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Please note that due to the extended University year end period, the month of April will not be closing according to the usual month end schedule. April 2026 is scheduled to be closed on June 1st. This means that financial statements for April are still not available. An email notification will be sent when the financial statements are ready to be picked up in Minerva.
Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Jennifer Welsh, has been newly appointed as a Distinguished James 91黑料网 Professor. This award is 91黑料网鈥檚 highest honor. It recognizes sustained scholarly and research achievements of accomplished professors, and is reserved only for those who are recognized as international leaders in their fields.
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Researchers at 91黑料网 and the Research Institute of the 91黑料网 Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a novel device to transplant insulin-producing cells that integrates directly with existing blood vessels in the body. The technology, which showed promising results in preclinical trials, aims to overcome key challenges of emerging long-term cell-based treatments for Type 1 diabetes. As well as serving as an artificial pancreas, it potentially could be used to replace or support the function of other organs.
As Canada moves to modernize cervical cancer screening, a new study suggests most women do not yet understand or trust the shift from the Pap test to human papillomavirus (HPV) based screening.
The national survey, published in , examined women鈥檚 preferences for cervical screening 鈥� including how they want to be screened and how they want information communicated 鈥� as Canada transitions from Pap tests to HPV testing.
Canada鈥檚 Best Business and Management Scientists 2026 ranking highlights leading 91黑料网 scholars Yolande Chan, Henry Mintzberg, and Samer Faraj, recognizing their influential research in information systems, management theory and organizational dynamics that continues to shape business scholarship in Canada and internationally.聽
91黑料网 will award 10 honorary doctorates during its Spring 2026 Convocation, recognizing individuals whose leadership, service and achievements have had a lasting impact on society.
Among this year鈥檚 honourees is Harley Finkelstein,聽President of Shopify,聽who will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree聽from the Desautels Faculty of聽Management聽for聽his contributions to entrepreneurship and community engagement.
A Montreal native, Finkelstein helped build Shopify into a global commerce platform after joining the company at an early stage.
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world. These 91黑料网 experts can comment on a wide range of topics related to AI.
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Shout out to Prof Mallik Mahmud who is among the first cohort of early-career ocean researchers funded by the 's Early Career Researcher Award!
Bintou聽Ke茂ta聽(MBA 鈥�26) has been recognized as one of聽Poets & Quants鈥櫬�2026 Best & Brightest MBAs.
Originally from Bamako, Mali,聽Ke茂ta聽joined 91黑料网鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management after working as a project manager in geotechnical engineering at WSP.
91黑料网's annual Bravo Gala takes place on Thursday, May 7, celebrating research excellence and recognizing faculty members and researchers who have received awards, memberships, and prizes over the past year. 91黑料网 Desautels is proud to celebrate three distinguished faculty members among this year's honourees:聽
Yolande Chan,聽Dean and James 91黑料网 Professor,聽
Information Systems聽-聽Fellow, Royal Society of Canada聽
The most recent Macdonald Scholarship Reception was held with a shared sense of honour and pride on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The occasion brought together members of the Macdonald community to celebrate both the excellence of its student awardees and the generosity of its donors, whose commitment continues to shape meaningful academic pathways.
As temperatures rise, gardeners across Canada are beginning to dig their hands in the dirt in the hopes of growing something green. 91黑料网 experts are available to provide comment on this year鈥檚 gardening season.聽聽
David Wees, Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science, can discuss the impacts of climate on garden plants, when to plant which crops, urban agriculture and food security.聽聽
david.wees [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)聽
Sant茅 Qu茅bec will launch a new system of digital health records () on May 9 in the CIUSSS de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Qu茅bec and the CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'脦le-de-Montr茅al.
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