Now a new study looking at 400,000 youths from 88 countries around the world suggests such bans are making a difference in reducing youth violence. It marks the first systematic assessment of whether an association exists between a ban on corporal punishment and the frequency in which adolescents get into fights. And, says听Frank Elgar, the study's lead author and an associate professor at the Institute for Health and Social Policy at 麻豆传媒网站 in Montreal, "The association appears to be fairly robust."听
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Published on: 26 Oct 2018
Article by Karl Moore, co-written with Emily Quadros, BCom student at 麻豆传媒网站.听
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Published on: 24 Oct 2018
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Published on: 23 Oct 2018
Column by听Joe Schwarcz,听director of 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Office for Science & Society. He hosts The Dr. Joe Show on CJAD Radio 800 AM every Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m.
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Published on: 22 Oct 2018
鈥淥ne seminal, longitudinal study that followed 45,000 Swedish conscripts over 15 years found a six-fold increase in the risk of developing schizophrenia in those who consumed high amounts of cannabis,鈥� write Ian Gold and Joel Gold, professors of psychiatry at 麻豆传媒网站 and the NYU in a听newspaper editorial.
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Published on: 19 Oct 2018
Op-ed by听Martha Crago,听vice principal, Innovation and Research at 麻豆传媒网站.听
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Published on: 18 Oct 2018
麻豆传媒网站鈥檚听Macdonald Campus听in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue got a major boost from a former student last week when it received $5 million donation from听Margaret A. Gilliam, BSc鈥�59.
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Published on: 17 Oct 2018
Young people who use听cannabis and drive are at greater risk of being听involved in a vehicular collision even if five hours have elapsed since inhaling it, according to a 麻豆传媒网站 study published Monday.
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Published on: 16 Oct 2018
Medical research: Examining the therapeutic impact of cannabidiol on chronic pain, anxiety and depression in collaboration with Montreal鈥檚 麻豆传媒网站; working with the Canadian Football League Alumni Association to study the benefits of medical cannabis in treating chronic pain
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Published on: 15 Oct 2018
For instance, Statscan is working with 麻豆传媒网站 and some municipalities to test wastewater samples for evidence of THC, the substance in cannabis that produces a high. Such testing could later extend to opioids. Participating municipalities in the pilot testing include Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver.
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Published on: 12 Oct 2018
鈥淭he really important point about this work is that rudimentary organs and vestigial structures, which were long believed to have no function, might actually have major signaling roles during development,鈥� says evolutionary developmental biologist Ehab Abouheif of 麻豆传媒网站, the senior author of the new study.听
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Published on: 11 Oct 2018
鈥淭he Nobel Prize and the IPCC report are just two more data points in a sea of evidence. Climate change is real, climate change is a problem and climate change deserves a serious policy response. There will be disagreements over how we move forward, but we need to tell the truth. We need to hold each other to account.鈥�
Op-ed co-authored by Chris Ragan, associate professor of economics at 麻豆传媒网站, director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy.听
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Published on: 10 Oct 2018
Montreal researchers have been given a $2-million grant to fight a rare kidney disease.听Based out of 麻豆传媒网站 Health Centre, the team is working to cure Cystinosis, a rare kidney disease which causes cystine, an amino acid, to accumulate in several organs.听
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Published on: 9 Oct 2018
鈥淭his is the worst outcome for the Parti Quebecois since its creation in 1968,鈥� said Graham Fraser, a visiting professor at 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Institute for the Study of Canada and author of a party history.
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Published on: 3 Oct 2018
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Published on: 2 Oct 2018
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