The underwater caves of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have yielded the first clear evidence suggesting early humans ventured deep underground into a labyrinth of treacherous tunnels to prospect and mine red ochre.
During this pandemic, historians have been consulted like the Oracle of Delphi. Is COVID-19 like the Black Death? The 1918 flu? What lessons of history can be applied to today? Can history show us what we want to know?
The stubborn tendency of non-Indigenous Canadians to turn away from “Indigenous issues” and seek a return to “normalcy” remains an ongoing barrier to change.
February 20, 2020
McMaster researchers have peered into the most intimate moments of sexually active women and men across Canada to ask if they’re using condoms, gathering data that could inform decisions around public health and sex education.
December 11, 2019
Researchers analyze artifacts in one of Mesoamerica's earliest villages that suggest the community was in the early stages of establishing a complex social organization.
November 19, 2019
Researchers use modern technology to reconstruct the properties of one of Earth’s oldest naturally occurring materials commonly found in ancient rock art.
November 11, 2019
Polyamorous family provide great support for each other, especially when it comes to raising kids, but they experience marginalization within the health-care system and fear of judgment by health-care providers.
October 16, 2019
An international research team led by scientists from McMaster University has unearthed new evidence in Greece proving that the island of Naxos was inhabited by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
July 24, 2019
"Everyone comes together over the feast." Randy Jackson and Renee Masching are leading a massive, community-driven research centre that will respond to the problem of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in Indigenous communities.
March 18, 2019
James Dunn, professor and chair of the Department of Health, Aging and Society, looks to launch next generation of research on health inequalities in cities
February 1, 2019
Ten researchers have been awarded a total of $478,661 in funding through the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Insight Development Grants.
November 21, 2018
Linguistic experts used Twitter, one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, to better understand national identity on a mass scale and where stereotypes might originate.
October 18, 2018
Two teams of campus and community partners are the inaugural recipients of the President’s Award for Community Engaged Scholarship for their projects related to preserving the Mohawk language and giving voice to the challenges faced by immigrant women.
June 21, 2017
Indigenous undergraduates and McMaster faculty members have come together for a unique summer adventure that promises to be an important learning experience for both students and supervisors.
June 5, 2017
Recipients are considered global leaders in a number of diverse research areas and academic disciplines.
May 31, 2017
A group of students is getting a lesson in Indigenous culture this summer thanks to a unique new McMaster class.
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