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The Info-Neuro cart schedule for July is now available!

webfull — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:01:38 +0000

Climate Fresk Workshop

webfull — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:26:41 +0000

Turn Climate Science Into Action – Join the Climate Fresk Workshop!

In collaboration with the Desautels Faculty of Management and the Sustainable Growth Initiative

Desautels to launch new Master of Management of Finance program in Luxembourg

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:40:45 +0000

��ϲ�� Desautels is partnering with the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg on a new Master of Management in Finance. The program will launch in 2026, and will have a blended format that combines online learning and in-person sessions on weekends or evenings. The new degree will be delivered over 20 or 24 months in Luxembourg, a major European financial centre.

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Concrete policy steps could address issues with Canada’s pension system

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:39:36 +0000

A well-designed pension system brings enormous social and economic values to its members and to society as a whole. Unfortunately, Canada’s doesn’t stand out. A 2024 report from Mercer ranks it just 18 out of 48 countries. In thefutureeconomy.ca, Prof. Sebastien Betermier proposes three measures that could help improve it by:

· Ensuring there are stronger guardrails to keep pension funds operationally independent

Complicated crypto products recall derivatives at the centre of the global financial crisis

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:37:40 +0000

Cryptocurrencies are volatile, risky and lack transparency. For banks and investors alike, that’s risky. “Some like to think ‘this time it’s different’,” Prof Patrick Augustin told PaperJam.lu. But for Augustin, crypto today recalls Lehman Brothers, the financial services firm whose collapse set the global financial crisis in motion in 2008. The similarities are striking. Like today’s crypto markets, Lehman Brothers complicated investment products that many buyers and sellers didn’t fully understand.

Global public relations firm delivers ��ϲ�� course content to staff in 12-week boot camp

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:29:08 +0000

Being happy doesn’t just make life more enjoyable, it can help you get things done. In 2024, ��ϲ�� Desautels Adjunct Lecturer Anita Nowak co-designed a course on the power of positive psychology called Happiness means business, and it is gaining traction beyond the university’s walls. The global public relations and marketing consultancy Edelman brought in Prof. Anita Nowak to teach staff course materials. The intensive 12-week ‘boot camp’ teaches concepts like altruism and forgiveness to give employees new tools to use in client relationships.

ENSSIB and ��ϲ�� sign a partnership agreement

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:06:53 +0000

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Perceived social status tied to cardiovascular risks in women but not in men

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:38:56 +0000

Women who see themselves as having lower social status are more likely than other people to show early signs of heart stress linked to future disease risk, according to a new study led by researchers at ��ϲ�� and Concordia universities.

ACCEPTER le vélo: Findings and Perspectives from Two Years of Research

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:38:01 +0000

As municipalities and governments are increasingly called upon to accelerate the ecological transition, the development of sustainable mobility has become a major strategic priority.

Statistics in R (Part 2)

webfull — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:02:53 +0000

Data Processing in Python

webfull — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:02:53 +0000

Intro to R (Part 1)

webfull — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:02:52 +0000

Intro to Python (Part 1)

webfull — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:02:51 +0000

Should we fear cadmium? Comments from Mathieu Leduc

webfull — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:50:40 +0000

French doctors are raising the alarm about rising exposure to cadmium, a toxic heavy metal found in phosphate fertilizers. Cadmium is a known carcinogen linked to kidney damage, bone disease, and other long-term health issues, even at low doses. French doctors are urging France's government to tighten fertilizer regulations to reduce this public health risk.

Expert: Canadian government to rescind digital services tax

webfull — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:53:32 +0000

Canada’s Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, has announced that he will soon bring forward legislation to rescind the digital sales tax.

Allison Christians, Professor, Faculty of Law, H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law can speak about tax law and technology, domestic and international tax law and policy, and international law and institutions.

allison.christians [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)