Sylvie Babarik

File image Close to 47 per cent of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates in Africa are women, one of the highest rates in the world, according to a UNESCO report released earlier this year. But that representation does not carry over to research or leadership roles, explained Mame Diarra Touré, a McGill University PhD student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. As an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher, she sees that gap as more than an equity issue.

The Hiawatha Wampum Belt flag is being flown at McGill from June 18 to 21 for National Indigenous Peoples Day In the run-up to National Indigenous Peoples Day, McGill is launching a new initiative to strengthen Indigenous presence and knowledge on campus as well as to reduce financial barriers for Indigenous scholarship.

Members of the Food and Chemical Exposome Associated Laboratory at Macdonald Campus, on June 12, 2026. (Alexandra Diallo-Scholler) There’s a new lab at McGill dedicated to the study of chemical contaminants in what we eat. The Food and Chemical Exposome Associated Laboratory, or FOCAL, is a collaboration between the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) and France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) and Oniris VetAgroBio Nantes.