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Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, Ģ��Ƶ study finds

webfull — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:51:59 +0000

Warming temperatures and increased precipitation in the Canadian High Arctic are mobilizing new pathways for subsurface contaminants to spread from more than 2,500 contaminated sites associated with industrial and military sites across the region.

Published: 6 November 2025

Ancient mammoth tooth offers clues about Ice Age life in northeastern Canada

webfull — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:54:09 +0000

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.

Published: 5 November 2025

Experts: Social prescribing

webfull — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:34:12 +0000

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.

Published: 3 November 2025

Homecoming 2025: Water, Climate Change, and the Future

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:26:51 +0000

As part of last weekend’s Homecoming festivities, Interim Dean of Science Alanna Watt hosted an engaging and timely event on Friday morning entitled “Water, Climate Change, and the Future,” which highlighted the importance of freshwater science research in the face of a changing climate.

Published: 29 October 2025

Documenting Change: A conversation with Mostafa Shagar from Science for the People

webfull — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:11:36 +0000

Mostafa presenting on Science for the People at a Biology Seminar Day.

Authors: Lina Champain and Alia Sanger

Lina Champain and Alia Sanger interviewed Mostafa Shagar as an assignment in FSCI 500: Science Communication & Outreach. The interview has been edited for length.

Published: 29 October 2025

Experts: Hurricane Melissa

webfull — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:27:57 +0000

Hurricane Melissa, now a Category Five tropical cyclone, has made landfall in Jamaica. It is the strongest storm to hit the island country in at least 150 years and the most powerful recorded anywhere in 2025. It has caused severe flooding and mass evacuations across Jamaica and along the storm’s projected path, which includes Cuba and the Bahamas.

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Published: 28 October 2025

Fast Radio Burst Conference hosted at Ģ��Ƶ for the first time

webfull — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:03:31 +0000

Physics researchers Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin organize FRB2025, celebrating the 10th anniversary of a major finding in the field

Doris Hua, Faculty of Science Communications Assistant

Published: 23 October 2025

Nineteen new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to Ģ��Ƶ

webfull — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:58:35 +0000

Federal investment boosts Ģ��Ƶ’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs

Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced over $198 million in federal funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, including more than $13 million to support 19 Chairs—nine new and ten renewed—at Ģ��Ƶ.

Published: 22 October 2025

Ģ��Ƶ team pinpoints where a type of cell death begins

webfull — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:41:12 +0000

A team at Ģ��Ƶ studying ferroptosis, a form of cell death, have discovered that the process begins deep inside the cell, a finding that could lead to new treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Using antioxidant probes that light up as they are consumed, the team tracked ferroptosis in real time and identified the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as the key cellular structure where the process first takes hold. Protecting the ER and the lysosome, they found, can halt ferroptosis entirely.

Published: 22 October 2025

Biology’s Mahnaz Mansoori wins President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff

webfull — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:16:58 +0000

Phytotron Manager Mahnaz Mansoori (pictured above, left, with Biology Department Chair Prof. Gregor Fussmann) was one of nine Ģ��Ƶ staff members honoured with the President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff at last week's afternoon convocation ceremony. These annual awards recognize the talent, dedication, and hard work of staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the University’s mission.

Published: 20 October 2025

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