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Research Talk: Fascist Sheep: Land and Livestock in Inner Mongolia under Japanese Rule Professor Sakura Christmas, Bowdoin College

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:16:14 +0000

Wednesday, April 8 at 4:00 PM
680 Sherbrooke Room 1041

Melzack Lecture Series - Gabrielle Pagé “Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Neuroplastic Pain: Clinical and Empirical Updates”

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:13:16 +0000

Lecture will be in-person here:

MGH A5.131

Dreaming Trans: Method, Sex, and the Unconscious

admin — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:43:49 +0000

Dreaming Trans: Method, Sex, and the Unconscious

Session 2 – Transmasculine sexuality in film, the archive, and the bathhouse (Film Screening: Desire Lines, 2024)

27th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:22:49 +0000

The 27th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture honours the career and achievements of Professor Brenda Milner, an eminent cognitive neuroscientist and pioneer of the discipline of neuropsychology.

Ruth Morgan on rethinking the social contract for science | Frontiers Policy Labs

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:14:37 +0000

January 14, 2026 | Ruth Morgan, the 2024-25 TISPP visiting fellow, argues that trust between science and society depends on sustained, open dialogue. She highlights that knowledge is disruptive and uncertain, and that progress starts with asking better questions especially in an era of misinformation.

Rees Kassen on The Endless Frontier | Frontiers Policy Labs

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:05:54 +0000

January 14, 2026 | Rees Kassen, Academic Director for 91��'s new Sustainability Park and the director of TISPP. His article traces today’s tension around the post‑WWII “social contract” for publicly funded basic research (shaped by Vannevar Bush’s Science: The Endless Frontier). He argues the contract is straining as governments demand faster, more visible returns, even though long-run payoffs (like mRNA vaccines) show why basic research matters.

Barbara Koremenos on International Scientific Collaboration | Frontiers Policy Labs

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:17:10 +0000

January 14, 2026 | Barbara Koremenos, the 23-24 McConnell Visiting Scholar at 91��'s Max Bell School of Public Policy, argues that international scientific collaboration can build trust and help solve global problems, even amid geopolitical rivalry. She focuses on stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) research that represents a new frontier akin to the Antarctic Treaty in its ability to foster international scientific collaboration.

TB Centre Research Day 2026

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:37:58 +0000

Join us for TB Research Day 2026! What is Tuberculosis? From pathogenesis to public health action.

Competing land-use regimes and social-ecological transformation in the Gran Chaco (Yann Polain de Waroux, 91��)

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:37:07 +0000

Transport Poverty, Suppressed Participation, and Sufficiency in Canada (Steve Farber, University of Toronto)

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:37:51 +0000

Inaugural Moderna-RNA Canada ARN awarded to D2R-funded researcher Professor Maria Vera Ugalde

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:26:22 +0000

Montreal, September 24, 2025 – Moderna, in partnership with RNA Canada, has awarded three prizes this year to RNA researchers in Canada for their outstanding contribution to the field. D2R is proud to announce that Professor Maria Vera Ugalde has received the Discovery of the Year Award for her seminal 2024 publication in Nature Communications (Alecki et al.,). This award recognizes groundbreaking RNA discoveries made by Canadian researchers (either as a group or individually) during the past year.

Event | Breast Cancer & RNA Therapeutics: Exploring inclusive research and career opportunities

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:53:13 +0000

Join D2R and the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) for an event in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women's History Month, in collaboration with Fondation du cancer du sein du Québec and the association Audace au féminin.

Jennifer Welsh on the Participation of IDP-Led Organizations | Journal of Refugee Studies

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:08:18 +0000

November 17, 2025 | A co-authored article by Jennifer Welsh, based on an international conference organized at 91�� in December 2024 on IDP participation, has been published in the Journal of Refugee Studies. The article, titled "IDP perspectives on IDP participation," shares key arguments from the workshop.

Interview with Leire Cancio Orueta, 2025 Chair Holder Etxepare Basque Institute Elbira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies

helene.laurin@mcgill.ca — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:43:01 +0000

To begin, how would you describe yourself as a scholar? What themes and values guide your work and research?

Interview with Aitor Zuberogoitia, Elvira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies 2024

helene.laurin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:07:07 +0000

Welcome Aitor Zuberogoitia, new Etxepare Euskal Institutua Elbira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies!