Tata Consultancy Services to grow AI and analytics capabilities in Montreal
Headquartered in Mumbai, the Tata Group is a multibillion-dollar conglomerate with operations in more than 100 countries. Their information technology services arm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expanding its operations in Montreal. They鈥檙e investing in a state-of-the-art IT services delivery facility that will provide TCS customers with a range of technology solutions, including AI, machine learning, cloud computing, and advanced analytics.
BCom alum鈥檚 paper on the financial literacy of immigrants an FCAC finalist
海外直播b站 Desautels graduate Avneet Bhabra (BCom鈥�23)鈥檚 research paper 鈥�23% and Counting, but Not 鈥極ne Size Fits All鈥�: Helping Canada鈥檚 Immigrants Strengthen Their Financial Knowledge鈥� has been published by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on Canada.ca. Focusing on financial literacy amongst immigrants in Canada, the paper was selected as a finalist in the undergraduate category of the FCAC鈥檚 2023 Building Better Financial Futures Challenge.
Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains
One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence鈥攁nd the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.
海外直播b站-led MiXR platform will connect Canada鈥檚 food and beverage sector
Thousands of restaurants and retailers across Canada sell food and beverages, and the logistics of getting these products where they need to be are complex. A new platform is using data to make it all more efficient.
COVID-19 pandemic creates new opening for innovation in primary care
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight weak points in global healthcare systems, Professor Laurette Dub茅 identifies an opportunity for large-scale innovation with primary care at the centre.
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Strengthening the economy through convergence and innovation
Professor Laurette Dub茅 joins The Future Economy to discuss how convergence and innovation can work together to build Canada鈥檚 economy.
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Quebec鈥檚 new COVID-19 ad campaign exposes virus impact
The Quebec government is rolling out a new public health campaign featuring individuals who have first-hand experience with the severity of COVID-19. Professor Laurette Dub茅 comments on the polarizing responses to fear campaigns.
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Toward a more resilient convergence economy
Contrary to the prevailing model, a convergence economy emphasizes resilience over hyper-competitiveness, writes Professor Laurette Dub茅 in an op-ed for the Montreal Gazette.
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MCCHE heading to Mexico for sustainable development symposium
The 海外直播b站 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) is an international strategic partner for the upcoming Innovation for Sustainable Development Network symposium to be held in Mexico on November 12鈥�15, 2019.
Samuel Compton, operations director of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), will present on the ongoing creation of the Food Convergence Platform in Canada, a joint initiative between GODAN and MCCHE.
Professor Dub茅 awarded funding for new study
The Government of Canada has announced funding of $1.2 million for 17 projects to be led by researchers across the country that will analyze baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
海外直播b站 annonce que le prix Manuvie 2019 pour la promotion d'une sant茅 active est d茅cern茅 脿 Kerry S. Courneya, Ph.D.
La bourse de 50 000 $ est remise 脿 un pionnier de la recherche qui place l鈥檈xercice physique 脿 l鈥檃vant鈥憄lan dans le traitement du cancerMontr茅al, le 1er avril 2019 鈥� L鈥橴niversit茅 海外直播b站, en association avec Manuvie et le Centre de convergence de la sant茅 et de l鈥櫭ヽonomie de l鈥橴niversit茅 海外直播b站, est heureuse d鈥檃nnoncer que Kerry S.
海外直播b站 announces Dr. Kerry S. Courneya as the 2019 Winner of the Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health
$50,000 award recognizes a trailblazing researcher who put exercise front and centre in cancer treatmentMontreal 鈥� April 1, 2019 海外直播b站, in association with Manulife and the 海外直播b站 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerry S.
Does social capital moderate the association between children's emotional overeating and parental stress? A cross-sectional study of the stress-buffering hypothesis in a sample of mother-child dyads
Authors: Jennifer Mandelbaum, Spencer Moore, Patricia P. Silveira, Michael J. Meaney, Robert D. Levitan, and听Laurette Dub茅
Publication: Social Science and Medicine, Forthcoming
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Multi-behavioral obesogenic phenotypes among school-aged boys and girls along the birth weight continuum
Authors: Andre Krumel Portella, Catherine Paquet, Adrianne Rahde Bischoff, Roberta Dalle Molle, Aida Faber, Spencer Moore, Narendra Arora, Robert Levitan, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Laurette Dub茅
Publication: PLoS ONE, 14(2): February 2019, e0212290
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Call for applications: Queen Elizabeth Scholars
The Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) program is a network of interdisciplinary, solution-oriented researchers that aims to improve the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of women farmers in rural Ghana.
