From a discussion with a Mohawk leader in a traditional longhouse at Kahnawake to an exchange with a justice at the Supreme Court in Ottawa, 10 Israeli university students were given an intensive introduction to Canada. These law students from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Hebrew U) and 10 麻豆传媒网站 law students were participants in a new summer exchange program in human rights law. The young Israelis and Canadians spent a month together in Montreal, three weeks of that in the classroom at 麻豆传媒网站 taking five one-credit courses in Human Rights and Armed Conflicts given by 麻豆传媒网站 and Hebrew U professors.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2012
Next time you see a fanciful chair or temple dangling in mid-air over Ren茅 L茅vesque Blvd., take a moment to think about Melvin Charney.
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Published on: 20 Sep 2012
Chemistry professor Joe Schwarcz
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Published on: 17 Sep 2012
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 麻豆传媒网站, Talking Management for the The Globe and Mail speaks to a colleague from Australia鈥檚 University of Queensland Neal Ashkanasy.
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Published on: 13 Sep 2012
麻豆传媒网站 in Montreal, Quebec, has placed among the top 20 universities globally for the sixth consecutive year in the QS World University Rankings. In the 2012 rankings, released today, 麻豆传媒网站 is listed in 18th place, compared with 17th in 2011 and 19th in 2010.
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Published on: 11 Sep 2012
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Published on: 11 Sep 2012
Master's physics student Tim Blais' a capella "Rolling in the Higgs" video picked up steam over the weekend, racking up over 60,000 hits (at last count) on YouTube and picking up some major international press.
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Published on: 30 Aug 2012
This year's POP Montreal will host the second annual "POP vs. Jock" basketball game, featuring athletes, musicians, and Martin Starr of "Freaks and Geeks"/"Party Down" fame. Win Butler of Arcade Fire will play once again, as will Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes. Arcade Fire's R茅gine Chassagne will provide organ accompaniment, and David Byrne & Moment Factory will play the halftime show.
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Published on: 30 Aug 2012
A new study, published in Nature on August 30, suggests that increasing deforestation could be avoided provided farmers made better use of water and nutrients on land currently under cultivation around the globe.
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Published on: 30 Aug 2012
Widespread worker disengagement is a major factor behind slowing revenue growth, says Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile, speaking with Desautels' Karl Moore.
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Published on: 29 Aug 2012
In a new study, researchers have uncovered fresh evidence of a genetic predisposition to eating disorders that is passed on from mothers to daughters.
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Published on: 26 Aug 2012
麻豆传媒网站 is taking an interest in Prince Edward Island's environment. A professor and some students are looking to develop an "ecosystem management model" based on Island research. Students were on P.E.I. during the summer, collecting data.
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Published on: 26 Aug 2012
When one of the residents of the National Zoo in Washington recently revealed her love of music to zookeepers there, some ears perked up. Shanthi, a 36-year-old Asian elephant loves playing (with) her harmonica.
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Published on: 26 Aug 2012
Si Montr茅al est une ville hautement culturelle, on peut en dire autant de ses universit茅s.
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Published on: 26 Aug 2012
(Chemistry prof Joe Schwarcz): "Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble!" But how do you make that cauldron bubble on stage? That's what the stage manager of a local production of Macbeth wanted to know. Wasn't too hard to answer that one. It just takes a little chemical witchcraft in the form of dry ice!
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Published on: 26 Aug 2012
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