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Canada could affordably electrify every transit bus fleet in the country, study shows

Fully electric bus fleets across Canadian transit systems are not only affordable and possible, they would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 92 per cent, the study shows.

January 29, 2026

Health & Medicine

Cannabis, teens and mental health: Ontario youth experience sharp rise in depression and anxiety

Psychological distress among Ontario teenagers nearly tripled over a decade, and it's worse for frequent cannabis users, McMaster research shows.

January 29, 2026

Health & Medicine

Scientists uncover hidden cells fuelling brain cancer — and a drug that could stop them

Scientists from McMaster and the Hospital for Sick Children have uncovered a new way to slow the growth of aggressive glioblastoma, and identified an existing medication that could treat it.

January 21, 2026

Entrepreneurship

New roadmap for accelerated commercialization and entrepreneurship at McMaster

The summary report is an important step in advancing McMaster's innovation ecosystem and supporting its growing community of researchers, entrepreneurs and industry partners.

January 28, 2026

Inside McMaster’s world-class EV innovation hub

McMaster University is home to one of the world’s largest academic EV research programs. We are also leading discovery in everything from next-gen fuels to thermal and nuclear energy solutions.

Learn how McMaster is developing the technology and the talent for a sustainable energy future.

Health & Medicine

Canada & the World

Analysis: For women who live on the margins, health care is often out of reach. Here’s how we can build a bridge to access

Women affected by poverty, racism, trauma, caregiving stress or unstable housing often lack primary health care. They wind up in walk-in clinics or emergency with late-stage serious illnesses, experts say.

February 11, 2026

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Health & Medicine

Analysis: Tumbler Ridge shootings highlight the need for mental health support for survivors and their community

Trauma expert Margaret McKinnon shares information on canEMERG, which connects Canadians from coast to coast with the mental-health resources and tools they may need after a traumatic event.

February 11, 2026

A baby wearing a bib, with a baby spoon in their mouth and their hand on a high chair tray beside a bowl.

Health & Medicine

Food allergies: New study pinpoints early-life risk factors

A 'perfect storm' of genetics, health and environmental factors influence whether a child becomes allergic to food, new research shows.

February 10, 2026

Energy & Sustainability

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Energy & Sustainability

McMaster joins nuclear not-for-profit Conexus

McMaster is the first academic institution to join as part of the organization’s new Research Reactor Membership category.

January 20, 2026

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Energy & Sustainability

Bird observatory taking flight at McMaster Forest Nature Preserve

With help from Planetary Health Seed Fund, McMaster's observatory will join a network across North America monitoring migratory birds.

December 9, 2025

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Energy & Sustainability

Four planetary health research projects awarded $320,000 in seed funding

The new grant supports two-year interdisciplinary projects focused on living labs, energy pathways, nuclear energy and medicine, and energy transition and electrification.

December 5, 2025

Canada & The World

Canada & the World

Analysis: For women who live on the margins, health care is often out of reach. Here’s how we can build a bridge to access

February 11, 2026

Canada & the World

Analysis: Why Iran keeps turning off the internet during mass protests

By cutting internet access during uprisings, the Iranian regime turns connectivity itself into a mechanism of control, writes expert Niloofar Hooman.

January 29, 2026

McMaster professor Jim Dunn and graduate student Zoé el Helou standing outdoors looking off into the distance

Canada & the World

McMaster expert develops blueprint for Canada’s housing crisis with proven international strategies

Adopting policies that have worked in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Finland will help Canada rapidly develop more affordable housing, says expert Jim Dunn.

December 18, 2025

Science & Technology

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Science & Technology

McMaster and Hakai Institute awarded $2.3 million to lead ancient DNA study on climate change

Led by genetic anthropologist Hendrik Poinar and his colleagues in B.C., the project will use ancient DNA to understand how landscapes recovered from climactic shifts, and predict how current ecosystems will respond to a changing climate.

January 22, 2026

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Science & Technology

The birds and the bees — and the fungi, too: McMaster study reveals how disease-causing fungi reproduce in nature

The way that many microbial fungi reproduce has largely remained a mystery — until now.

December 9, 2025

A worker smooths out concrete on a construction project.

Science & Technology

Analysis: Concrete with a human touch: Can we make infrastructure that repairs itself?

Concrete is the most widely used construction material, so developing ways to make it more durable can improve infrastructure and save millions in costs.

December 8, 2025

Leadership, Culture, & Society

Leadership, Culture & Society

Analysis: The seductive simplicity — and danger — of pop psychology’s ‘love languages’

‘Love languages’ are a popular but misleading framework that oversimplify how relationships work and can even obscure the real conditions that sustain intimacy, writes expert Maha Khawaja.

February 10, 2026

Illustration showing the torso of a person in a shirt and tie, holding a cellphone, with a graphic overlaid showing a text prompt to generate an AI image.

Leadership, Culture & Society

AI-generated nude deepfakes are part of a larger system of gender-based digital harms, expert warns

Easily created deepfakes using tools like Grok are the latest in a long line of digital harms targeting women and gender-diverse people, Alexis-Carlota Cochrane explains.

January 30, 2026

Picketing workers on Parliament Hill with the Peace Tower in the background.

Leadership, Culture & Society

Analysis: What Canada’s public sector voting divide could mean for future elections

New research suggests the government’s intention to reduce the size of the federal public service could very likely drive some Liberal voters back to the NDP in the next federal election, writes expert Peter Graefe.

December 16, 2025

Business & The Economy

Business & Economy

Analysis: Lower tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles could boost adoption and diversify Canada’s trade

Canada’s move to reduce tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China aims to make EVs more affordable and diversity trade away from the U.S, writes expert Addisu Lashitew.

January 21, 2026

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Business & Economy

How much does personal preference matter when choosing a startup location?

More than you'd think, Judy Han finds. Even if business is doing well in a given location, startup founders are unlikely to stay there if they are unhjappy, the DeGroote School of Business professor says.

December 8, 2025

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Business & Economy

DeGroote experts answer five questions about money

What's the difference between good debt and bad? What counts as smart risk-taking when it comes to personal finance? Experts from the DeGroote School of Business answer the big questions about money.

December 3, 2025