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Anil Wasif on Zohran Mamdani’s Municipal Supermarkets | Policy Magazine

News - lun, 01/05/2026 - 14:00

In Policy Magazine, Max Bell School advisory board member and MPP '21 Anil Wasif discusses Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, and his $60 million pilot project that aims to establish municipal supermarkets across each borough. The project aims to address the growing public concern of high grocery prices.

Published: 5 January 2026

Construction starts: McConnell Engineering Building – CFI IF 2023 Liboiron laboratory upgrades

News - lun, 01/05/2026 - 13:13

91 has mandated Entreprises NR Brosseau Inc. to carry out Project 21-078, which involves upgrades within the McConnell Engineering Building as part of the CFI IF 2023 – Liboiron initiative. The project focuses on the installation of new specialized research equipment in two existing dry laboratories: Room MC010 and Room 816.

Published: 5 January 2026

Experts: U.S. captures Venezuela’s president

News - lun, 01/05/2026 - 12:11

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by U.S. special forces last week and are to appear in a U.S. court today on charges related to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has coined the term “Donroe Doctrine,” after the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine setting out U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere and has threatened the government of Colombia.

These 91 experts are available to comment on this topic:

Published: 5 January 2026

Jennifer Welsh on Responsible Sovereignty and Individual Accountability | Oxford University

News - lun, 01/05/2026 - 11:33

January 5, 2026 | Jennifer Welsh published her reflections on the efforts to promote responsible sovereignty and individual accountability in the early decades after the Cold War, in a chapter titled titled “Responsible Sovereignty and Individual Accountability: Liberal Internationalist Aspirations from the 1990s," included in an edited volume recently published by Oxford University press.

Published: 5 January 2026

Congratulations to Social Work Professor Myriam Denov receives SSHRC’s highest honour

News - lun, 01/05/2026 - 11:33

"Myriam Denov, a leading advocate for children’s rights and a Professor in 91’s School of Social Work, has won a Gold Medal from the  (SSHRC),  its highest honour.

The award is for sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought that have inspired students and colleagues; it comes with a $100,000 prize for future research.

Denov’s research interests include children born of war and families affected by war and genocide. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with war-affected children on three continents and advised NGOs and such governmental organizations as Global Affairs Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of National Defence." (91 Reporter)

Published: 5 January 2026

Vincent Rigby on the Role of the National Security and Intelligence Advisor | CIGI

News - lun, 01/05/2026 - 11:20

January 5, 2026 | Vincent Rigby co-authored Paper No. 347 for the Centre for International Governance Innovation, titled “Getting Serious About National Security.” In this paper, he delves into the history and significance of the national security and intelligence advisor (NSIA) role, and how it may be improved in the future.

Published: 5 January 2026

Chris Ragan on the Parliamentary Budget Office and Canada’s Financial State | CBC

News - lun, 01/05/2026 - 10:31

January 5, 2026 | Chris Ragan recently spoke to CBC about comments made by Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques. Following Jacques’ controversial remarks on the "shocking" state of Canada’s finances, several leading economists voiced disagreement, with some emphasizing that the PBO should maintain neutrality. Ragan stressed that any assessment of Canada’s fiscal position should be grounded in data, noting, “I think we want them to be: ‘Just the facts, ma’am.’”

Published: 5 January 2026

On YouTube - mar, 12/23/2025 - 10:52

Pearl Eliadis on State Neutrality and Religious Freedom

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 15:17

December 22, 2025 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to Le Monde on the recently introduced Bill 9, which proposes a ban on prayer in public spaces, including at universities. Eliadis argues that the government misunderstands the nature of state neutrality regarding religious freedom: instead of safeguarding individual freedom to practice any faith, the government is moving toward eliminating religious expression from public life.

Published: 22 December 2025

Pearl Eliadis on Democracy in the Aftermath of the Taliban

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 15:01

December 22, 2025 | Pearl Eliadis contributed to the newly released two-volume publication Unpacking Participatory Democracy (2025 Orient Blackswan) in an article entitled “Democracy Upended: Lessons from Afghanistan”, co-authored with Lucille Martin. The article examines international and community-based efforts to introduce dovelopment based on fundamental rights before and during COVID and in the aftermath of the Taliban regime.

Published: 22 December 2025

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 14:35

Synthetic Biology is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field focused on creating new biological molecules, devices, and systems, as well as repurposing existing ones for beneficial applications in gene therapies, sustainable materials, and food production. Grounded in principles of standardization, abstraction, and modularity, it applies the Design-Build-Test-Learn engineering cycle to address long-standing biological challenges.

Published: 22 December 2025

In Memoriam: Robert Lee

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 14:15

The Department is sad to announce the passing of Dr. Robert G. H. Lee, proud alumnus of our metallurgical engineering program (class 1947), great innovator of air-injection technology in molten metal furnaces, and generous 91 supporter (created the Robert Lee scholarship).

Published: 22 December 2025

Mosquitoes’ feeding tubes make ultrafine 3D-printing nozzles

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 12:39

Researchers in 91’s Department of Mechanical EngineeringԻ have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes, into high-resolution 3D-printing nozzles. With its unique geometry, structure and mechanics, the proboscis enables printed line widths as fine as 20 microns, or a little smaller than a white blood cell. This is roughly twice as fine as what commercially available print

Published: 22 December 2025

Dr. Nicolas Tritsch, Education News Canada

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 11:11

New evidence challenges understanding of Parkinson's disease.

Published: 22 December 2025

Dre Cécile Rousseau, Le Devoir

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 11:07

Pourquoi certains agissent-ils en héros et d’autres non?

Published: 22 December 2025

Prof. Reznikov co-authors Nature paper on metabolites preserved in fossil bones

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 10:52

In a recent Nature publication, Profs. Natalie Reznikov and Marc McKee, along with graduate students Eran Ittah and Daniel Buss, worked with Prof.

Published: 22 December 2025

Ricardo Wilson is the 2025-26 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence

News - lun, 12/22/2025 - 10:19

The Department of English is delighted to announce Professor Ricardo Wilson as the 2025-2026 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence.

Published: 22 December 2025

On YouTube - jeu, 12/18/2025 - 12:32

On YouTube - jeu, 12/18/2025 - 11:58

SharePoint "Alert me" is going away

News - jeu, 12/18/2025 - 09:35

Microsoft is currently retiring SharePoint's “alert me”, which will disappear from 91’s SharePoint sometime between January and July 2026. 91 has no control over the exact moment when the feature will be removed within that timeframe.

Published: 18 December 2025

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