Knowledge translation: Why art can be a meaningful tool to communicate deep science Kate Shingler May 13, 2022 266 Brain Canada and the Convergence Initiative co-sponsor exhibition of artwork to explore the intersection of the arts, neuroscience and society The installation “Unwoven” represents the exploration of the assi...
RBC Foundation donates $2 million to help launch first-ever Brain Canada Youth Mental Health Platform Kate Shingler November 12, 2021 779 The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s collective mental health and wellness has been massive. Mental illness disproportionately affects people between the ages of 15 and 29 worldwide, and accounts...
A Ride to Remember: One Montreal family takes life by the handlebars, and raises funds for brain research Kate Shingler September 21, 2020 1996 Helping to bathe and dress your grandfather is not a typical responsibility for a 17-year-old Montreal high school student. But even as teenagers, Matthew and Evan Wener were all too aware of the toll caring fo...
Prominent Montreal families come together to fight the pandemic with $4M donation to MUHC Foundation Kate Shingler April 26, 2020 2537 The Hewitt Foundation, the late Elspeth McConnell, and the Trottier Family Foundation combine their donations to fight COVID-19 Just days into 2020, researchers in Wuhan, China announced that a spike in pneumo...
What’s your reason? Run with the MUHC Foundation this year and support a cause close to your heart Kate Shingler February 6, 2020 1537 With the holidays behind us, many of us are embracing the New Year with fresh exercise and health goals. One way of ensuring we stay active and fit during the winter months is to train for an outdoor event that...
Fondation Yvon Michel raises funds in support of metastatic breast cancer patients Kate Shingler November 21, 2019 3353 The Yvon Michel Foundation is partnering with the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) Foundation to support an innovative new research project led by Dr. Peter Metrakos, Head of the Cancer Research Program a...
MUHC Foundation’s Dream Big: Fix Broken Hearts campaign will transform cardiovascular care Kate Shingler October 24, 2019 3381 On September 17, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation launched the Dream Big: Fix Broken Hearts campaign, a $50 million fundraising effort supported by campaign co-chairs Patricia Saputo, Patri...
MI4 is working to solve humanity’s deadliest puzzles Kate Shingler July 22, 2019 1375 McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) A team of leading Montreal-area researchers are sounding the alarm, warning us that we as a society, are facing an apocalypse. It’s not the...
Q & A with McGill University Health Center CEO Dr. Pierre Gfeller Kate Shingler June 24, 2019 1721 This month, President and Executive Director of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Dr. Pierre Gfeller marks his first full year on the job. A family physician by training, Dr. Gfeller has more than 3...
Dr. Lucy Gilbert brings new hope to ovarian cancer patients Kate Shingler May 29, 2019 2694 Marie-France Angers savours the small things that perhaps only those who have been really sick, and staring down death can truly appreciate. She enjoys spending time in nature, and walking through the woods at ...
