1) In his latest brilliant article on #COVID, Pulitizer-prize-winning writer @eddyong209 focuses on lingering brain fog. At one point, he alludes to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. That got me to thinking: What other international protocols are named after #MTL?
2) Before proceeding with my modest list, recall that visionary former U.S. president Donald Trump trotted out the Montreal Cognitive Assessment back in July 2020 to show he was of sound mind.
3) In citing the Trump example, I’m not throwing shade at the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, only using it to underscore this protocol’s international renown. So without further ado, here are some other important #MTL agreements:
4) The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a 1989 international treaty. Environmentalists cite it all the time. Good on #MTL!
5) The Great Peace of Montreal, signed in 1701 between New France and 39 First Nations in North America. I’m no historian, but I’d wager that treaty favoured New France over the First Nations.
6) That’s the long and short of my #MTL list. Does anyone out there in our friendly Twitterverse have any other Montreal examples? End of thread.
ADDENDUM: And for those who’d like to read Ed Yong’s insightful piece on COVID brain fog, here’s the story. theatlantic.com/health/archive…
ADDENDUM 2: We have a new one! The 1999 Montreal Convention that protects air travellers. Credit goes to @PobrePelota. See below. forbes.com/advisor/travel…
ADDENDUM 3: The Montreal Procedure (!) pioneered by legendary neuroscientist Wilder Penfield, described as the “foundation of…modern temporal lobe epilepsy surgery.” Credit goes to @JimHandman. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
ADDENDUM 4: The Montreal Model, as devised by the Université de Montréal’s faculty of medicine. I’m sensing a theme here! Credit goes to @ADanGrenier. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26168616/
ADDENDUM 5: Now some honorable mentions: The McGill Pain Questionnaire. Sorry to nitpick but Montreal is not in the title. Credit goes to @erickdahan.
ADDENDUM 6: The Montréal Bilingualism Initiative. It's more of a research team than a protocol or agreement. But it's still wonderfully noteworthy. Credit goes to @Cleo_Qc. mcgill.ca/mobi/
ADDENDUM 7: Last but not least honorable mention: Jésus de Montréal (or Jesus of Montreal), the prescient film by cineaste @DenysArcand, predicting the decline of Quebec's health-care system. Credit goes to my former @mtlgazette colleague @Robroc, now with @IJFMedia. The End. 
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