/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10964/all en /newsroom/channels/news/chris-ragan-canadas-productivity-challenge-calgary-productivity-summit-2024-361549 <p>Nov. 13, 2024 | Chris Ragan was on a panel at the 2024 Calgary Productivity Summit entitled "Canada's Productivity Challenge: Why It Matters". The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJbTkDVRsI10iuPftbCkT1GnaHDXY4G5_">two-day event</a> included perspectives from notable and respected leaders, economists, professors, and business leaders.</p> <p>Chris shared three points in his remarks on the panel, including "it all starts with per capita GDP" and "Canadians should work better, not harder."</p> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:20:14 +0000 admin 314864 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/event/olszewski-lecture-spatially-resolved-single-cell-genomics-cell-atlas-brain-361354 <p>The Neuro's Olszewski Lecture, established in 1986, honours Dr. Jerzy Olszewski (1913–1964), a pioneering neuroanatomist and neuropathologist. Invited to The Neuro by Dr.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:36:37 +0000 admin 314846 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/open-science-project-funded-15m-361131 <h2><b>YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the “reproducibility crisis” in research</b></h2> <p>An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.</p> <p>YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000 admin 314820 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/home-neurological-disorder-diagnosis-project-receives-major-funding-361075 <h2><b>$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease</b></h2> <p>REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What’s worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson’s disease.</p> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:24:33 +0000 admin 314811 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/anil-wasif-imf-and-world-bank-addressing-global-challenges-policy-magazine-360671 <p>October 22, 2024 | Alumnus Anil Wasif MPP'21 wrote an <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/at-the-imf-world-bank-annual-meetings-the-mood-is-for-reform/">article</a> about the IMF and the World Bank initiating to promote global economic stability. It has been 80 years since the establishment of these institutions and new challenges have sprung.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:40:19 +0000 admin 314778 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/tackling-negative-implications-less-cash-society-cbc-news-357867 <p>June 30, 2024 | The digital brigade, powered by e-transfers, PayPal and Apple Pay, has gained unprecedented momentum. This is leading towards a cashless society, as Canadians tend to embrace electronic methods of payments. However, cash holds many significance in the social and economic realm. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7248846">CBC News</a> featured one of our MPP alum, Aftab Ahmed for their news article about the harm of leaping towards the cashless Canadian economy. </p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:52:55 +0000 admin 314790 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-carbon-tax-got-alberta-coal-and-could-reduce-future-wildfires-sierra-club-canada-357626 <p>Jun 4, 2024 | The Environment in Canada Podcast <a href="https://www.sierraclub.ca/carbon-tax-coal-wildfires/">Episode 19</a> on the Carbon Tax, Alberta Getting off Coal, and Future Wildfires underscores the emergent need for a comprehensive understanding of carbon pricing and its benefits. Far from being mutually exclusive, Canada can implement a robust carbon pricing system while addressing inflation and paving the way for a green future.</p> Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:13:28 +0000 admin 314794 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/chris-ragan-carbon-taxes-bnn-bloomberg-360673 <p>October 18, 2024 | A price on carbon is widely accepted by economists as an efficient way to measure the harm done by carbon and to encourage behavioural change, but is it the best route given that it comes with a real cost to consumers and the economy? <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan</a> spoke about the carbon pricing in his conversation with Amanda Lang on <a href="https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/taking-stock/2024/10/18/weighing-the-impact-of-carbon-taxes/">BNN Bloomberg</a>.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:00:20 +0000 admin 314777 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/current-state-canada-us-defence-relations-canadian-global-affairs-institute-360286 <p>September 9, 2024 | Vincent Rigby was a guest on <a href="https://www.cgai.ca/the_current_state_of_canada_us_defence_relations" title="The CGAI Podcast Network">The CGAI Podcast Network</a> where he spoke about the The Current State of Canada-US Defence Relations. </p> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 21:49:37 +0000 admin 314779 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/accelerating-canadas-green-energy-transition-toronto-star-357907 <p>July 4, 2024 | Canada produces 80 per cent non-emitting electricity, however there stands a need for transitioning towards a clean energy transition that meet its emission goals by requiring building bigger, cleaner, smarter grids capable of doubling or tripling current capacity. "Net zero energy road maps from provincial governments can provide the missing direction. Road maps articulate a provincial government’s vision, objectives, and plans for how the province will meet its energy needs on the road to net zero," Chris Ragan and Rick Smith explains. </p> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:21:22 +0000 admin 314789 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/alumna-henna-hundal-climate-activity-357697 <p>Our alumna, Henna Hundal, from the MPP Cohort of 2020-21, has been making significant contributions to climate change advocacy. Henna has been featured prominently in the media, addressing urgent environmental issues. As a delegate to the U.N. Climate Change Conferences, she recently discussed the influence of Big Oil on climate policy in an <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/06/world/video/un-climate-heat-hell-warning-hundal-vause-intv-060612aseg2-cnni-world-fast">interview with CNN's John Vause</a>, following the U.N.</p> Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:56:12 +0000 admin 314793 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/vincent-rigby-strained-canada-india-diplomatic-relationship-globe-and-mail-360675 <p>October 15, 2024 | <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/vincent-rigby">Vincent Rigby</a> wrote an article about the <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-india-crossed-a-red-line-canada-had-to-respond-decisively/">straining diplomatic relationship of Canada and India</a> in The Globe and Mail. The Canadian government expelled six Indian diplomats, including the High Commissioner, brought India-Canada relations to their lowest ebb in 40 years.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:28:35 +0000 admin 314776 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/jennifer-welsh-sunday-magazine-cbc-news-357711 <p>June 9, 2024 | Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Arif Lalani and <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/jennifer-welsh">Jennifer Welsh</a> in The Sunday Magazine podcast, about the national security committee's allegation that some parliamentarians helped foreign governments meddle in Canadian politics, the latest developments in the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's weaker-than-expected election victory in <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6417800">the week in global affairs</a>.</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:27:31 +0000 admin 314791 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/public-inquiry-foreign-interference-enters-final-phase-canada-india-relations-national-post-360682 <p>October 25, 2024 | <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/vincent-rigby">Vincent Rigby</a> along with professor Thomas Juneau wrote an article on the recommend strategies for Canada to ease the relationship with India in the<a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-ottawa-has-failed-to-make-national-security-and-its-transparency-a-priority"> National Post</a>.  The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference (PIFI) is in its final phase, with a report due in December 2024 that will recommend strategies to counter future threats to Canada's democrac</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:11:43 +0000 admin 314775 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/anil-wasif-bangladeshs-current-political-upheaval-policy-magazine-358148 <p>July 24, 2024 | Our alumni, Anil Wasif, from the MPP Cohort of 2020-21, who also sits on the advisory board of the Max Bell School of Public Policy wrote an <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/a-plea-for-bangladesh-to-meet-this-moment/">article on the current upheaval in Bangladesh</a>. "The past week’s events in Bangladesh, where nearly 200 people have lost their lives in a violent crackdown on student-led protests, is just the latest reminder of the underlying social and political issues plaguing Bangladeshi society.</p> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:00:24 +0000 admin 314787 at /newsroom