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Green Chemistry

Green Chemistry

Green Chemistry is a relatively new field of research, with McGill playing a leading role worldwide. Find out how our researchers are developing processes and products to reduce or eliminate hazardous substances and manufacturing waste.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enFebruary 01, 2010

Broadband Technology

Broadband Technology

Broadband research is a McGill area of expertise. Meet researchers such as David Plant, Tho Le-Ngoc, and Mark Coates who are on the cutting edge of machine to machine communication, high-speed internet technologies, and wireless communications.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enFebruary 01, 2010

Alzheimer’s Research

Alzheimer’s Research

Alzheimer’s Disease is a devastating illness that is on the rise in Canada. However, McGill’s world-renowned researchers like Rémi Quirion, Judes Poirier, and Serge Gauthier are making major advances in our understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enJanuary 29, 2010

Mintzberg on Managing

Mintzberg on Managing

Management expert Henry Mintzberg has played a major role shaping the world’s concept of managing. According to him, CEO bonuses need to disappear and companies should promote “communityship”.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enNovember 16, 2009

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Fighting for Food Security

Fighting for Food Security

Food insecurity is a huge global problem. McGill Bioresource Engineering Professor Vijaya Raghavan is revolutionizing farming practices in rural India. By reducing crop loss, he is helping thousands of people.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enNovember 16, 2009

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Fighting for Food Security

Fighting for Food Security

Food insecurity is a huge global problem. McGill Bioresource Engineering Professor Vijaya Raghavan is revolutionizing farming practices in rural India. By reducing crop loss, he is helping thousands of people.

McGill Podcasts » Environment

enNovember 16, 2009

vijaya raghavan

Venir en aide aux victimes de sévices

Venir en aide aux victimes de sévices

Au Québec, 22 % des femmes et 9 % des hommes disent avoir été victimes de sévices sexuels. Il s’agit d’un problème largement méconnu, mais les choses changent grâce au Centre de recherche sur l’enfance et la famille de McGill. Portrait de Delphine Collin-Vézina et Nico Trocmé.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enNovember 16, 2009

Helping Victims of Abuse

Helping Victims of Abuse

In Quebec, 22% of women and 9% of men say they were sexually abused as children. Very little is known about the problem, but that is changing thanks to the McGill Centre for Research on Children and Families. Meet Delphine Collin-Vézina & Nico Trocmé, two of the leaders in the effort to fix this problem.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enNovember 16, 2009

Spectacular Spectroscopy

Spectacular Spectroscopy

McGill Chemistry Professor David Burns uses spectroscopy to identify the healthiest embryos for in vitro fertilization. This breakthrough could lead to an end to multiple births from in vitro fertilization, and early detection tests for diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enNovember 16, 2009

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Politique sociale et de santé

Politique sociale et de santé

Défendre les droits et répondre aux besoins des parents qui travaillent et des travailleurs à faible revenu — Jody Heymann et l’Institut des politiques sociales et de la santé de McGill défient les gouvernements de par le monde.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 27, 2009

Sciences végétales

Sciences végétales

Biocarburants, changement climatique, coût croissant de l’énergie, crise alimentaire mondiale, tels sont les champs d’intérêt du Pr Don Smith, directeur du Département de sciences végétales, dont les équipes de recherche s’attaquent aux problèmes les plus pressant de la planète.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 22, 2009

Sciences végétales

Sciences végétales

Biocarburants, changement climatique, coût croissant de l’énergie, crise alimentaire mondiale, tels sont les champs d’intérêt du Pr Don Smith, directeur du Département de sciences végétales, dont les équipes de recherche s’attaquent aux problèmes les plus pressant de la planète.

McGill Podcasts » Environment

enApril 22, 2009

Plant Science

Plant Science

Biofuels, climate change, rising energy costs, and the world food crisis – meet Plant Sciences Chair Don Smith, whose research teams are tackling the world’s most pressing problems.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 22, 2009

Plant Science

Plant Science

Biofuels, climate change, rising energy costs, and the world food crisis – meet Plant Sciences Chair Don Smith, whose research teams are tackling the world’s most pressing problems.

McGill Podcasts » Environment

enApril 22, 2009

Melting Polar Ice Caps

Melting Polar Ice Caps

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Professor Bruno Tremblay, one of Canada’s leading researchers on global warming, goes to the Canadian Arctic to measure sea ice melt and predicts an ice-free Arctic in summer.

McGill Podcasts » Environment

enApril 22, 2009

Melting Polar Ice Caps

Melting Polar Ice Caps

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Professor Bruno Tremblay, one of Canada’s leading researchers on global warming, goes to the Canadian Arctic to measure sea ice melt and predicts an ice-free Arctic in summer.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 22, 2009

Health and Social Policy

Health and Social Policy

Defending the needs and rights of working families and the working poor: Jody Heymann and the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy challenge governments around the world.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 22, 2009

Double Pulsars

Double Pulsars

Through her award-winning research, Vicky Kaspi, a world-renowned McGill astrophysicist and pulsar expert, makes stars out of her students and headlines around the world.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 21, 2009

Fibre Optic Research

Fibre Optic Research

How can 20th-century fibre optics handle the connectivity needs of the 21st-century? David Plant’s lab in McGill’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is in a global race to meet the demands of high-definition video.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 21, 2009

Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology

Meet legendary neuropsychologist Dr. Brenda Milner, credited with many landmark discoveries in the study of human memory and the temporal lobes.

McGill Podcasts » Making Headway

enApril 21, 2009

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