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CRCF Research Seminars

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CRCF Research Seminars

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New Research from Prof. Rose Bagot's Lab uncovers how GABAergic neurons encode experienced rewards

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New work from Dr. Rosemary Bagot's lab: inhibitory "GABAergic" neurons �� long treated as supporting players in the brain �� turn out to help track the recent history of rewards in two key decision-making regions (shown in mice). The work reshapes which neurons we think are keeping score of our past outcomes.
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Read the paper in Cell Reports

Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature Inaugural Lecture

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:00:08 +0000

Talk by Dr. Antje Chan, Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature, Religion, Literature and the Shaping of Neighbourliness in Late Medieval England.

Ya Hsuan (Wendy) Lin, Recipient of the 2026 Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:07:52 +0000

The Institute for the Study of International Development congratulates Wendy Lin, recipient of this year��s Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize. Wendy is a Joint Honours International Development Studies and Cultural Studies graduate with a minor in East Asian Language and Literatures. She received the award for her honours thesis, ��ȥȥ �C Coming and Going: A Qualitative Study on First- and 1.5-Generation Taiwanese Return Migration.��

91˿��Ƶ��s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:30 +0000

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

91˿��Ƶ celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

91˿��Ƶ awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

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From fundamental physics to child well-being, 91˿��Ƶ researchers advance discovery across disciplines?

91˿��Ƶ has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs �C six new and 10 renewed.

Provost honours 31 91˿��Ƶ professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:18 +0000

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 91˿��Ƶ Professors, James 91˿��Ƶ Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ��the very best of our academic community��.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 91˿��Ƶ professors as Distinguished James 91˿��Ƶ Professors, James 91˿��Ƶ Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

Meet the 91˿��Ƶ Arts students behind the Montreal International Poetry Prize

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:34:27 +0000

Curious about what goes on behind the scenes of an international poetry prize? The Faculty of Arts spoke to MA student Izzi Holmes and U3 Physics and English major Clara Costello about the important work they do for the Montreal International Poetry Prize and the positive impact it has on the 91˿��Ƶ community, and on poets around the world.

A Look Back at "Remembering Homelands, Rebuilding Lives: On the Lived Experiences of the Cambodian Diaspora in Canada��

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:40:45 +0000

In early February 2026, the 91˿��Ƶ Southeast Asia Lecture Series hosted a two-day conference on the Cambodian diaspora. Professor Erik Kuhonta, from Department of Political Science and the Institute for the Study of International Development, offers some reflections on the conference's success.

Catherine Bradley in 91˿��Ƶ News!

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Birks Annual Lecture Series

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Lectures by Tulasi Srinivas, Professor of Anthropology, Religion and Transnational Studies,?Marlboro Institute

First talk on October 22:

Submissions for the 2026 competition are open!

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:58:08 +0000

The Montreal International Poetry Prize is committed to encouraging the creation of original works of poetry, to building international readerships, and to exploring the world��s Englishes.

We award one prize of $20,000 CAD to a poet for a single poem of forty or fewer lines. A jury of internationally reputed poets and critics selects a shortlist of approximately sixty poems, from which a judge chooses one winner. The shortlist is published in The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology.

National Geographic grant awarded to Howe Sound researcher

nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000

Every summer growing up, Fiona Beaty's family would make the trip from Vancouver to Bowen Island, where she would spend her time playing in the woods and turning over rocks at the shore in her search for crabs. Now, Beaty is back on the coast and her more recent explorations in marine biology are getting much more attention. Last month, she was awarded a National Geographic Early Career grant to support her latest project, the Howe Sound Atl'ka7tsem Marine Reference Guide.

Gay and Once Divorced, a Canadian Rabbi Broadens Judaism��s Tent

nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:36:04 +0000

When?Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, the first openly gay rabbi of a large synagogue in Canada, was preparing to begin rabbinical school, she faced a daunting choice: love or serving God.

Her world was suddenly turned upside down in the late 1990s while she was studying religion at Oxford on a?Rhodes scholarship,?and fell in love with a woman she met at a conference. This posed a problem: The Conservative rabbinical school she planned to attend did not ordain openly gay rabbis.

Alumni

CRCF Research Seminars

CRCF Research Seminars

New Research from Prof. Rose Bagot's Lab uncovers how GABAergic neurons encode experienced rewards

Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature Inaugural Lecture

Ya Hsuan (Wendy) Lin, Recipient of the 2026 Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize

91˿����Ƶ��s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

91˿����Ƶ awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

Provost honours 31 91˿����Ƶ professors for exceptional research achievements

Meet the 91˿����Ƶ Arts students behind the Montreal International Poetry Prize

A Look Back at "Remembering Homelands, Rebuilding Lives: On the Lived Experiences of the Cambodian Diaspora in Canada��

Catherine Bradley in 91˿����Ƶ News!

Birks Annual Lecture Series

Submissions for the 2026 competition are open!

National Geographic grant awarded to Howe Sound researcher

Gay and Once Divorced, a Canadian Rabbi Broadens Judaism��s Tent

91˿��Ƶ��s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

91˿��Ƶ awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

Provost honours 31 91˿��Ƶ professors for exceptional research achievements

Meet the 91˿��Ƶ Arts students behind the Montreal International Poetry Prize

Catherine Bradley in 91˿��Ƶ News!