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McGill student helps create app to monitor skin to prevent spread of melanoma

Although Montreal’s weather hasn’t seen much sun lately, spring and warm weather are slowly approaching and so is exposure to UV rays and sunburns. Sunburns can damage skin cells and potentially lead...
Vanier College students close out Black History Month with fashion show

Vanier College students are wrapping up Black History Month in style - literally! This year’s fashion show celebrates Black culture and excellence, showcasing everything from headwear to streetwear,...
Traditional Indigenous ash basket weaving workshop at Concordia University

What do you get when you mix tradition, creativity, and a bit of elbow grease? A hands-on lesson in ash basket weaving! The Concordia University Research Chair in Onkwehonwené:ha has teamed up with...
Héma-Québec asking Black communities to donate blood for sickle cell anemia

Hundreds of patients in Quebec live with sickle cell anemia, a common hereditary blood disease that can be fatal. Black communities have been affected particularly hard and often suffer in silence as...
"We will no longer take it": The need for transparency and informed consent in research

Amid Black History Month, experts in the medical field were invited to speak at a panel discussion at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal, in collaboration...
Roofing companies: Important to remove heavy snow after storms

Toiture Vincent has cleared off 18 houses since nearly 74 centimetres of snow fell on Montreal last Thursday and on Sunday amid back-to-back snow storms with heavy snow piling up on roofs across the city...
Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal hosting memorial march for MMIWG2S+

Montrealer's took to the streets once again this year to commemorate and honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse+ (MMIWG2S+). The march began...
Muslim Awareness Week partners with Héma-Québec for annual blood drive

Since the deadly attack on a Quebec City mosque eight years ago that claimed the lives of six Muslim men and injured 19 others amid evening prayers, Héma-Québec has partnered with organizers of Muslim...
Montreal's Casa Bianca closes doors temporarily for a transformation

In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, owners of Casa Bianca in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal, and creators of the non-profit Project Casa, Danielle Lysaught and Paul Hamelin, generously opened their...