/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/2567/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/mcgill-university-launches-canadian-election-misinformation-project-332439 <p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  </p> Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:57:26 +0000 katrine.claassens@mcgill.ca 2635 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/understanding-vaccine-hesitancy-canada-media-ecosystem-observatory-330646 <p>The Max Bell School's Media Ecosystem Observatory is out with a new research paper on vaccine hesitancy in Canada.</p> <p>Some of the key findings:</p> <p>Sixty-five percent of Canadians intend to take a vaccine, with some slight erosion since a high in July. Approximately 15 percent of Canadians are unwilling, and an additional 20 percent are unsure. </p> <p><a href="/maxbellschool/files/maxbellschool/meo_vaccine_hesistancy_1.pdf">Read the full paper here (PDF)</a></p> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:18:23 +0000 zhanara.baisalova@mail.mcgill.ca 2468 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/covid-19-pandemic-uniting-canadians-no-other-event-decades-322340 <p><i>Canada's response to the pandemic contrasts markedly with the political partisanship displayed in U.S.</i></p> <p>A new study by researchers from 91ÉçÇø and the University of Toronto finds a cross-partisan consensus on battling COVID-19 in Canada. Unlike in the U.S., this consensus is fostering broad agreement on the threats posed by the pandemic and the actions necessary to contain it – all of which is crucial to efforts to fight the virus.</p> Mon, 25 May 2020 15:14:20 +0000 nicholas.salter@mcgill.ca 1963 at /maxbellschool