The McGill Media Relations Office presents the next assets to your vacation tales:
Health
Perry Adler, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, can converse to a variety of psychological well being matters, together with seasonal depressive dysfunction and its remedies, the “holiday blues,” household and social pressures throughout the holidays, in addition to stress and expectations tied to New Year’s Eve and resolutions.
perry.adler [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Christopher Labos, MD, Associate, Office for Science and Society, can debunk common well being myths, from post-holiday detox tendencies to the supposed advantages of chocolate and purple wine, and touch upon whether or not immune-boosting dietary supplements really assist forestall sickness.
christopher.labos [at] mail.mcgill.ca (English, French)
Jesse Papenburg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and infectious illness specialist, Montreal Children’s Hospital, can converse to the most recent flu and COVID-19 tendencies, vaccine steering and ideas for avoiding sickness over the vacations, together with what to observe for when travelling.
jesse.papenburg [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Rachel Rabin is an Associate Professor within the Department of Psychiatry and researcher on the Douglas Research Centre. As the festive season typically brings alcohol consumption into focus, she will focus on the neuroscience behind dependancy and the way and why to average consumption, together with the advantages of Dry January.
rachel.rabin [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Mitch Shulman, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, and attending doctor, Montreal General and Royal Victoria hospitals, can converse in regards to the rise in emergency room visits from seasonal well being dangers, together with coronary heart assaults from snow shovelling and slips on icy sidewalks, and provide sensible recommendation for managing allergy and bronchial asthma triggers similar to scented candles and Christmas timber.
mitchell.shulman [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Impacts on youngsters
Adam Dubé, Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Director of the Faculty of Education’s Technology, Learning, & Cognition (TLC) Lab, can talk about expertise and children/households/society in addition to youngsters and screens.
adam.dube [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Sara Grimes, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy and a Professor within the Department of Art History and Communication Studies, can talk about youngsters, youth and media/expertise; teenagers and social media; the digital recreation trade, youngsters’s rights and coverage within the digital surroundings; accountable AI and kids; AI in toys and video games, youngsters’s play, creativity and digital literacy.
sara.grimes [at] mcgil.ca (English)
Tina Montreuil, Associate Professor, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, Director of Childhood Anxiety and Regulation of Emotions C.A.R.E. Research Group, Faculty of Education, can discuss what occurs when acquainted faculty routines are eliminated and kids face difficulties in managing vacation social expectations, and coping with stress, anxiousness and isolation.
tina.montreuil [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Food and meals preparation
Alexandra Ketchum is an Associate Professor on the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. She is the co-editor of Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food and the co-founder and editor of The Historical Cooking Project, a web site devoted to meals research scholarship. She can focus on feminist and LGBTQ+ vacation meals traditions, in addition to meals safety for these communities.
Alexandra.ketchum [at] mcgill.ca (English, French, Spanish)
Xiaonan Lu is a Professor within the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry. He can be Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Food Safety, William Dawson Scholar and holds the Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety. He can touch upon meals security finest practices and supply sensible recommendations on dealing with, getting ready and storing vacation meals, and correct kitchen hygiene.
Xiaonan.lu [at] mcgill.ca (English, Mandarin)
Jennifer Ronholm is an Associate Professor on the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, an Associate Member on the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Canada Research Chair in Agricultural Microbiology. She can touch upon meals security finest practices and supply sensible recommendations on dealing with, getting ready and storing vacation meals and correct kitchen hygiene.
Jennifer.ronholme [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Pascal Thériault, Faculty Lecturer, Farm Management and Technology Program (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences), can touch upon the broader financial and environmental implications of overconsumption across the holidays in Quebec’s agri-food sector.
Pascal.theriault [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Gisèle Yasmeen is the JW McConnell Visiting Professor of Practice on the Max Bell School of Public Policy. She can focus on rising meals insecurity and meals financial institution utilization, and the elevated demand for these companies right now of yr.
Gisele.yasmeen [at] mcgill.ca (English, French, Thai, Spanish)
Shopping
Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, Desautels Faculty of Management, can talk about Canadians’ vacation spending, together with comparisons with final yr’s figures; the affect of tariffs, alternate charges, and nationalism; regional variations in spending; retail methods; AI-assisted on-line procuring; and this yr’s tendencies.
Vivek.astvansh [at] mcgill.ca (English)