How should Montreal鈥檚 high schools be reformed?
If you could redesign high school, what might you change? Like most educational institutions across Canada, Montreal鈥檚 English high schools retain structures from the time of the industrial revolution. As the realities of students鈥� lives have transformed, schools are slowly adapting to a knowledge-based economy and unpredictable ecological and social challenges.
UU直播 research reveals positive impact of CMHA Ontario鈥檚 Talk Today program in Canadian Junior Hockey League
A new report by UU直播 Faculty of Education researchers shows Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario鈥檚 Talk Today program is making a positive impact on athletes in the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL).
What crocodile DNA reveals about the Ice Age
What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers from UU直播 discovered that while changing temperatures and rainfall had little impact on the crocodiles鈥� gene flow over the past three million years, changes to sea levels during the Ice Age had a different effect.
Astronomers capture radio signal from distant galaxy
How do stars form in distant galaxies? Astronomers have long been trying to answer this question by detecting radio signals emitted by nearby galaxies. However, these signals become weaker the further away a galaxy is from Earth, making it difficult for current radio telescopes to pick up.
How COVID-19 changed our grocery habits
To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, a team of UU直播 researchers, including School of Human Nutrition Professor Daiva Nielsen and postdoctoral fellow Katherine Labont茅, conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from Quebec to compare grocery shopping behaviours in 2019 and 2020. The study showed that at the beginning of the pandemic, people reduced the frequency of in-store shopping expeditions.
Illegal remixes: Law-breaking or creative license?聽
In the electronic dance music (EDM) community, what is viewed as intellectual property theft isn鈥檛 always up to the law鈥攊t鈥檚 up to the community. Norms around unlawful activities, such as illegal remixing, are often ambiguous and situation-specific. Ironically, illegal remixes can garner support, even career-launching acclaim.
Flying cars? Not so fast
Certain tech companies are promising dazzling futures when it comes to transportation, like Uber鈥檚 vision of skies buzzing with helicopter-like flying cars, and Elon Musk鈥檚 design for layers upon layers of automobile tunnels below city streets.
Significant reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions still possible
About a quarter of the world鈥檚 electricity currently comes from power plants fired by natural gas. These contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (amounting to 10% of energy-related emissions according to the most recent figures from 2017) and climate change.
Women experiencing intimate partner violence three times more likely to contract HIV
Women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV, according to a new study led by UU直播 researchers. In regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of intimate partner violence and HIV.
The other paleo diet: Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal
Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards 鈥� and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ecosystem of dinosaurs.
Story ideas: Environmental impact of holiday shopping; increasing vaccine uptake in Parc Extension
Circular economy may alleviate environmental impact of holiday shoppingCut-rate deals may be enticing around the holidays, but low prices can come with a high environmental cost. If shoppers don鈥檛 make choices wisely, their purchases could end up in the landfill.
Bots with feelings: Study explores how human customers react to AI chatbots with emotions
Artificial intelligence chatbots that show positive feelings 鈥� such as adding an 鈥淚 am excited to do so!鈥� or a few exclamation marks 鈥� do not necessarily translate into positive reactions or contribute to higher customer satisfaction, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of South Florida, the Georgia Institute of Technology and UU直播.
The hidden secrets of flowers
To better understand the evolution of flowers, researchers from Montreal are harnessing photogrammetry 鈥� a technique commonly used by geographers to reconstruct landscape topography. This is the first time scientists have used the technique to study flowers.
Methane from manholes and historic landfills: significant sources of gas go unrecognized
Cities are responsible for almost 1/5th of the global methane emissions caused by human activities. But most cities don鈥檛 capture information about the full range of sources of this powerful greenhouse gas. In 2020, a team led by UU直播, measured methane emissions from various sources across the city of Montreal.
