Students /sociology/taxonomy/term/74/all en [VIRTUAL] From patients to iPSCs: Your first step for drug discovery /sociology/channels/event/virtual-patients-ipscs-your-first-step-drug-discovery-369675 <p>To register, click <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IlGGvoiZm2P24hBfqcN9tDpDet9K3WkNZUlpBsSVlbY/viewform?edit_requested=true"><strong>here</strong></a></p> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:56:18 +0000 admin 6762 at /sociology Graduate Student Research Day: Imaging the innate immune system during regeneration and... /sociology/channels/event/graduate-student-research-day-imaging-innate-immune-system-during-regeneration-and-372327 <p>Graduate Student Research Day<br /> <b>Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul Kubes </b></p> Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:50:51 +0000 admin 6760 at /sociology Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers /sociology/channels/news/thomas-soehl-awarded-frq-funding-study-french-language-integration-among-newcomers-372261 <p>The project will study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life. </p> <p>Read the full article on the <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/thomas-soehl-awarded-frq-funding-to-study-french-language-integration-among-newcomers/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=wn_April_02_ENGLISH&amp;utm_source=whatsnewstaff&amp;utm_term=º£½ÇÉçÇø-launches-initiative-to-strengthen-Canada%E2%80%99s-health-c">º£½ÇÉçÇø Reporter website</a>. </p> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:51:52 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 6759 at /sociology April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day /sociology/channels/news/april-2-world-autism-awareness-day-372254 <p>To mark this day, the team at the Neuro-Patient Resource Centre is sharing one of its favorite books with you:</p> <p> </p> <p>Often, when autistic people and non-autistic people talk about autism, they’re talking about two different things. "L'Autisme expliqué aux non-autistes" attempts to bridge the gap between these perspectives.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:47 +0000 admin 6757 at /sociology Prof. Skyler Wang's work on AI companionship featured in The Atlantic /sociology/channels/news/prof-skyler-wangs-work-ai-companionship-featured-atlantic-372238 <p>Prof. Skyler Wang's recently published Social Media + Society article on "on-demand" intimacy was featured in The Atlantic.</p> <p>Read the article on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/03/ai-friendship-chatbot/686345/?gift=RRUwO0MqDZ04E409VHbUwTIlvPd5kcLXc-IfFe8fYfs&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">The Atlantic website</a>. </p> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:11:37 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 6754 at /sociology AMR Centre Seminar + Social with Dr Manoj Jangra /sociology/channels/event/amr-centre-seminar-social-dr-manoj-jangra-372206 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:04:27 +0000 admin 6753 at /sociology The Info-Neuro cart schedule for April is now available! /sociology/channels/news/info-neuro-cart-schedule-april-now-available-372157 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:51:18 +0000 admin 6751 at /sociology Prof. Kalacska to speak at the Canadian Museum of Aviation /sociology/channels/news/prof-kalacska-speak-canadian-museum-aviation-372059 <p>Next week on Thursday March 26, Prof <a href="/geography/kalacska">Margaret Kalacska</a> is giving a public lecture at the Canadian Museum of Aviation (one of 3 speakers). The event will be streamed on Zoom.  More details available here: <a href="https://ingenium.ca/aviation/en/events/2026-kenneth-m-molson-lecture/">https://ingenium.ca/aviation/en/events/2026-kenneth-m-molson-lecture/</a></p> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:41:18 +0000 admin 6749 at /sociology NRS Graduate Seminars - 7 /sociology/channels/event/nrs-graduate-seminars-7-371947 <p>Get to know the exciting research our graduate students are working on in this seminar series. Talks will be divided into sections (see below). Everyone is welcome to attend. </p> <p><b>Location: </b>B1-015 (Barton Building)</p> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:29:24 +0000 admin 6744 at /sociology TB Seminar Dr. Hemant D Shewade. /sociology/channels/event/tb-seminar-dr-hemant-d-shewade-371539 <p>We are delighted to continue our seminar series for this academic year with a distinguished guest speaker, <b>Dr. Hemant D Shewade</b>. Please join us on <b>Friday, April 17th, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST</b> on <b>Zoom</b>.</p> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:28:58 +0000 admin 6738 at /sociology The Info-Neuro cart schedule for March is now available! /sociology/channels/news/info-neuro-cart-schedule-march-now-available-371538 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:36:49 +0000 admin 6736 at /sociology º£½ÇÉçÇø Geography at SKI 2026 /sociology/channels/news/mcgill-geography-ski-2026-371503 <p>Last week, nine members of the Geography Department (students and faculty) attended the 9th Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada (<a href="https://skiconference.ca/2026/">SKI2026</a>) in Banff, Alberta.  The conference brings together researchers of geographic information science (and systems), spatial data science, and related disciplines who live and work in Canada.  The conference was a blast and everyone is looking forward to SKI 2028.</p> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:27:21 +0000 admin 6735 at /sociology Prof. Skyler Wang wins the Computational & Data Systems Institute's 2026 Convergent Research Themes (CRT) Program Grant /sociology/channels/news/prof-skyler-wang-wins-computational-data-systems-institutes-2026-convergent-research-themes-crt-371381 <p>Together with co-PI Prof. Claire Boone (Economics &amp; DEEP), Prof. Skyler Wang’s project, "Gender, Choice, and Trust in AI-Mediated Mental Health Care," has been awarded a $10,000 grant to investigate how perceptions of therapeutic chatbots' gender shape trust, user experience, and patterns of engagement.</p> <p>Read more about the Computational and Data Systems Institute's <a href="/cdsi/research/convergent-research-themes-crt-program/exploratory-phase-recipients">2026 Exploratory Phase Recipients</a>.</p>   Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:40:32 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 6734 at /sociology º£½ÇÉçÇøâ€™s Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy announces Nicholas B. King as Associate Director, Rhonda Moore as Professor of Practice /sociology/channels/news/mcgills-trottier-institute-science-and-public-policy-announces-nicholas-b-king-associate-director-371071 <p>Nicholas B. King has been named the Associate Director of the <a href="/tispp/">Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy</a> at º£½ÇÉçÇø, where he holds appointments in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ School of Population and Global Health and the Faculty of Arts’ Max Bell School of Public Policy.</p> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:54:07 +0000 admin 6719 at /sociology The Info-Neuro cart schedule for February is now available! /sociology/channels/news/info-neuro-cart-schedule-february-now-available-370720 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:01:00 +0000 admin 6716 at /sociology