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"In commemoration of Orange Shirt Day 2026, Red Media proudly presents a #documentary on the ongoing fight by the #MohawkMothers (Kanien’kehà:ka Kanistansera) to uncover the dark secrets buried at #Montreal's #RoyalVictoriaHospital, home to the Allen Memorial Institute."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dw31fnuIWo
#Mohawk #Indigenous #polCan #polQC #CdnPoli #colonialViolence #McGillUniversity
Congratulations to new PhD Dr. Sarah Bodeving, who successfully defended her thesis, "The origin and evolution of rare-element LCT- pegmatites: insights from the Separation Rapids and Lilypad Lakes pegmatites, Ontario, Canada" (Anthony Williams-Jones, supervisor).
Based on very detailed petrography and chemistry, the figure shows the record of fluid and melt evolution and crystallization.
#McGillUniversity #Pegmatite #Lithium #Petalite #Ontario #Canada
A very clear presentation of the complexities of modelling the rover versus satellite evidence for methane on Mars by Dr. Elisa Dong. Perchorates activated by UV photons can explain the day-night variations that fit the data (based on experimental work by Zhang et al (2022) Icarus).
The videogame version is how you avoid writing your thesis...
#Mars #Methane #McGillUniversity #Perchlorate #CuriousityRover
Black squirrels are helping Montreal scientists understand a city’s role in animal evolution
Francis Quang-Hai Dinh’s first summer at McGill University was spent on his bicycle, searching for squirrels across Montreal-area…
#Canada #Montreal #AllisonRoth #blacksquirrels #islandofMontreal #McGillUniversity
https://www.europesays.com/canada/227097/
On Friday, Celeste Cunningham (St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia) showed us where organic material is buried on continental slopes. Not just black shales, but also in the levees and channel fills formed by turbidity currents, often adsorbed on clay particles. Lots of wonderful field shots and sample photos!
#StFrancisXavier #stfx #NovaScotia #Turbidites #Sediments #McGillUniversity
Last week Elliott Mueller (U. Colorado Boulder) gave us a fascinating and well-crafted talk about #fermentation, that I'm still working through.
He showed that the rate limiting step to oxidation of organics is likely breaking the large molecules, often by fermentation to acetate.
Acetate fermentation produced unique carbon and hydrogen isotopic signatures, quantified by his new methods (orbitrap mass spectrometry).
https://www.europesays.com/it/685235/ Dopo una notte in bianco, meglio un sonnellino o attività fisica? #aiutare #altra #attività #AttivitàFisica #breve #BreveSessione #BreveSessioneAttività #cervello #ciò #dicono #dormire #esercizio #Fisica #Health #informazioni #IT #Italia #Italy #McGill #McGillUniversity #mente #minuti #né #notte #possibile #riposo #risultati #Salute #scoperto #sonnellino #sonno #studio #university
“From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair”.
Join us for hands-on activities and demos about gravity, life on other planets, energy, planetary systems, and more! We'll also set up telescopes for some solar observing, weather permitting. Activities are geared towards kids ages 5 -12, but younger and older siblings (and parents!) are welcome.
To register: https://tinyurl.com/mcgillphys-sciencelitweek-2026
In English, but instructions will be available in French.
#montreal #McGillUniversity #ScienceLiteracyWeek
https://www.europesays.com/it/677005/ Notte in bianco? Pisolino o 20 minuti di esercizio salvano la memoria #DipartimentoDiNeurologiaENeurochirurgiaDellaMcGillUniversity #Health #IT #Italia #Italy #MadhuraLotlikar #MarcRoig #McGill #McGillUniversity #memoria #NationalAcademyOfSciences #pnas #ProceedingsOfTheNationalAcademyOfSciences #Salute #SchoolOfPhysicalAndOccupationalTherapy
Scientists Discover Exercise Can Match One Key Benefit of Sleep for the Brain
After prolonged sleep loss, memory may not be as vulnerable as it seems. Researchers found that two very…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Fitness #exercise #Health #McGillUniversity #Memory #SleepScience
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/842607/
McGill study finds self compassion linked to good well-being
Study: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2026.113840
Article: https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/09/09/mcgill-study-finds-self-compassion-linked-to-good-well-being/
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Une étude de McGill a trouvé que la compassion pour soi est liée avec un bon bien-être
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Scientists Discover Exercise Can Match One Key Benefit of Sleep for the Brain
After prolonged sleep loss, memory may not be as vulnerable as it seems. Researchers found that two very…
#NewsBeep #News #Fitness #exercise #Health #McGillUniversity #Memory #SleepScience #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/765350/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1195457/ Scientists Discover Exercise Can Match One Key Benefit of Sleep for the Brain #exercise #Fitness #Health #McGillUniversity #Memory #SleepScience #UK #UnitedKingdom
Scientists Discover Exercise Can Match One Key Benefit of Sleep for the Brain
After prolonged sleep loss, memory may not be as vulnerable as it seems. Researchers found that two very…
#NewsBeep #News #Fitness #CA #Canada #Exercise #Health #McGillUniversity #memory #sleepscience
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/889364/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/680464/ Scientists Discover Exercise Can Match One Key Benefit of Sleep for the Brain #Éire #Exercise #Fitness #Health #IE #Ireland #McGillUniversity #memory #SleepScience
Bangkok Post – Canada eyes researchers looking to leave ‘hostile’ US
Aerial view of the McGill University campus in Montreal, one of several Canadian universities looking to attract US…
#Canada #academicresearch #canadasciencerecruitment #highereducationtrends #internationalresearchgrants #McGillUniversity #scientifictalentmigration #UniversityofMontreal #usresearchpolicy
https://www.europesays.com/canada/201535/
McGill, York and Toronto fail key tests on campus antisemitism
B’nai Brith Canada has launched its Canadian Campus Climate Report Card, an institutional accountability initiative designed to evaluate…
#Canada #CampusAntisemitism #CanadianJewry #McGillUniversity #Montreal #quebec #Toronto #University
https://www.europesays.com/canada/198249/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/667340/ Running more effective for sleep loss than a short nap, study finds #Éire #Fitness #Health #IE #Ireland #McGill #McGillUniversity
Running more effective for sleep loss than a short nap, study finds
A new study has found a surprising way for struggling sleepers to boost their energy levels, suggesting it…
#NewsBeep #News #Fitness #CA #Canada #Health #McGill #McGillUniversity
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/878917/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/662990/ Running more effective for sleep loss than a short nap, study finds #Éire #Fitness #Health #IE #Ireland #McGill #McGillUniversity
How Trump’s tariffs could force Canada back to the table
Prime Minister Mark Carney has the support of most Canadians after breaking off trade talks with the US,…
#Canada #AngusReid #donaldtrump #MarkCarney #McGillUniversity #Pollara
https://www.europesays.com/canada/186415/
How Trump’s tariffs could force Canada back to the table
Prime Minister Mark Carney has the support of most Canadians after breaking off trade talks with the US,…
#Canada #AngusReid #donaldtrump #MarkCarney #McGillUniversity #Pollara
https://www.europesays.com/canada/186295/
T Cells Have a Hidden Ability Scientists Never Knew Existed
T cells are specialized immune cells that help the body recognize and eliminate infections, cancerous cells, and other…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #CA #Canada #cancer #cellbiology #Immunology #McGillUniversity #t-cells
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/870373/
Two tenure-track positions open in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University:
Critical Minerals for Sustainability
https://fosstodon.org/@silicatefondue/117038018181608766
Solid Earth Processes
https://fosstodon.org/@silicatefondue/117037994149254018
Review starts October 1st, 2026
#McGIllUniversity #AcademicCareer #Geology #CriticalMinerals #Petrology #StructuralGeology #EconomicGeology
Could sitting up straight boost your mood? Study suggests it might
Could sitting up straight boost your mood? Study suggests it might
McGill Assistant Professor in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Oceanography & Earth Systems
We seek candidates who will pursue research in physical oceanography with a strong modelling, observational and/or theoretical component.
Review of applications begins 15 Oct. 2026. Questions addressed to [email protected] (search committee chair)
#AcademicJob #Oceanography #Cryosphere #CoastalProcesses #McGIllUniversity #AcademicCareer
Quebec court authorizes class action alleging McGill failed to protect Jewish students
A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action alleging McGill University failed to adequately protect Jewish…
#NewsBeep #News #Canada #CA #Israel-HamasWar #McGillUniversity
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/848648/
Quebec court authorizes class action alleging McGill failed to protect Jewish students
A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action alleging McGill University failed to adequately protect Jewish…
#Canada #Montreal #Israel-HamasWar #McGillUniversity
https://www.europesays.com/canada/157454/
I don't typically follow this lawfare stuff. Whether I like a protest or not is politically irrelevant. This one is different.
McGill was fucking brutal. Physical. Gross. Scary.
Also famously the place where a professor yelled go back to Poland.
"A #Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action alleging #McGillUniversity failed to adequately protect #Jewish #students from #antisemitism, harassment and intimidation on campus following the #Oct7, 2023, #Hamas attack on #Israel.
The #lawsuit was brought by #DavidCobrin, who was a #McGill #undergraduate when the events described in the case began, and covers Jewish students registered at the #university between Oct. 8, 2023, and the publication of an official notice of the ruling. The plaintiffs are seeking reimbursement of 33 per cent of tuition and student fees, along with $5 million in collective #punitivedamages. The ruling allows those claims to proceed but does not determine whether McGill is liable."
McGill Assistant Professor in Earth & Planetary Sciences, Critical Minerals for Sustainability (Tenure Track)
We seek a colleague whose research focuses on the processes that generate the critical mineral deposits required to support the transition to a more sustainable society.
Review of applications begins Oct. 1, 2026.
Enquiries: Chair, Search Committee, Dr. Yajing Liu ([email protected])
Apply through Workday:
https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill_Careers/job/Adams-Building/Assistant-Professor-in-Earth-and-Planetary-Sciences--Critical-Materials-for-Sustainability_JR0000078461
McGill: Assistant Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Solid Earth Processes (Tenure Track)
We seek a colleague who investigates the chemical, mineralogical, and physical composition of the solid Earth and its interactions with other Earth systems.
Review of applications will begin Oct. 1, 2026.
Enquiries: Chair of the Search Committee, Jeffrey McKenzie ([email protected]).
Apply through Workday:
https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill_Careers/job/Adams-Building/Assistant-Professor-in-Earth-and-Planetary-Sciences--Solid-Earth-Processes_JR0000078451
🎭 Oh look, McGill University is here to tell us that the internet's favorite excuse for 💩 incompetence, the Dunning-Kruger effect, might not even exist! 🤡 Who needs scientific evidence when you have self-proclaimed experts "Separating Sense from Nonsense"? 🙄
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real #DunningKrugerEffect #McGillUniversity #InternetDebate #CriticalThinking #Nonsense #HackerNews #ngated
Listen live https://ckut.ca/listen-live/ every Sunday afternoon 2 to 4, Magic Roundabout with Montreal’s DJ Andy Williams, DJ Guapo and more, on #ckutFM #funk #jazz #vinyl #communityradio #campusradio #McGillUniversity
Congratulations to Justin Chien, who successfully defended his PhD thesis, "Unraveling the Complexity of Intraplate Seismicity through Data-Driven Approaches" (supervised by Yajing Liu). Justin used machine learning techniques to identify and distinguish construction and quarry blasts from small (<< magnitude 2) earthquakes.
#earthquakes #seismology #McGillUniversity #MachineLearning #Montreal
A gorgeous thin section of a xenolith-rich lamprophyre dyke from near Ayer's Cliff, Quebec (Cretaceous, Monteregian-age, so ~120 Ma). Pelitic crustal assemblages equilibrated at 700-800°C and 8-10 kbar, while we're currently studying the lherzolite mantle xenolith (above and right of center), which is likely Grenville (~ 1 Ga) in age. Image by Justin Plouffe, #McGillUniversity
#ThinSectionThursday #Quebec #Lithosphere #Grenville #Xenolith
Press release from #McGillUniversity on the recent #Seismica paper with Yajing Liu lead author:
A single monitoring network developed by McGill, Natural Resources Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Dalhousie University researchers can simultaneously track earthquakes, water behaviour, human activity and whales, providing a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in, under, and at far distances from the water.
Nouveauté
🔸Biographie d’Herbert Molson (1875–1938)
Par Robert C. H. Sweeny
Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, le 20 mai 2026
https://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/molson_herbert_16F.html
#Canada #Québec #Montréal #Molson #bière #affaire #millionnaire #guerre #militaire #McGillUniversity #administrateur #biographie #DBC #hockey #Canadiens
I was delighted to be able to visit the #ErnestRutherford Museum at #McGillUniversity when I was recently in #Montreal. I spotted this gem in a display case. The docent recalled the story of Harriett Brooks. It rang a bell, and when I got home I cracked open Dava Sobel’s “The Elements of Marie Curie”. Sure enough, Brooks has a whole chapter devoted to her.
The “new gas from radium” is now called “radon” and it’s critical to the research I and many others do in the search for #DarkMatter.
Early-career researcher at #EGU26 Thursday:
**Julia Baumgarte**, Lekima Yakuden, and James Kirkpatrick
Contact Stress Distribution and Slip Stability on Experimental Faults
EGU26-313 | Orals | EMRP1.6
07 May, 08:55–09:05 (CEST) Room -2.31
Montreal provides a model for student activism
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Salas Navarro who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, "Advancing Volcanic Gas Monitoring to Unravel Eruption Processes: Insights from Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, Costa Rica" (supervisors John Stix (McGill Univ.) and Maarten de Moor (OVSICORI, Costa Rica).
They monitored summit plume gas compositions, remotely-sensed total SO2, and seismic/infrasound signals.
#Volcanology #McGillUniversity #CostaRica #OVSICORI #SubductionZoneMagmatism
Pierre Lanari (Univ. Lausanne), a Mineralogical Society of America @mineralsocamerica.bsky.social Distinguished Lecturer, presented advancements in constraining the rates of metamorphic reactions, enabled by clever application of element mapping, diffusion modelling and development of freely available software.
A beautifully illustrated, clearly explained talk!
#Lausanne #UniversityLausanne #MineralSocAmerica #McGillUniversity #Metamorphism #Geology #XMapTools #Iolite
Humans and Animals Show Similar Preferences for Certain Sounds, Research Finds