On Sunday, Nov. 2, Canadians in most of the country will set their clocks back to standard time. (Those in Yukon, most of Saskatchewan and some other places remain on standard time year-round.) A Private Member’s Bill to end the biannual time change was introduced in the House of Commons earlier this month, reigniting the age-old debate. 

Topics McGill University experts can address: 

• The science of our biological clocks and how time changes throw them off 

• How disrupted sleep affects our health and daily functioning 

• Practical tips to ease the transition  

• The scientific case for a permanent return to standard time 

Experts available: 

Reut Gruber, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Attention, Behaviour and Sleep Laboratory at the Douglas Research Centre. 

reut.gruber [at] mcgill.ca (English) 

Micah Provost, PhD student in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience and member of the Laboratory of Molecular Chronobiology. 

micah.provost [at] mail.mcgill.ca (English, French) 

Kai-Florian Storch, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and researcher at the Douglas Research Centre. 

florian.storch [at] mcgill.ca (English)