Expert: Burkini in France
鈥淔rance's highest administrative court has suspended a ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits that was imposed in a town on the Mediterranean coast.鈥� (BBC)
Experts: Earthquakes in Italia and Burma
A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that at least听50 people were killed and hundreds injured as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors.鈥� (CBC)
Experts: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Congo and Angola
鈥淭he World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency committee on deadly yellow fever will meet on Aug.
The Great Canadian Sleepwalk 鈥� the road to good nights
"To sleep - to sleep, perchance to dream鈥�, these words made famous by William Shakespeare, in the play Hamlet are familiar to many of us. But did you know that sleep is just as important as diet and exercise for a healthy lifestyle?
Expert: flossing
"The world woke to the smell of burning floss last week, as thunderous applause met听news reports听that there was, after all, no evidence for dentists recommending flossing.
Henry Mintzberg and 鈥淥n the Earth, for the Earth鈥�
Hundreds of 2016 World Social Forum participants will meet to brainstorm new solutions to climate change on August 10 at Percival Molson Stadium.
World Breast Feeding Week
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. (WHO)
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Elections in South Africa
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鈥淪outh Africans are heading to the polls on Wednesday in what Barclays analysts have dubbed "the most important elections since the 1994 democratic transition" 鈥� back when Nelson Mandela was elected in the country's first elections post-Apartheid.鈥� (Business Insider)
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Private Company Gets Approval To Put Lander on Moon
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鈥淢oon Express, based in Cape Canaveral, Fla., announced Wednesday that it had received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to set a robotic lander on the moon.鈥� (The New York Times)
Experts: Viruses in Rio 2016
鈥淛ust days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by the Associated Press.鈥� (The Independent) 听Brazil 2016: Politics, Olympics Games, and Zika
Philip Oxhorn, Political Science, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, 成人VR视频Professor Oxhorn is an expert in democracy, economic development and Latin American Comparative Politics. He can comment on social, political, and economic angles.
philip.oxhorn [at] mcgill.ca听(English, Spanish)
Expert: Turkey (July 21, 2016)
"Turkey has banned all academics from leaving the country,听cancelling their annual leave, as President Tayyip Erdogan's post-coup crackdown escalated to 'exceptional proportions'. One British academic at a state-run university in Istanbul told the Telegraph that foreign nationals had also been told to come back to work." (The Telegraph)
成人VR视频 expert: Brain injuries, concussions
听June is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults from ages 1 to 44. Brain injuries are most often caused by motor vehicle crashes, sports injuries, or simple falls on the playground, at work or in the home.
Expert: Uber (May 13, 2016)
"Transport Minister Jacques Daoust stood firm on his promise to regulate the ride-sharing service Uber and tabled Bill 100 on Thursday, which would effectively force Uber drivers to buy or rent taxi permits." (The Montreal Gazette)
Expert: Health Care Accessory Fees (Quebec)
The Quebec government has the intention to prohibit all accessory fees in health care.听(La Presse)
