/channels/taxonomy/term/22463/all en /channels/channels/news/expert-health-canada-approves-updated-covid-19-vaccine-ahead-holidays-353562 <p>Amidst the onset of respiratory illnesses this flu season, Canada has fortified its defences against the persistent threat of COVID-19 with the approval of another vaccine. Health Canada on December 5 approved the updated Novavax vaccine, marking the third updated booster available to Canadians alongside those from Pfizer and Moderna. (<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10149249/novavax-updated-covid-vaccine-health-canada-approval/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Global News</a>) </p> <p>Here is an expert from ƻ����Ժ who can provide comment on this topic: </p> Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:26:33 +0000 webfull 195674 at /channels /channels/channels/event/policy-evaluation-era-covid-19-352732 <p><i>“Did evaluation meet the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis?”</i></p> <p><i>“Were evaluators caught flat-footed by the restrictions and challenges?”</i></p> <p><i>“How were evaluation practices, architectures, and values affected?”</i></p> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:07:40 +0000 webfull 194787 at /channels /channels/channels/news/le-monde-dapresles-consequences-de-la-covid-19-sur-les-relations-internationales-pum-352376 <p>October 27, 2023 | COVID-19 triggered the biggest global crisis of the 21st century. For some, the repercussions were swift and dramatic, with the pandemic pushing tens of millions of people into poverty and extreme food insecurity. For others, the transformations are still bubbling under the surface, and questions remain as to whether the societal changes it has brought about will be sustained. </p> Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:42:58 +0000 webfull 194363 at /channels /channels/channels/news/covid-infections-animals-key-ongoing-trajectory-pandemic-350373 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:32:37 +0000 webfull 191835 at /channels /channels/channels/news/how-canadians-lifestyle-behaviours-changed-during-covid-19-pandemic-348437 <p>Sixty per cent of roughly 1,600 Canadians who took part in a new ƻ����Ժ study say their lifestyle habits either stayed the same or improved during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the flip side, 40% of participants say they adopted less healthy lifestyle habits, including worsened eating habits, sleep quality, decreased physical activity and weight gain. The research is based on the Canadian COVIDiet study of Canadians between the ages of 18 to 89 years old. Researchers from ƻ����Ժ’s School of Human Nutrition collected data from across the country during the first wave of infections.</p> Fri, 26 May 2023 14:07:16 +0000 webfull 189828 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-covid-19-pandemic-no-longer-global-health-emergency-according-who-348275 <p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has ended the global COVID-19 emergency, citing increased immunity, fewer deaths and less pressure on hospitals. The pandemic, which was first declared an international crisis on January 30, 2020, resulted in unprecedented lockdowns, economic upheaval and the deaths of at least seven million people worldwide and more than 52,000 people in Canada. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-who-pandemic-no-longer-emergency-1.6833775">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from ƻ����Ժ who can provide comment on this issue:</p> Fri, 12 May 2023 20:00:40 +0000 webfull 189634 at /channels /channels/channels/news/study-sheds-light-how-immune-system-protects-body-348205 <p>First <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.038">study</a> of humans with a rare immunodeficiency reveals how the immune system protects the body against pathogens known to cause serious diseases, such as tuberculosis and COVID-19. The research involving ƻ����Ժ, paves the way for new therapies to treat autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, and new approaches to vaccine development.</p> Mon, 08 May 2023 13:19:14 +0000 webfull 189544 at /channels /channels/channels/news/how-covid-19-changed-our-grocery-habits-344839 <p>To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, a team of ƻ����Ժ researchers, including School of Human Nutrition Professor <strong>Daiva Nielsen</strong> and postdoctoral fellow<strong> Katherine Labonté</strong>, conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from Quebec to compare grocery shopping behaviours in 2019 and 2020. The study showed that at the beginning of the pandemic, people reduced the frequency of in-store shopping expeditions. This reduction occurred in tandem with a rise in curbside pick-up and delivery.</p> Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:02:42 +0000 webfull 185941 at /channels /channels/channels/news/what-ai-generated-covid-news-tells-us-journalists-dont-344060 <p>AI can help identify biases in news reporting that we wouldn't otherwise see. Researchers from ƻ����Ժ got a computer program to generate news coverage of COVID-19 using headlines from CBC articles as prompts. They then compared the simulated news coverage to the actual reporting at the time and found that CBC coverage was less focused on the medical emergency and more positively focused on personalities and geo-politics.</p> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:17:18 +0000 webfull 185085 at /channels /channels/channels/news/andrew-potter-trust-state-capacity-and-meaning-arrivecan-line-343462 <p>November 4, 2022 | "The crisis of state capacity can't be separated from the more general crisis of expertise and the legitimacy of the state and the rule of law." says <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/andrew-potter">Andrew Potter</a>. </p> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:15:54 +0000 webfull 184428 at /channels /channels/channels/news/covid-19-reshaped-way-we-buy-prepare-and-consume-food-343255 <p>To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, our research team conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from the province of Québec. This survey spanned three different time points between the initial lockdown in the spring of 2020 and the curfew period in Québec in the winter of 2021.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:15:24 +0000 webfull 184131 at /channels /channels/channels/news/quebec-study-long-covid-seeking-participants-343247 <p>Find out more or sign up to participate through the study website: <a href="https://post-covid.quebec/en/home/">https://post-covid.quebec/en/home/</a> or by emailing: <span><span>post-covid.mni</span> [at] <span>mcgill.ca</span><span><!--target="_blank"--></span></span></p> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:51:00 +0000 webfull 184122 at /channels /channels/channels/news/quebec-study-long-covid-seeking-participants-342025 <h4><b>Purpose is to understand post-COVID symptom evolution and impact on patients’ lives </b></h4> <p>As of Sept. 20, 2022, there have been more than 1.1 million cases of COVID-19 in Quebec. It is estimated that 10 to 30 per cent of cases will have lingering symptoms after the acute illness. This means that as many as 330,000 Quebecers may experience what’s become known as long COVID, or post-COVID-19 syndrome.</p> Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:13:35 +0000 webfull 182661 at /channels /channels/channels/news/blog-post-international-students-montreal-impact-covid-19-and-peq-reform-340979 <h3>Written by <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/centre-montreal/list/resident-scholars/brant-moscovitch">Brant Moscovitch</a></h3> Wed, 24 Aug 2022 22:52:57 +0000 webfull 181640 at /channels /channels/channels/news/women-peace-and-security-and-increasing-gendered-risk-era-covid-19-insights-nepal-and-sri-lanka-340693 <p>August 10th, 2022 | In this article, Luna KC and Crystal Whetstone analyze the effects of COVID-19 on women and girls. It examines policy responses to the pandemic crisis and its implications on the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda in postwar Nepal and Sri Lanka.</p> <p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/2/3/ksac036/6645835" target="_blank">Read the article.</a></p> Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:39:49 +0000 webfull 181206 at /channels