Society and Culture

Society and Culture /newsroom/taxonomy/term/7406/all en ƻ��Ժ launches Masters of Management in Finance /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-launches-masters-management-finance-258462 By Leilani Ku, Desautels Faculty of Management at ƻ��Ժ ƻ��Ժ’s Desautels Faculty of Management is launching a new twelve-month Masters of Management in Finance (MMF). Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:04:31 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25270 at /newsroom MONTREAL GAZETTE | McCord Museum will double in size and stay at its current site /newsroom/channels/news/montreal-gazette-mccord-museum-will-double-size-and-stay-its-current-site-296693 Months of speculation ended when the McCord Museum announced Tuesday that its new home will be built on the site of its current home on Sherbrooke and Victoria Sts. in the heart of Montreal’s Golden Square Mile. As McCord president and chief executive officer Suzanne Sauvage enthused about the museum’s ideal location, halfway between the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée d’art contemporain, close to downtown universities, near public transit, the soon-to-be-re-imagined ƻ��Ժ College artery and the ƻ��Ժ station of the city’s future light-rail system, she was philosophical. Wed, 01 May 2019 14:44:32 +0000 krysta.veneruz@mail.mcgill.ca 160330 at /newsroom Montreal and ƻ��Ժ Become Blue Communities /newsroom/channels/news/montreal-and-mcgill-university-become-blue-communities-295634 The Ville de Montréal and ƻ��Ժ today received Blue Community certification on the occasion of World Water Day. To obtain this certification, they have undertaken to recognize water and sanitation as human rights, to promote publicly managed water services and to ban or phase out the sale of bottled water in their buildings and at their events. Hence Montreal has joined some forty Blue Communities worldwide, including major cities like Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Victoria. For its part, ƻ��Ժ has become the fourth university in the world to obtain this certification. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:15:38 +0000 jessica.goodsell@mcgill.ca 153382 at /newsroom Do we trust people who speak with an accent? /newsroom/channels/news/do-we-trust-people-who-speak-accent-289812 You are in a strange neighbourhood, your cell phone’s dead, and you desperately need to find the closest garage. A couple of people on the street chime in, each sending you in opposite directions. One person sounds like a local and speaks in a nonchalant manner, while the other uses a loud, confident voice but speaks with a strong accent. Who are you going to trust? Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:16:15 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 83989 at /newsroom Do we trust people who speak with an accent? /newsroom/article/do-we-trust-people-who-speak-accent You are in a strange neighbourhood, your cell phone’s dead, and you desperately need to find the closest garage. A couple of people on the street chime in, each sending you in opposite directions. One person sounds like a local and speaks in a nonchalant manner, while the other uses a loud, confident voice but speaks with a strong accent. Who are you going to trust? Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:34:48 +0000 By Katherine Gombay 82662 at /newsroom Bystanders in cyberbullying /newsroom/channels/news/bystanders-cyberbullying-288182 Your child is in elementary school and is begging you to buy them a cell phone, an iPod and iPad. Anything, as long as they can communicate with their friends, either by texting or through social media. As a parent, you’re worried about cyberbullying. Indeed, up to 30% of children and adolescents admit to cyberbullying others, while 25% of students report being victimized on electronic platforms. You rationalize that your child has lots of friends and that they will stand up for them in a bullying situation. Do they? What is the role of the bystander/friend during a bullying incident? Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:29:01 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 62674 at /newsroom NSERCs Science, Action! contest: open for voting! /newsroom/article/around-campus/nsercs-science-action-contest-open-voting Public Voting is now open for <a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ScienceAction/index_eng.asp">NSERC's Science, Action!</a> contest, and seven ƻ��Ժ students are in the running. From February 6 to March 2, watch and share your favourite videos. Show your family and friends how science and engineering is improving their lives. The 25 videos with the most views on March 2 will proceed to NSERCs judges’ panel, where they will compete for one of 15 cash prizes. Vote for your favourite now! Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:07:56 +0000 Newsroom 32939 at /newsroom Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world /newsroom/channels/news/global-project-reduce-health-inequalities-cities-around-world-284536 <div>A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.</div> <div> </div> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:02:56 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32938 at /newsroom We’re not addicted to smartphones, we’re addicted to social interaction /newsroom/channels/news/were-not-addicted-smartphones-were-addicted-social-interaction-284522 We all know people who, seemingly incapable of living without the bright screen of their phone for more than a few minutes, are constantly texting and checking out what friends are up to on social media. These are examples of what many consider to be the antisocial behaviour brought on by smartphone addiction, a phenomenon that has garnered media attention in the past few months and led investors and consumers to demand that tech giants address this problem. But what if we were looking at things the wrong way? Could smartphone addiction be hyper-social, not anti-social? Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:43:51 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 32937 at /newsroom The high cost of short-term rentals in New York City /newsroom/channels/news/high-cost-short-term-rentals-new-york-city-284310 <div>A <a href="/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/attach/airbnb-report.pdf">new report</a> from ƻ��Ժ Urban Planning professor <a href="/urbanplanning/people-0/wachsmuth">David Wachsmuth</a> and his team provides an analysis of Airbnb activity in New York City and the surrounding region in the last three years (September 2014 - August 2017). Relying on new methodologies to analyze big data, here are some of the findings:</div> <div> </div> <ul></ul> Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:00:46 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32904 at /newsroom American cities with large Hispanic populations are less likely to police the police /newsroom/channels/news/american-cities-large-hispanic-populations-are-less-likely-police-police-283398 How individual police forces treat those that they suspect of being illegal immigrants varies greatly from one city to the next in the U.S. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the police department has a policy that states clearly, “Officers shall not stop, question, detain or arrest any person on the ground that they may be undocumented and deportable foreign nationals.” But this is unusual. Local police departments across the U.S. have become increasingly involved in enforcing federal immigration laws since the mid-1990s. Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:53:01 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 32779 at /newsroom Do birdsong and human speech share biological roots? /newsroom/channels/news/do-birdsong-and-human-speech-share-biological-roots-282972 Do songbirds and humans have common biological hardwiring that shapes how they produce and perceive sounds? Scientists who study birdsong have been intrigued for some time by the possibility that human speech and music may be rooted in biological processes shared across a variety of animals. Now, research by ƻ��Ժ biologists provides new evidence to support this idea. Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:32:11 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32691 at /newsroom Isabelle Daunais Wins 2016 Killam Prize in Humanities /newsroom/channels/news/isabelle-daunais-wins-2016-killam-prize-humanities-260447 By Kathryn Jezer-Morton Three of the six Killam Research Fellows also teach at ƻ��Ժ Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:56:24 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 25732 at /newsroom Illustrious Chinese architect invests in future of education: landmark $12-million gift to transform teaching and research, build stronger academic ties to China /newsroom/channels/news/illustrious-chinese-architect-invests-future-education-landmark-12-million-gift-transform-teaching-270601 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:37:19 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32339 at /newsroom Claudia Mitchell named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow /newsroom/channels/news/professor-claudia-mitchell-named-trudeau-fellow-270414 By Meaghan Thurston Professor Claudia Mitchell was in an Ethiopian airport on her way to Russia when she received an email from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation asking her to give them a call. With no phone in sight, Mitchell waited anxiously until landing some hours later to learn that she had garnered a prestigious Fellowship. “They said, ‘you clearly walk the talk because you are traveling from one girl-led project to another’”. Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:40:56 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32305 at /newsroom