🧠🌲 Researchers from #McGill University reviewed over 100 brain-imaging studies to explain how natural patterns like #fractals ease sensory load and quiet the amygdala.

This process shifts the #brain out of fight-or-flight mode and restores task-driven attention that is often fatigued by digital screens.

👉 https://theconversation.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-in-nature-the-neuroscience-explained-277332

#neuroscience #health #nature #biology #wellness #science #mentalhealth #learning

#Montreal ice storm: What will be closed & disrupted

#REM to de-ice in AM.

“All public Montreal-area elementary and high schools will be closed Wednesday, the 20 English-language school boards and French-language school service centres announced on Tuesday.

Concordia, UdeM & #McGill will be closed, though other post-secondary institutions had not yet made decisions.”

#QCStorm

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-ice-storm-what-will-be-open-closed-and-disrupted-wednesday

'I Smell Burnt Toast': Mapping the Human Brain

Dr. Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon at McGill University, changed our understanding of the human brain. By electrically stimulating the brains of conscious patients during surgery (who reported sensations like smelling burnt toast), he created functional maps of the brain's cortices. His 'Montreal Procedure' for treating epilepsy is still used today. #Canada #Neuroscience #McGill #MedicalHistory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Penfield

Conversion of human urine into energy by McGill university researchers

Des chercheurs de l’Université #McGill ont trouvé une façon d’améliorer l’efficacité d’une méthode de conversion de l’urine humaine en électricité.

Des chercheurs optimisent la conversion de l’urine humaine en énergie

#Montreal #Quebec

https://lp.ca/hizwF8?sharing=true

By #JacobWesoky, president of #DemocratsAtMcGill, via @mtlgazette - Feb 5, 2026
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#Opinion: How it feels to be an #American living in Canada right now

I’m living in #Canada, where #multiculturalism, the rule of law and democratic norms remain strong, watching the freedoms I once took for granted wither away at home.

#McGill #PoliSci #politics #StopTheDictatorship #StopAuthoritarianism #StopTrump

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/op_eds/opinion-how-it-feels-to-be-an-american-living-in-canada-right-now

McGill women’s rugby finds new life after being cut thanks to player-led fundraiser

After the McGill University women's rugby program was cut, players and coaches began fundraising and have relaunched the team. #mcgillrugby #mcgill #mcgillsports ** Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: Connect with CTV News: For live updates and latest headlines visit: For breaking news, fast, download the CTV News App: Must-watch stories and full programs at

https://fllics.com/en/video/mcgill-womens-rugby-finds-new-life-after-being-cut-thanks-to-player-led-fundraiser/

'I Smell Burnt Toast': Mapping the Human Brain

Dr. Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon at McGill University, changed our understanding of the human brain. By electrically stimulating the brains of conscious patients during surgery (who reported sensations like smelling burnt toast), he created functional maps of the brain's cortices. His 'Montreal Procedure' for treating epilepsy is still used today. #Canada #Neuroscience #McGill #MedicalHistory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Penfield

Legault's legacy of making Anglos feel unwelcome in their own province
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/legaults-legacy-of-making-anglos-feel-unwelcome-in-their-own-province

I think of this as the "hassle the anglos" strategy: the #CAQ would periodically show how much they cared about protecting French by creating new difficulties for anglo-Quebeckers.

As if the presence of #McGill in #Montréal, for instance, isn't an advantage for Quebeckers overall...

#polqc
#NationalPost