/channels/taxonomy/term/2429/all en /channels/channels/news/expert-world-happiness-report-2024-356219 <p>The World Happiness Report reflects a worldwide demand for more attention to happiness and well-being as criteria for government policy. It reviews the state of happiness in the world today and shows how the science of happiness explains personal and national variations in happiness. The report’s release aligns with the United Nation’s International Day of Happiness, March 20, 2024. (<a href="https://worldhappiness.report/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">World Happiness Report</a>) </p> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:29:00 +0000 webfull 198702 at /channels /channels/channels/news/europe-dominated-happiest-countries-world-list-what-about-united-states-usa-today-march-21-2022-338592 <p>Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Associate Professor at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, is quoted by <em>USA Today</em>.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"The World Happiness Report is changing the conversation about progress and wellbeing. It provides important snapshots of how people around the world feel about the overall quality of their lives," Christopher Barrington-Leigh, professor at ����ֱ�� in Quebec and a researcher involved in the report, said in a statement."</p> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:03:44 +0000 webfull 178948 at /channels /channels/channels/news/amid-war-and-disease-world-happiness-report-shows-bright-spot-338506 <p>In this troubled time of war and pandemic, the <a href="https://worldhappiness.report/">World Happiness Report 2022</a> shows a bright light in dark times. According to the team of international researchers, including ����ֱ�� Professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/christopher-barrington-leigh">Christopher Barrington-Leigh</a>, the pandemic brought not only pain and suffering but also an increase in social support and benevolence.</p> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:35:04 +0000 webfull 178866 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-cop-26-united-nations-climate-change-conference-334505 <p>The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Italy. The summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC. More than 190 world leaders will participate, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks. (<a href="https://www.un.org/en/un-climate-change-conference-cop-26" target="_blank">United Nations</a>)</p> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:19:27 +0000 webfull 174410 at /channels /channels/channels/news/feeling-blue-try-forcing-yourself-laugh-cbc-news-march-27-2021-330063 <p>Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Associate Professor at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, is quoted by CBC News.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"…"Canada is one of the happiest places in the world, but it has been a little bit up and down. Now, it starts to look like it's a somewhat steady downward trend for about five years," said Christopher Barrington-Leigh, a happiness economist and associate professor at ����ֱ��'s Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Bieler School of Environment."</p> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:00:23 +0000 webfull 169478 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-canada-ranks-15th-latest-world-happiness-report-329763 <p>While happiness may have felt far off as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the globe, the latest World Happiness Report (WHR) has ranked Canadians in 15th place, slipping down from the 10th position the previous year. The report is released annually by a team of independent researchers and weighs six variables: income, freedom, trust in government, healthy life expectancy, social support, and generosity. (<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/canada-ranks-15th-in-latest-world-happiness-report-finland-takes-top-spot-1.5354134" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:41:16 +0000 webfull 169165 at /channels /channels/channels/news/happiness-really-does-come-free-328342 <p>Economic growth is often prescribed as a sure way of increasing the well-being of people in low-income countries, but a study led by ����ֱ�� and the<b> </b>Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) suggests that there may be good reason to question this assumption. The researchers set out to find out how people rate their subjective well-being in societies where money plays a minimal role, and which are not usually included in global happiness surveys.</p> Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:22:45 +0000 webfull 167624 at /channels /channels/channels/news/street-network-patterns-reveal-worrying-worldwide-trend-towards-urban-sprawl-304103 <p>New research from ����ֱ�� and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation.</p> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:26:52 +0000 webfull 157277 at /channels /channels/channels/news/global-well-being-coming-decades-hinges-non-material-factors-294366 <p>To improve people’s well-being as much as possible in coming decades, policy makers should look beyond narrow economic calculations and prioritize non-material factors when making big decisions.</p> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:12:43 +0000 webfull 146058 at /channels /channels/channels/news/global-project-reduce-health-inequalities-cities-around-world-284536 <div><span>A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.</span></div> <div> </div> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:02:58 +0000 webfull 134836 at /channels /channels/news/has-us-turned-corner-toward-less-urban-sprawl-253538 <p>The urban street network is one of the most permanent features of cities. Once laid down, the pattern of streets determines urban form and the level of sprawl for decades to come. In the U.S., urban sprawl has become an enduring hallmark of the past century. Yet, there are some glimmers of hope. Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:34:29 +0000 webfull 110748 at /channels /channels/news/paris-climate-change-conference-nov-dec-2015-256412 <p><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/banner_paris_700x220.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> <p>The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, will be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11. Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:29:29 +0000 webfull 114318 at /channels /channels/news/experts-national-climate-strategy-259316 <p>“With the wind at his back from Paris and a fresh mandate from Canadians, Mr. Trudeau meets provincial and territorial leaders in Vancouver this week to pursue a national climate strategy.” (<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-intent-on-seizing-moment-to-forge-national-climate-strategy/article28944860/">The Globe and Mail</a>)</p> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:26:10 +0000 webfull 116977 at /channels