Undergraduate Students /channels/taxonomy/term/19651/all en Canada should consider a hockey league of our own /channels/channels/news/canada-should-consider-hockey-league-our-own-368530 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:05:13 +0000 webfull 212826 at /channels Opera Excerpts /channels/channels/event/opera-excerpts-368527 <p><strong>Opera ³ÉÈË´óƬ</strong><br /> <strong>Patrick Hansen,</strong> Artistic Director<br /> <strong>Luna Pearl Woolf,</strong> Guest Music Director </p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:36:37 +0000 webfull 212823 at /channels Music Theory Class Concert /channels/channels/event/music-theory-class-concert-368526 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:29:46 +0000 webfull 212822 at /channels Nineteen new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to ³ÉÈË´óÆ¬ /channels/channels/news/nineteen-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-368524 <p><em>Federal investment boosts ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs </em></p> <p>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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ.  </p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:58:35 +0000 webfull 212820 at /channels Workshop Series: Accounting Area Speaker Prof. Rebecca Hann /channels/channels/event/workshop-series-accounting-area-speaker-prof-rebecca-hann-368519 Navigating Auditor Turnover: Early Promotion and Retention in the Audit Profession Presented by Rebecca Hann <p>Associate Dean of Research and Doctoral Programs<br /> Dean’s Professor of Accounting<br /></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:39:37 +0000 webfull 212815 at /channels Nineteen new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to ³ÉÈË´óÆ¬ /channels/channels/news/nineteen-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-368518 <p><em>Federal investment boosts ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs </em></p> <p>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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ.  </p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:06:26 +0000 webfull 212814 at /channels Video | Indigenous Engagement at D2R /channels/channels/news/video-indigenous-engagement-d2r-368395 <p>D2R is deeply committed to fostering Indigenous leadership within the realms of genomic medicine, RNA therapeutics and health inequities. We believe research is strongest when it is guided by respect, collaboration and trust. Our approach both respects and relies on Indigenous governance structures and ethics to guide project development, data management, and dissemination of results, ensuring outcomes are beneficial and aligned with the priorities of Indigenous communities.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:04:29 +0000 webfull 212813 at /channels WELL-E: Rethinking Cow Care with AI /channels/channels/news/well-e-rethinking-cow-care-ai-368517 <p>In Canada, researchers from ³ÉÈË´óÆ¬ University’s WELL-E Chair are using artificial intelligence to improve the welfare of dairy cows. At a farm in Montreal, high-definition cameras track cows’ movements, ear positions, and walking patterns to gather behavioral data. These subtle signals help assess the animals’ physical and mental health.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:25:23 +0000 webfull 212812 at /channels Congratulations to Peter Howitt (BA Honours ’68) — 2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics /channels/channels/news/congratulations-peter-howitt-ba-honours-68-2025-nobel-laureate-economics-368516 <p>The Department of Economics is thrilled to celebrate one of our own. We extend our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to Peter Howitt, ³ÉÈË´óÆ¬ alumnus (Honours Economics 1968), on being awarded the <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/peter-howitt-nobel-prize/">2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences</a> for his pioneering work on innovation-driven growth through creative destruction.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:20:14 +0000 webfull 212811 at /channels Professor Jean-Marie Dufour Receives Prestigious Mike McCracken Award /channels/channels/news/professor-jean-marie-dufour-receives-prestigious-mike-mccracken-award-368515 <p>The Department of Economics is proud to announce that Professor Jean-Marie Dufour has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Mike McCracken Award for econometric statistics from the Canadian Economic Association. This prestigious award recognizes Professor Dufour's groundbreaking contributions to the field of econometrics, particularly his pioneering work in resampling and simulation-based methods, identification-robust methods, and the analysis of causal relationships.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:19:29 +0000 webfull 212810 at /channels Department Welcomes New Associate Professor Maggie E.C. Jones /channels/channels/news/department-welcomes-new-associate-professor-maggie-ec-jones-368514 <p>The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Maggie E.C. Jones will be joining our faculty as an Associate Professor in August 2025. Professor Jones is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She holds a PhD in Economics from Queen's University (2018) and has established herself as a leading scholar in economic history, labor economics, and the economics of education.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:19:03 +0000 webfull 212809 at /channels Professor Nicolas Gendron-Carrier Receives Tenure /channels/channels/news/professor-nicolas-gendron-carrier-receives-tenure-368513 <p>The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Nicolas Gendron-Carrier has been granted tenure. Professor Gendron-Carrier joined ³ÉÈË´óÆ¬ in 2018 and has established himself as a leading researcher in urban and labour economics. His work examines interactions between economic agents in cities at localized scale as well as the impacts of transportation infrastructure on urban development. We congratulate Professor Gendron-Carrier on this well-deserved recognition of his contributions to research, teaching, and service.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:18:22 +0000 webfull 212808 at /channels Francisco Ruge-Murcia awarded the Senior Houblon-Norman Fellowship from the Bank of England for 2025-2026 /channels/channels/news/francisco-ruge-murcia-awarded-senior-houblon-norman-fellowship-bank-england-2025-2026-368512 <p>This prestigious fellowship is awarded by the Bank of England to a tenured full or chaired professor to promote research into and disseminate knowledge and understanding of the working, interaction and function of financial business institutions in the UK and elsewhere and the economic conditions affecting them. The Houblon-Norman Fellowship was established in 1944 to celebrate the 250th  anniversary of the Bank of England and it is named after the first Governor of the Bank, Sir John Houblon, and the Governor at the time of the anniversary, Montagu Norman.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:17:55 +0000 webfull 212807 at /channels Sonia Laszlo's promotion to Full Professor /channels/channels/news/sonia-laszlos-promotion-full-professor-368511 <p>We are happy to announce that <a href="/economics/sonia-laszlo">Professor Sonia Laszlo</a> has been promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2024. Professor Laszlo has served the Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor of Economics from 2003-2010, and as Associate Professor since 2010. She has served in numerous administrative roles including Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:17:19 +0000 webfull 212806 at /channels Welcome to Claire Boone /channels/channels/news/welcome-claire-boone-368510 <p>Dr. Claire Boone will be joining the Department of Economics and the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy in the School of Population and Global Health at ³ÉÈË´óÆ¬ University as an Assistant Professor in August 2024. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, affiliated with the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence and the Center for Health and The Social Sciences.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:16:45 +0000 webfull 212805 at /channels