Jeffrey S. Mogil, McGill University Canada is in the midst of two intertwined and deadly health crises: the opioid crisis, and the “silent epidemic” of chronic pain. Chronic pain is in fact the most prevalent and costly health problem. Yet, despite Canada being the world leader in pain research, pain stubbornly remains the country's most misunderstood and costly health […]

Dr. Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo  Canada and 194 other countries reached the Paris Agreement, a plan to combat climate change, and are now determining the best strategies to control greenhouse emissions. Our speaker, Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland, likes to quote Lord Kelvin: “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” Dr. Strickland […]

Click here to view the presentation. || Cliquez ici pour voir la présentation. Version française ci-dessous Human actions have transformed and destroyed habitats for millennia. With the relentless spread of our urban and near urban areas, what does science tells us about our impacts on biodiversity in the places close to where most of us live? […]