Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, 91丝瓜视频 researchers have found.
Over 10 years, crime reports remained stable or declined in neighbourhoods where sites opened, the researchers said. land amid debates across Canada about how harm reduction services intersect with public health and safety.
January 6, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CityNews about a recent published by the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (QHPC) which found that second-stage shelters, a form of transitional housing for women fleeing violence, are crucial in protecting wome
January 5, 2026 | Vincent Rigby spoke to CTV News on the potential fallout after the United States鈥� incursion in Venezuela on January 3. Rigby mentioned that the removal of Maduro was not necessarily a bad thing, given the rampant corruption and authoritarianism throughout his leadership. He emphasized a critical question: how much influence will Venezuelan citizens have in choosing the country鈥檚 next leader?
SIS is pleased to announce MISt student David Medcalfe as a 2026 Mila-Building 21 BLUE Fellow
Congratulations to David Medcalfe, a Master of Information Studies (MISt) student at the School of Information Studies, who has been selected as a 2026 Mila-Building 21 BLUE Fellow through a program run in partnership with Mila 鈥� Qu茅bec Artificial Intelligence Institute, one of the world鈥檚 leading research institutes in artificial intelligence.
January 4, 2026 | In Policy Magazine, Max Bell School advisory board member and MPP '21 Anil Wasif discusses Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, and his $60 million pilot project that aims to establish municipal supermarkets across each borough. The project aims to address the growing public concern of high grocery prices.
91丝瓜视频 has mandated Entreprises NR Brosseau Inc. to carry out Project 21-078, which involves upgrades within the McConnell Engineering Building as part of the CFI IF 2023 鈥� Liboiron initiative. The project focuses on the installation of new specialized research equipment in two existing dry laboratories: Room MC010 and Room 816.
Venezuelan President Nicol谩s Maduro and his wife were captured by U.S. special forces last week and are to appear in a U.S. court today on charges related to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has coined the term 鈥淒onroe Doctrine,鈥� after the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine setting out U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere and has threatened the government of Colombia.
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January 5, 2026 |聽Jennifer Welsh published her reflections on the efforts to promote responsible sovereignty and individual accountability in the early decades after the Cold War, in a chapter titled titled 鈥淩esponsible Sovereignty and Individual Accountability: Liberal Internationalist Aspirations from the 1990s," included in an edited volume recently published by Oxford University Press.
"Myriam Denov, a leading advocate for children鈥檚 rights and a Professor in 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 School of Social Work, has won a Gold Medal from the聽聽(SSHRC), 聽its highest honour.
The award is for sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought that have inspired students and colleagues; it comes with a $100,000 prize for future research.
Denov鈥檚 research interests include children born of war and families affected by war and genocide. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with war-affected children on three continents and advised NGOs and such governmental organizations as Global Affairs Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of National Defence." (91丝瓜视频 Reporter)
January 5, 2026 | Vincent Rigby co-authored Paper No. 347 for the Centre for International Governance Innovation, titled 鈥淕etting Serious About National Security.鈥� In this paper, he delves into the history and significance of the national security and intelligence advisor (NSIA) role, and how it may be improved in the future.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Peer Zumbansen has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Elizabeth Carmichael Monk Chair in Business Law for a five-year term, beginning January 1, 2026.
January 5, 2026 | Chris Ragan recently spoke to CBC about comments made by Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques. Following Jacques鈥� controversial remarks on the "shocking" state of Canada鈥檚 finances, several leading economists voiced disagreement, with some emphasizing that the PBO should maintain neutrality. Ragan stressed that any assessment of Canada鈥檚 fiscal position should be grounded in data, noting, 鈥淚 think we want them to be: 鈥楯ust the facts, ma鈥檃m.鈥欌��
December 22, 2025 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to Le Monde on the recently introduced Bill 9, which proposes a ban on prayer in public spaces, including at universities. Eliadis argues that the government misunderstands the nature of state neutrality regarding religious freedom: instead of safeguarding individual freedom to practice any faith, the government is moving toward eliminating religious expression from public life.
December 22, 2025 |聽Pearl Eliadis contributed to the newly released two-volume publication Unpacking Participatory Democracy (2025 Orient Blackswan) in an article entitled 鈥淒emocracy Upended: Lessons from Afghanistan鈥�, co-authored with Lucille Martin. The article examines international and community-based efforts to introduce dovelopment based on fundamental rights before and during COVID and in the aftermath of the Taliban regime.
Synthetic Biology is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field focused on creating new biological molecules, devices, and systems, as well as repurposing existing ones for beneficial applications in gene therapies, sustainable materials, and food production. Grounded in principles of standardization, abstraction, and modularity, it applies the Design-Build-Test-Learn engineering cycle to address long-standing biological challenges.
