%40mcgill.ca&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;philip.oxhorn&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;mcgill.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (English, Spanish)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:46:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Turkey (July 21, 2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/26029</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Turkey has banned all academics from leaving the country, cancelling their annual leave, as President Tayyip Erdogan&#039;s post-coup crackdown escalated to &#039;exceptional proportions&#039;. One British academic at a state-run university in Istanbul told the Telegraph that foreign nationals had also been told to come back to work.&quot; (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/20/turkey-bans-academics-from-leaving-country-in-unprecedented-crac/&quot;&gt;The Telegraph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:03:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>McGill expert: Brain injuries, concussions </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25951</link> <description>&lt;p&gt; June is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults from ages 1 to 44. Brain injuries are most often caused by motor vehicle crashes, sports injuries, or simple falls on the playground, at work or in the home.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbuLj2GAzMM&amp;amp;index=4&amp;amp;list=PLfMfJihLOASV_uwl5sumoc3XOJiPlGo-V&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/longer_video_-_resized.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:515px; width:715px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 14:40:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Uber (May 13, 2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25826</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Transport Minister Jacques Daoust stood firm on his promise to regulate the ride-sharing service Uber and tabled Bill 100 on Thursday, which would effectively force Uber drivers to buy or rent taxi permits.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-tables-legislation-forcing-uber-drivers-to-buy-or-rent-taxi-permits&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Montreal Gazette&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 15:30:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Health Care Accessory Fees (Quebec)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25789</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The Quebec government has the intention to prohibit all accessory fees in health care. &lt;span&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/201605/02/01-4977108-quebec-veut-bannir-les-frais-accessoires.php&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;La Presse&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 15:21:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Prince (1958-2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25764</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Prince, the superstar American singer-songwriter known for his incredible musicianship, diverse appeal across multiple genres and cavalcade of award-winning hits, has died at age 57.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/prince-paisley-park-death-1.3546878&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:36:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Impeachment of Brazilian President</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25735</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Brazilian legislators voted on Sunday night to approve impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the nation’s first female president. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/world/americas/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeachment-vote.html&quot;&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:01:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25734</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Earthquakes struck Japan and Ecuador just hours apart on Saturday April 16, 2016. Were the two earthquakes related?&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:24:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Canada: Children at back of the pack among rich nations</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25731</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unicef.ca/en/unicef-report-card-13-fairness-for-children&quot;&gt;new report released today&lt;/a&gt; by UNICEF highlights the inequalities in child well-being in the world’s most affluent nations, including Canada. While progress in reducing child well-being gaps has been modest overall, Canada’s children are at the back of the pack, ranking in the bottom third when measured against other rich nations. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unicef.ca/en/unicef-report-card-13-fairness-for-children&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:54:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Pope Francis on Divorce</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25710</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;In a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/08/world/europe/pope-francis-statement-on-family.html&quot;&gt;broad proclamation on family life&lt;/a&gt;, Pope Francis on Friday called for the Roman Catholic Church to be more welcoming and less judgmental, and he seemingly signaled a pastoral path for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive holy communion.&#039;&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/world/europe/pope-francis-amoris-laetitia.html&quot;&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Opioid epidemic</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25702</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;​&lt;span&gt;Prescriptions for dangerous alternatives to OxyContin are soaring, showing that a crackdown on the popular painkiller has failed to curb Canada’s opioid crisis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:34:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Health Day and Diabetes (April 7, 2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25678</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;About 422 million people worldwide have diabetes, a number likely to more than double in the next 20 years, according to research published today by the World Health Organization. &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2016/en/&quot;&gt;April 7, 2016 is World Health Day &lt;/a&gt;and the focus this year is on diabetes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 19:46:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: IGA cuts food prices</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25659</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Grocer IGA is cutting its fresh food prices in Quebec. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.journaldequebec.com/2016/04/05/enfin-du-repit-pour-les-consommateurs&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Le Journal de Québec&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcgill.ca/fmt/fr/proginfo/personnel/pascal-theriault&quot;&gt;Pascal Thériault&lt;/a&gt;, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Faculty lecturer in economy, he&#039;s also the director of Community Relations for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:00:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Panama Papers</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25644</link> <description>&lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&quot;The hidden identities of 350 Canadians with offshore tax haven investments have been &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestar.com/news/panama-papers-tax-evasion&quot;&gt;revealed in the private database of one of the world’s leading shell company registration firms&lt;/a&gt;, according to a Toronto Star analysis of a massive leak obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/04/04/how-offshore-tax-havens-are-costing-canada-billions-of-dollars-a-year.html&quot;&gt;The Toronto Star&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:44:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Jian Ghomeshi&#039;s Verdict</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25568</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;Jian Ghomeshi has been acquitted on four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking by an Ontario Court judge who says the &quot;deceptive and manipulative&quot; evidence of the complainants raised a reasonable doubt in the guilt of the former CBC Radio host.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/jian-ghomeshi-sexual-assault-trial-ruling-1.3505446&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:13:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: World TB Day 2016 (March 24)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25540</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/&quot;&gt;World TB Day&lt;/a&gt; is held each year on March 24th and aims to build public awareness for tuberculosis. A disease which despite being curable, remains a destructive epidemic in much of the world.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:17:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Terrorist Attacks in Brussels (March 22, 2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25539</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Explosions rocked the main airport and a subway in Brussels on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/europe/brussels-airport-explosions.html?hp&amp;amp;action=click&amp;amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;amp;module=span-ab-top-region&amp;amp;region=top-news&amp;amp;WT.nav=top-news&quot;&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:50:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Obama in Cuba</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25531</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;President Barack Obama is in Cuba for a historic three-day visit to the island and talks with its communist leader.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35856126&quot;&gt;BBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:46:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Federal Budget (March 22)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25529</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The Liberal government is now forecasting larger than expected deficits for the next two years even before adding billions in promised spending in its first budget, which will be tabled on March 22.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mixed-reaction-to-pm-s-plan-to-keep-old-age-security-cutoff-at-65-1.2821123&quot;&gt;CTV News&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:15:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: Google AI against Go Champion</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25464</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/go_720x220.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:47:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Federal Government Gay-Pardon</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25413</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“Even more significant than Mr. Klippert’s posthumous pardon may be the government’s promise to review all the cases of men who were convicted of gross indecency (homosexual acts short of intercourse) or buggery before 1969.” (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-gay-pardon-decision-applauded-but-obstacles-still-exist/article28944769/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:02:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts: National Climate Strategy</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25404</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“With the wind at his back from Paris and a fresh mandate from Canadians, Mr. Trudeau meets provincial and territorial leaders in Vancouver this week to pursue a national climate strategy.” (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-intent-on-seizing-moment-to-forge-national-climate-strategy/article28944860/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:26:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: UK European Union referendum (Brexit)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25333</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;June 23 has finally been set for the momentous &#039;in or out&#039; British vote on whether to abandon the 28-nation European Union.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-european-union-referendum-1.3456750&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:45:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Expert: Apple vows to resist FBI demand to crack iPhone</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25314</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company’s chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-wants-apple-to-help-unlock-iphone-used-by-san-bernardino-shooter/2016/02/16/69b903ee-d4d9-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:47:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Syria crisis: Air strikes on hospitals</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25305</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;span&gt;Rescuers wearing hard hats searched through rubble for survivors in northern Syria Monday after airstrikes hit two hospitals and a school building. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The attacks killed at least 22 people, according to reports. Eight others are missing and presumed dead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/15/middleeast/syria-hospitals-strike/&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:10:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Child homelessness</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25301</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“On any given night, there are about 35,000 homeless people across Canada, and the number of families and children among them is growing at an alarming rate, a new report reveals.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 19:06:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Taxi drivers protest against Uber</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25268</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Taxi and limousine drivers in Montreal are planning to block access to certain sites across the city Wednesday in protest against Uber.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-taxi-drivers-plan-uber-protest-by-blockading-sites-across-city&quot;&gt;Montreal Gazette&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Gravitational Waves</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25265</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;span&gt;The first direct detection of gravitational waves is now widely expected to be announced on 11 February by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Using LIGO&#039;s twin giant detectors — one in Livingston, Louisiana, and the other in Hanford, Washington — researchers are said to have measured ripples in space-time produced by a collision between two black holes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/news/gravitational-waves-6-cosmic-questions-they-can-tackle-1.19337&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nature News&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:41:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox leader to meet</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25246</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;« Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in a historic step to heal the 1,000-year-old schism that divided Christianity between East and West, both churches announced Friday. The Feb. 12 meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill will be the first ever between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Churches, which is the largest in Orthodoxy. » (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francis-russian-orthodox-meet-1.3435082&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 21:07:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Julian Assange (Feb. 4, 2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25237</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;span&gt;A UN panel will conclude Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being &quot;arbitrarily detained&quot; in the UK, the Swedish foreign ministry has said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35490910&quot;&gt;BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:34:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Guaranteed minimum income</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25210</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Phillipe Couillard mandated François Blais, the minister of Employment and Social Solidarity, to set up guaranteed minimum income in Quebec. &lt;span&gt;(Source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.journaldequebec.com/2016/01/28/couillard-remanie-son-cabinet-apres-lausterite-des-eaux-plus-tranquilles&quot;&gt;Le Journal de Québec&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:36:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>2016 US Presidential Race</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25196</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;span&gt;On Monday, Iowa will kick off the 2016 race for the White House, a contest in which two fiery, fringe candidates from the left and right have hijacked the national imagination and undercut the political establishment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot; (Source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/frustrated-with-status-quo-iowa-voters-turn-to-fringe-candidates/article28475706/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:51:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Japan adopts negative interest rate</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25195</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;In a surprise move, the Bank of Japan has introduced a negative interest rate. &lt;span&gt;The benchmark rate of -0.1% means that commercial banks will be charged by the central bank for some deposits.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35436187&quot;&gt;BBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:11:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Zika Virus</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25164</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;A new virus invading parts of Central and South America and now the Caribbean is causing concern among people living in and travelling to infected countries. Transmitted by the aggressive Aedes mosquito, the Zika virus has spread to at least 23 countries and will likely infect tens of millions of people in a few short years.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/zika-virus-and-birth-defects-pregnant-women-warned-against-travelling-south-1.2753473&quot;&gt;CTV News&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:07:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Canada discriminates against children on reserves</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25161</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The federal government discriminates against First Nation children on reserves by failing to provide the same level of child welfare services that exist elsewhere, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/canada-discriminates-against-children-on-reserves-tribunal-rules-1.3419480&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:51:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>TransCanada Corp.’s Energy East pipeline</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25162</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the new federal government wants to oversee a full and fair national debate over controversial energy issues such as pipelines and will act as a “responsible mediator.”&quot; (Source: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/trudeau-says-ottawa-will-be-responsible-mediator-in-energy-debate/article28392435/&quot;&gt;The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:56:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>McGill Tradition: Ice Building project on campus</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25156</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/fullsizerender_700x385.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Professor Pieter Sijpkes’ students in the “Philosophy of Structures” course are building a catenary dome made out of snow and ice on the McGill campus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;He has been doing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/Philo-2014/Poster-Ice-dome-2016.docx&quot;&gt;ice construction experiments&lt;/a&gt; on the McGill Campus since he was a student in Architecture in 1972.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:21:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title> Loto-Québec taking bets on U.S. presidential race</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25155</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Loto-Québec is now taking bets on the U.S. presidential race.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-election-loto-quebec-betting-wager-republican-democrat-1.3418300&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:34:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Corus buys Shaw Media</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25082</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Toronto-based Corus Entertainment is buying Shaw Media from Shaw Communications in a $2.65-billion deal. The move shuffles ownership of 19 specialty TV channels including Global, Food Network Canada, HGTV Canada, HISTORY, Slice, National Geographic Channel and Showcase between two companies that are controlled by the Shaw family. Corus also owns a network of radio stations and the Nelvana animation studio.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/corus-entertainment-shaw-media-1.3401473&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:25:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Canadian dollar&#039;s decline</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25080</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The Canadian dollar has dropped below the 70-cent US level for the first time since May 2003 yesterday. It&#039;s still worth below 70-cent today. (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/markets-loonie-oil-1.3399971&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.ca/finance?chdnp=1&amp;amp;chdd=1&amp;amp;chds=1&amp;amp;chdv=1&amp;amp;chvs=Linear&amp;amp;chdeh=0&amp;amp;chfdeh=0&amp;amp;chdet=1452712998558&amp;amp;chddm=27620&amp;amp;q=CURRENCY:CADUSD&amp;amp;ntsp=0&amp;amp;ei=JaSWVpH0Hcf-jAHw-LxI&quot;&gt;Google Finance&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:35:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Trans-generations (CIHR Café scientifique)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25072</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) presents a Café scientifique titled &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/events/438021769726290/&quot;&gt;Trans-generations: Trans History, Health, and Politics in Montreal and Beyond&lt;/a&gt;&quot; &lt;strong&gt;Wednesday January 13th&lt;/strong&gt; that will explore questions of trans politics, health, and history.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:59:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>David Bowie (1947–2016)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25068</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Singer David Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his era, has died of cancer at the age of 69.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872&quot;&gt;BBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://willstraw.com/&quot;&gt;Will Straw&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;“For too much of its history, rock music has been about masculinity. Bowie kept it about masculinity (his contributions with women seem to be few), but he upset dominant ideas about masculinity more than anyone else in rock.”&lt;br /&gt; —Will Straw&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:27:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Supreme Court on assisted suicide: 6-month extension?</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25066</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;In December 2015, the federal government has asked the Supreme Court for a six-month extension to draft new laws on doctor-assisted dying. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on this request starting January 11, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:14:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>North Korea Nuclear Test</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25061</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Hours after North Korea trumpeted the apparent &quot;perfect success&quot; of its first hydrogen bomb test, the United Nations Security Council fired back with a promise of new sanctions.&quot; (Site: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-quake-nuclear-1.3391121&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:54:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Weather: El nino</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25048</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;As 2016 approaches, the ongoing El Nino shows no sign of relaxing its grip on the global climate. (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/el-nino-strengthens-grip-globe-151220093557172.html&quot;&gt;Al Jazeera&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/meteo/facultystaff/gyakum&quot;&gt;John Gyakum&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&quot;The current El Nino, the strongest since 1997-98, is associated with recent unusually warm conditions in Ontario and Quebec.&quot;—John Gyakum&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;Professor or large scale and dynamic meteorology.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:35:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Holidays: Story Tips for Journalists (2015)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24956</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/noel_boule.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here are some story ideas for the upcoming Holiday season:&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>US Interest Rates</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25042</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The U.S. central bank began raising interest rates Dec. 16 from record lows, as it hiked its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point. (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fed-janet-yellen-interest-rate-1.3367740&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.mcgill.ca/christopher.ragan/&quot;&gt;Chris Ragan&lt;/a&gt;, Department of Economics&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;“Increases in the policy interest rate in the United States will reflect the data showing that the U.S.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Economy is really strengthening, after years of a sluggish recovery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:44:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Montreal blue collar workers suspended</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25029</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Nearly 2,400 Montreal blue collar workers including union leadership will face sanctions for leaving work to attend a union meeting last week after they were ordered to remain on the job. &quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/blue-collar-workers-president-suspended-montreal-1.3363631&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:21:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>McGill&#039;s exclusive Holiday Fair Trade Crownie</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25026</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Just in time for the holidays, and egged on by colleagues on the other side of the mountain at &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/uMontreal_news/status/674708576292765696&quot;&gt;Université de Montréal&lt;/a&gt;, McGill’s Executive chef Oliver De Volpi shares the recipe for our exclusive &lt;strong&gt;Holiday Fair Trade Crownie&lt;/strong&gt;.  “50% cookie - 50% brownie - 100% delicious.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Available in 2016 in our dining halls.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;McGill&#039;s exclusive Fair Trade Crownies&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brownie recipe:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:44:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Outremont: zoning on new places of worship</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25021</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The borough of Outremont has overwhelmingly adopted a controversial bylaw banning new places of worship on Bernard and Laurier avenues.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/outremont-sysnagogue-ban-bylaw-1.3354636&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:09:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title> Missing and murdered indigenous women</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25015</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The federal government could announce some of the details of a much-anticipated national public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/missing-murdered-women-inquiry-1.3354369&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:55:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Journées annuelles en santé publique (Dec. 2015)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/25012</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Annual gathering of experts and employees working in the public health sector, the Journées annuelles de santé publique will be held December 8-9 in Montreal. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://jasp.inspq.qc.ca/informations.aspx&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:30:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Featured research stories of 2015</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24999</link> <description>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/could-maple-syrup-help-cut-use-antibiotics-246929&quot;&gt;Could maple syrup help cut use of antibiotics?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Syrup extract found to make antibiotics more effective against bacteria. A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at McGill University.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:18:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Paris Climate Change Conference (Nov.-Dec. 2015)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24579</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/banner_paris_700x220.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, will be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:38:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Montreal budget 2016</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24891</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The City of Montreal&#039;s 2016 budget includes another increase in residential property taxes, a smaller increase in non-residential property taxes and an increase in overall expenditures of 2.4 per cent.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-budget-property-tax-spending-2015-1.3335958&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:17:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World AIDS Day 2015: McGill/MUHC experts </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24889</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;December 1 is World AIDS Day, reminding us that the fight against the AIDS pandemic is far from over. More than 36 million people have died since it emerged in the early 1980s. Today, 35.3 million people around the world are living with the virus. 73,000 Canadians are currently HIV positive up from 49,000 in 2001, according to statistics from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CanFAR).&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:56:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Canada&#039;s Syrian refugee plan (Nov. 23, 2015)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24858</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The federal government&#039;s much-anticipated Syrian refugee plan will limit those accepted into Canada to women, children and families only, CBC News has learned.&quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-refugee-plan-women-children-families-1.3330185&quot;&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:28:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Quebec: Palliative and End-of-life Care Plan</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24780</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, Gaétan Barrette, released the &lt;em&gt;Plan de développement 2015-2020 en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie - Pour une meilleure qualité de vie&lt;/em&gt;. (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fil-information.gouv.qc.ca/Pages/Article.aspx?aiguillage=ajd&amp;amp;type=1&amp;amp;idArticle=2311164082&quot;&gt;Gouvernement du Québec&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>50th anniversary of &quot;Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory&quot;</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24778</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;November 19 marks the 50&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary of the ground-breaking paper, “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sciencemag.org/content/150/3699/971.full.pdf&quot;&gt;Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory&lt;/a&gt;” co-authored by McGill’s Ronald Melzack, and the late Patrick Wall, which introduced &lt;a href=&quot;http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_03/d_03_cl/d_03_cl_dou/d_03_cl_dou.html#2&quot;&gt;gate-control theory&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:58:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Paris attacks (November 13, 2015)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24730</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Many people were reported dead Friday night following several separate attacks in and around Paris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/megret-frederic&quot;&gt;Frédéric Mégret&lt;/a&gt;, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Law of Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; He can comment on the legal ramifications such as the national emergency and border implications. (English, French)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;frederic.megret&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;mcgill.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, cellphone available&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2015 23:48:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Middle-aged white Americans health crisis</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24598</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:48:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Hurricane Patricia, strongest ever recorded</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24567</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:33:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Is &#039;Back to the Future&#039; scientifically possible?</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24558</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;It’s &#039;Back to the Future&#039; day: “In &lt;em&gt;Back to the Future Part II&lt;/em&gt;, Marty McFly travels to October 21, 2015, to save his children, yet to be born in &lt;em&gt;Back to the Future&lt;/em&gt;&#039;s 1985.” (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/entertainment/back-to-the-future-day-feat/&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Journalists looking for comments can talk to Alex Maloney, professor of physics at McGill:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;“Back to the Future was a great movie which brings up many interesting scientific issues.  Although Einstein&#039;s theory of general relativity seems to allow time travel under very special circumstances, it appears that the effects of quantum mechanics make time travel impossible.”&lt;br /&gt; - Alex Maloney&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~maloney/&quot;&gt;Alex Maloney&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Associate Professor of Physics &amp;amp; William Dawson Scholar, Department of Physics, McGill University&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Expertise&lt;/strong&gt;: Black holes, string theory, particle physics, cosmology and the emergence of space-time in quantum gravity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;Maloney&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;physics.mcgill.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:50:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>How did the Canadiens win 7 in a row?</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24557</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:32:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Salmonella outbreak in Canada (Oct. 16, 2015)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24540</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:05:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Opinion: Canada&#039;s Leadership in the Refugee Crisis</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24526</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;By Myriam Denov and Fran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;ç&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;ois Cr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;peau &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:23:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Federal election 2015</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24373</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Need experts who can offer insight on the 2015 Federal Election? Contact one of the following professors:&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:34:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>How to cut corporate tax avoidance</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24517</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:29:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Teachers&#039; strike on Sept. 30</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24500</link> <description> &lt;p&gt;“Teachers in many French public schools are planning a one-day strike on Wednesday, Sept. 30, to voice their displeasure over contract talks with the Quebec government.” (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-teachers-announce-strike-day&quot;&gt;The Montreal Gazette&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:35:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Water on Mars: NASA announcement</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24495</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:22:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Sex-ed pilot project in Quebec</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24446</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:15:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Greece: early elections (August 20)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24424</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:37:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Protests in Brazil</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24413</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Back to school: health experts</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24411</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>China’s currency devaluation</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24409</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:45:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title> Montréal Pride (August 10-16) </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24357</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:27:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Cars: Understanding magnesium corrosion</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24389</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:40:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Air travel: passengers clash over gender segregation (July 30)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24371</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;“An uncomfortable moment between passengers aboard a New Jersey-to-Toronto flight has renewed the debate over reasonable accommodation and the balance between competing rights.” (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/passengers-on-porter-flight-clash-when-ultra-orthodox-jew-refuses-to-sit-next-to-woman&quot;&gt;National Post&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here’s our McGill expert available to comment on this issue:&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:05:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Hepatitis Day (July 28)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24360</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>China stocks plunging</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24299</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:39:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Kepler&#039;s New Discoveries (July 23)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24352</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:10:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>BAPE report on uranium mining</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24347</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:01:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>HPV vaccine program for ‘at-risk’ boys in B.C.</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24333</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:59:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Discovery of the pentaquark</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24331</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:52:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Iran Nuclear Deal (July 14)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24324</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:04:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Greek Financial Crisis: deal reached (July 13)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24290</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:05:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Two years after Lac Megantic’s tragedy (July 5-6)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24288</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2015 20:59:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>New Horizons probe: Pluto flyby (July 14)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24286</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2015 20:54:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Québec axes small slaughterhouses</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24279</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:40:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Streaming : Taylor Swift vs. Apple</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24272</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:36:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Quebec Charter: 40th anniversary (June 27)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24268</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:09:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Pope Francis calls for action on climate change</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24264</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:22:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Thousands flee volcano eruption in Indonesia</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24248</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:45:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Jeb Bush announce he is running for president</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24246</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 19:10:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World congress on suicide prevention in Montreal</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24239</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:42:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Refugee Day 2015 (June 20)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24237</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:28:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>National Aboriginal Day 2015 (June 21)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24234</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:14:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Korean MERS outbreak should be wake-up call for world</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24231</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:01:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Supreme Court ruling about Medical Marijuana</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24227</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:03:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>2015 World Blood Donor Day - June 14</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24121</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:53:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>FIFA corruption: 2026 World Bidding Process postponed</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24223</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:48:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Experts recommend changes to Quebec family laws</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24224</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;The group released a 600-page report with 82 recommendations that call for sweeping reforms to the current set of laws for unmarried couples. Among them is a mandatory parental regime which would set out obligations towards children born during a common-law union as well as between parents following a split -- to a certain point.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:48:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Global rise of diabetes and obesity</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24221</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:16:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Child Labour Day – June 12</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24123</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Aboriginal Affairs underspending</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24122</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:56:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Maple syrup - 4th best season on record</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24120</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event&lt;/strong&gt;: This year’s yield was expected to be very low, but has turned out to be the fourth-best ever.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:49:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Bruce Jenner and Transgender issues</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22503</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:49:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Fifa corruption: The end of Sepp Blatter&#039;s tenure</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24115</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;Allegations of bribes and corruption have engulfed Fifa since the World Cup was awarded to Russia and Qatar. Just hours after Sepp Blatter announced he was standing down as Fifa president, a report in the US media claimed he was the subject of a corruption inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:24:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Ocean Day June 8 (organised by the UN)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24103</link> <description>&lt;h2&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:13:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Gay Prides in Toronto June 19-28 and the US (June)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24102</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event: &lt;/strong&gt;Pride Toronto is the not-for-profit organization that hosts an annual festival in downtown Toronto, which takes place each year during the last week of June.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Pride Week celebrates our diverse sexual and gender identities, histories, cultures, creativities, families, friends and lives. It includes a three-day street festival with over eight stages of live entertainment, an extensive street fair (including community booths, vendors, food stalls), a special Family Pride program, a politically charged Dyke March, a Trans March and the famous Pride Parade.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:07:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>National health and fitness day - June 6</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24101</link> <description>&lt;h2&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:59:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Grand Prix de Montreal June 5-6-7</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24100</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:48:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Truth and reconciliation report out on June 2</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24099</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:46:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Bilingualism and the Brain: From birth to aging</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24091</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 14:32:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World No-Tobacco Day (May 31)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24090</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 14:27:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>International Day of UN Peacekeepers (May 29)</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24089</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 14:26:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>How austerity measures impact health</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/24088</link> <description>&lt;p&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 14:22:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22536</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 18:08:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Alcohol consumption - OECD</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22533</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>United Kingdom General Election</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22422</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:55:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Alberta Election 2015</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22522</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 16:09:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Montreal retail sales</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22509</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:19:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Gender Bias Issue</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22508</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:04:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>French gay Vatican ambassador </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22507</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:19:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Humanitarian Aid Expert</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22494</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Refugees &amp; Asylum Seekers</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22485</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:52:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Earthquake Experts</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22484</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Hockey Equipment Experts</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22481</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Budget </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22320</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:38:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22452</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:18:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Hundreds of migrants die in a shipwreck in Europe</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22450</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>April 22: Earth Day</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22443</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:02:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Head and Neck Cancer conference</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22441</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:17:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Supreme Court of Canada Ruling on Mandatory Sentencing</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22411</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:46:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Avian flu</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/13084</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:31:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Voice Day - April 16</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22396</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Prime Minister of India visiting Canada</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22395</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:12:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Hillary Clinton running for 2016 President</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22394</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:57:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>CERN Large Hadron Collider reactivated</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22371</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:11:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Germanwings - companies &amp; employee mental health</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22370</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:57:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Easter - experts</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22347</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:02:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Autism Awareness Day is April 2</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22346</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:58:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>April is Daffodil Month - Cancer Awareness</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22342</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:55:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>First mission to International Space Station</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22319</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:26:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Heinz buying Kraft </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22318</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:12:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title> Lufthansa/Germanwings plane crash</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22316</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:17:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Singapore mourns founding father Lee Kuan Yew</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22313</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:08:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Tax Season</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22045</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:43:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>World Tuberculosis Day, March 24</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22311</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:37:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Quebec Provincial Budget</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22310</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:32:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Disabilities Awareness Week</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22309</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:26:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>1995 Srebrenica massacre : suspects arrested </title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22285</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:45:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Judgement on Loyola HS et al. v. Attorney General of Qc</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22284</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:44:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>McGill experts: International Women’s Day</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/19760</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:19:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/19765</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:49:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Jewish emigration from Europe</title> <link>http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/22135</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:46:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>McGill University</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Greek debt crisis</title> 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