"This is men's health week, a chance to renew thinking about men's mental health.
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Published on: 11 Jun 2018
Improved access to data on land prices is vital for future advances in global change science and policy. Spatially explicit land price information should be a public good available to the international community. An open-access, global land price database would enable policymakers, scientists, and civic society to better grapple with the economic, social, and environmental challenges posed by global change. Co-authored by Oliver T Coomes, Graham K MacDonald and Yann le Polain de Waroux from 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Department of Geography.
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Published on: 30 May 2018
The Quebec Government is partnering with 麻豆传媒网站 to try to stem the "Anglophone brain drain" - a phenomenon among university graduates who opt to leave the province with a diploma in hand.听
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Published on: 23 May 2018
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Published on: 23 May 2018
Opinion | In Quebec, air ambulances continue the incomprehensible practice of separating children and parents 鈥� despite no written policy demanding it.
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Published on: 23 May 2018
Heaven is wide open spaces 鈥� at least, it is for most people, according to a massive new data set of happiness in Canada.
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Published on: 18 May 2018
A Montreal startup founded by 麻豆传媒网站 grads has developed a carbon-negative method for making concrete that doesn't use cement, one of the world's largest sources of carbon emissions.
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Published on: 29 Apr 2018
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There is a lot of money behind providing cancer care, and cancer treatment centers spend an estimated $173 million on advertising each year. One of the ways they compete for patients is by offering a menu of clinical trial options and suggesting that participating in such trials gives patients an edge on their care.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2018
Finding the right child care can be a frustrating -- and expensive -- process for parents around the world, from New York to Nairobi. Access to adequate child care for all has become a "global" need, said Shelley Clark, a demographer and professor of sociology at 麻豆传媒网站 in Canada, who has studied child care and other family dynamics.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2018
"The important thing here is that we were able to estimate these differences between black and white men, and that helps us understand health inequalities," said Corinne Riddell, a postdoctoral researcher at 麻豆传媒网站 in Canada who was lead author of the study.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2018
Volunteers will span out across Montreal this听evening in attempt to get an idea of how many people in the city have nowhere to call home.听Montreal's second homeless count aims to give policymakers a sense of the challenges facing the city.听"We are capturing the number of individuals who are chronically homeless, staying in the street. This is a group that really needs help," said听Eric听Latimer, who is organizing the count.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2018
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Published on: 22 Apr 2018
Samedi prochain, le philosophe Charles Taylor recevra le Grand Prix litt茅raire international du festival Metropolis bleu. Copr茅sident de la commission Bouchard-Taylor, professeur 茅m茅rite de l'Universit茅 麻豆传媒网站, auteur de nombreux ouvrages, dont Les sources du moi et Le malaise de la modernit茅, Charles Taylor est un des penseurs les plus importants et pertinents de notre 茅poque. Ce prix est l'occasion d'茅changer avec cet homme qui a consacr茅 sa vie 脿 la r茅flexion et au dialogue.
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Published on: 22 Apr 2018
As the war of words over tariffs between the U.S. and听 China escalates, a group of students, alumni and faculty from 麻豆传媒网站 have returned from Asia.听 While the tariff controversy would appear to be a heated global topic, the group found that it took a backseat to other economic concerns.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2018
"In this critical moment, of ... racial profiling, of brutality that has made a Black Lives Matter movement (in the United States) urgently necessary, a moment in which white supremacist groups are on the rise, a moment in which the black community is still calling for economic justice, for equity in employment ... let us not forget the Reverend Dr.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2018
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