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Research | Viral DNA sequences in the human genome may help control gene activity, new study shows

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:40:53 +0000

Long dismissed as “junk,” viral fragments buried in human DNA may help regulate our genes, according to a new international study co-led by Guillaume Bourque, professor in ��ϲ��’s Department of Human Genetics, D2R-funded researcher and member of the D2R Research Steering Committee and Executive (RSC). The findings offer new insights into what makes us human, 25 years after the human genome was first mapped.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 places ��ϲ��’s Anatomy & Physiology 5th in the world

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:50:33 +0000

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 places ��ϲ��’s Anatomy & Physiology 5th in the world. More info can be found here: QS World University Rankings for Anatomy and Physiology 2025 | Top Universities.

Congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning the ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award!

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 01:37:49 +0000

We want to extend our congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning this year's ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award! This is a major achievement!

Some statistics about this year's ICRA submissions: 4153 papers reviewed; 1606 papers accepted; acceptance rate of 38.7%.

Congratulations to Dr. Claire M. Brown named to Ordre de l’excellence en éducation

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:16:13 +0000

Professors J. Donald Boudreau and Claire M. Brown named to Ordre de l’excellence en éducation. The prize, awarded to 24 new honourees at the National Assembly, is Quebec’s highest distinction for educators. more info here

FRQSC grant awarded to Prof. Isabel Pike

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:21:14 +0000

The FRQSC has awarded Isabel Pike, Assistant Professor in ��ϲ��’s Department of Sociology , a research grant through their Research Support for New Academics competition.

The grant spans three years and will go towards Pike’s project “The Demographic Dividend and the Re-Economization of Population.”

SSHRC Insight Development Grant awarded to Prof. Wang

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:09:06 +0000

Prof. Skyler Wang has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his research on the growing integration of AI into dating apps.

Congratulations to Christopher Dietzel (Concordia), Stefanie Duguay (Concordia), David Myles (INRS) and Prof. Wang on receiving funding for this project.

Chih-lan (Winnie) Yang receives Arts Insight Dissertation Award

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 May 2025 18:10:20 +0000

Former Sociology graduate student Chih-lan (Winnie) Yang, who defended in 2024, has been awarded the Arts Insight Dissertation Award for her dissertation “Marriage, Cohabitation, and Family among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Post-Marriage Equality Canada.” The award was officially conferred at the Arts Faculty Council Meeting on May 20.

In a large faculty like Arts this is a major accomplishment and speaks to the rigorous and high-quality work of our students.

Congratulations to Winnie!

Visiting Justice in Sociology of Law

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:30:30 +0000

SOCI 395: Sociology of Law was honoured to welcome Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis as a guest lecturer this past Winter 2025 semester.

Justice Karakatsanis shared reflections on her career trajectory and spoke to the relationship between law and society.

W.E.B. Du Bois and Modern Social Science: A Conversation with Aldon Morris

taisto.witt@mcgill.ca — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:21:14 +0000

Presenting a keynote address by Aldon Morris - Leon Forrest Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Northwestern University

Congratulations to Chi-Ian Winnie Yang who won the 2021 Canadian Population Society graduate student paper award.

shameem.mooradun@mcgill.ca — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:54:14 +0000

Chi-Ian Winnie Yang’s paper, entitled “Marriage Equality or Socioeconomic Inequality? Couple-Level Socioeconomic Predictors of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada between 2006 and 2016", examines whether labour market characteristics and economic resources are associated with marriage among Canadian same-sex couples.

Congratulations to Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée who was awarded the 2021 Fieldhouse Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts.

ximena.ramirezvillanueva@mail.mcgill.ca — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée was awarded the 2021 Fieldhouse Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts that recognizes excellence in teaching and mentoring students. Over the nearly sixteen years of her career at ��ϲ��, Professor Quesnel-Vallée has demonstrated all the hallmarks of distinguished teaching; she is a superb communicator, striving to adopt new methods to encourage active learning and inspiring students to both trust in and challenge themselves and to cherish and cultivate curiosity.

Professor Barry Eidlin writes in the Washington Post about the undemocratic nature of union representation elections in the United States.

ximena.ramirezvillanueva@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:17:45 +0000

Labour unions in the United States have suffered a series of high-profile defeats in union representation elections in recent years, most recently at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama. While some might think this indicates that workers are not interested in unionizing, available polling data suggests that far more workers want unions than currently have them. The problem, as Assistant Professor Barry Eidlin argues in the Washington Post, is the profoundly broken and undemocratic union election system that currently exists.

Professor Barry Eidlin comments on Alabama Amazon union loss in the Globe and Mail.

ximena.ramirezvillanueva@mail.mcgill.ca — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:50:58 +0000

On April 9, 2021, one of the most high-profile union elections in recent U.S. history came to a close. Workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama voted by more than 2-1 against joining a union, following a months-long campaign that drew international media attention. This was a major setback for U.S. unions, who see unionizing Amazon as key to reviving labor’s fortunes. In an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail on April 10, Prof. Barry Eidlin explained both what made the election so significant, and what the loss means for the future of labor.

Congratulations to Emre Amasyali who won the Arts Insights Dissertation Award for the Social Sciences and Humanities.

ximena.ramirezvillanueva@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:08:12 +0000

Emre Amasyali won the Arts Insights Dissertation Award for the Social Sciences and Humanities for his thesis, entitled "The fight for Eden: a mixed-methods analysis of historical educational competition and its legacies", that he completed under the supervision of Professor Matthew Lange. A well-deserved accomplishment!

In December 2020, Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée's Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities was renewed for another five years

ximena.ramirezvillanueva@mail.mcgill.ca — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:32:43 +0000

In 2015, the Canadian population crossed a significant threshold, as those 65 years and over now outnumber those 14 years and younger. This historically unprecedented population ageing requires us to rethink our policies in a way that has not yet been fully integrated through all sectors of society, especially regarding social and health inequalities among older adults. Dr. Quesnel-Vallée’s research program responds to these challenges.