/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11009/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-canada-ranks-15th-latest-world-happiness-report-329763 <p>While happiness may have felt far off as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the globe, the latest World Happiness Report (WHR) has ranked Canadians in 15th place, slipping down from the 10th position the previous year. The report is released annually by a team of independent researchers and weighs six variables: income, freedom, trust in government, healthy life expectancy, social support, and generosity. (<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/canada-ranks-15th-in-latest-world-happiness-report-finland-takes-top-spot-1.5354134" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:41:16 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256832 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/global-well-being-coming-decades-hinges-non-material-factors-294366 <p>To improve people’s well-being as much as possible in coming decades, policy makers should look beyond narrow economic calculations and prioritize non-material factors when making big decisions.</p> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:07:03 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 139424 at /newsroom