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“Food and fuel in security can very quickly quickly lead to unrest,” Jamal Saghir, a professor at 鶹ýվ.  

“It’s likely that such shocks will happen again. Such crises might trigger violent crisis and increase public support for extremist groups offering viable alternatives,” he told attendees at the conference. “Terrorist organisations like ISIS also capitalise on climate change to get new members. They find impoverished farmers to take advantage of - they are offered food, salaries, and other advantages.

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Published on: 20 Feb 2019

鶹ýվ’s Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue received a major federal investment of $7 million to the Biomass Cluster under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

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Published on: 19 Feb 2019

John and Marcy McCall MacBain are acutely aware of the challenges that today’s university students face. Their record-breaking $200-million gift this week toward a scholarship program at 鶹ýվ in Montreal will certainly help alleviate many of those difficulties for their scholars.

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Published on: 18 Feb 2019

“People with a lot of interpersonal insecurities — whether they have prior experiences with negative relationship, or even in borderline personality disorder, where you have extreme concerns about being abandoned by others — in those individuals, oxytocin [may] amplify those interpersonal fears and concerns,” Jennifer Bartz, a 鶹ýվ psychologist, told me in 2016.

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Published on: 15 Feb 2019

The findings, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, suggest a greater need for education about the mental-health risks associated with cannabis, says lead author Gabriella Gobbi, a researcher at the Research Institute of the 鶹ýվ Health Centre.

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Published on: 14 Feb 2019

A new $200-million scholarship fund set up by a Canadian couple who made a fortune reinventing classified ads will allow students from coast to coast to pursue higher learning at 鶹ýվ that otherwise may have been out of reach.

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Published on: 13 Feb 2019

As the outermost portion of the hot lava flow comes into contact with the cold air, it cools rapidly, forming a hardened crust, explains Dr. Richard Léveillé. Léveillé is an adjunct professor at 鶹ýվ's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and a member of the 鶹ýվ Space Institute. But liquid lava continues to flow like water in a channel underneath this newly hardened surface. At some point, that liquid lava runs out and cools underneath the surface, forming a curvy, tube-shaped structure. Boom — a lava tube is born.

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Published on: 12 Feb 2019

Abusive speech is notoriously difficult to detect because people use offensive language for all sorts of reasons, and some of the nastiest comments do not use offensive words. Researchers at 鶹ýվ in Montreal, Canada, are training algorithms to detect hate speech by teaching them how specific communities on Reddit target women, black people and those who are overweight by using specific words.

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Published on: 11 Feb 2019

“It’s really one of the great high tech success stories in Montreal,” said Karl Moore, a professor at 鶹ýվ’s Desautels Faculty of Management.

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Published on: 8 Feb 2019

“We’re underestimating the impact of the ice sheets on the climate system,” said Natalya Gomez, a professor at 鶹ýվ and co-author of a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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Published on: 7 Feb 2019

The world of retail is changing at a dizzying pace, and the transformation extends far beyond online shopping. A report issued by the World Economic Forum in 2017 on the future of consumption noted that retail is becoming more “inspirational, exciting, simple and convenient” to meet the needs of the empowered consumer. 鶹ýվ is embracing this change, having recently launched the new Bensadoun School of Retail Management to lead research and prepare future generations of leaders to navigate today’s new retail landscape.

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Published on: 6 Feb 2019

It’s small wonder that buying drugs is expensive. The federal government is consulting on whether a national pharmacare program can reduce costs, while providing coverage to vulnerable populations. But there is a complementary avenue to be explored that promises to lower healthcare costs and revitalize Canada’s pharmaceutical industry—personalized medicine.

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Published on: 5 Feb 2019

We found that 30.8 per 1,000 of the women in our study who received an infertility treatment experienced a severe pregnancy complication,” said lead researcher Dr. Natalie Dayan, director of obstetric medicine at 鶹ýվ Health Centre.

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Published on: 4 Feb 2019

"It's not easy for people that have had concussions," said Dr. Alain Ptito, a neuropsychologist at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and director of the Department of Psychology at the 鶹ýվ Health Centre.

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Published on: 1 Feb 2019

Construction-contract bidding can reap profits exponentially greater than design work, “but they need to make sure that they get it right,” said Karl Moore, an associate professor at 鶹ýվ’s business school.

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Published on: 31 Jan 2019

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