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The athlete began this sport at 91˿Ƶ, the only school in Quebec to offer the opportunity to do logging as a sport.

Stéphanie Naud,FMT’14, BSc(AgEnvSc)’17, is representing Canada at the World Timber Sports Championships in Wisconsin from July 16–19.

Classified as: Lumberjills
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

D2R launches a call for applications for the Postdoctoral Scholar Awardsfunding program.

A foundational goal of D2R is to help cultivate the next generation of researchers. Being a D2R Scholar is the highest recognition available to D2R trainees and the awards recognize outstanding and active trainees performing research across all of D2R’s Foundational Axes.

The Postdoctoral Scholar Awardsboth financiallysupport and leading-edge interdisciplinary and intersectoral training through the D2R Training Program.

Classified as: graduate, postdoctoral students, training, funding opportunity
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

Sabrina Romanelli (PhD3) and Tara Shomali (PhD 4) were awarded the FRQS doctoral scholarship ("Bourses de doctorat en recherche - volet régulier”). Both are supplemented by a contribution from Parkinson Quebec in partnership with the FRQ.

Published on: 16 Jul 2025

Danielle Simons (PhD2) has been awarded the 2025 Max Eivaskhani Memorial Fellowship from theCentre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale(CRBS). This fellowship was established in 2021 in remembrance of former CRBS student Max Eivaskhani and is awarded to the top ranked application among the submissions for the CRBS Scholarship competition.

Published on: 16 Jul 2025

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Jennifer Raso has received the Scholarly Paper Award of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT). She was honoured for her article “”, co-authored with Victoria Adelmant.

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Published on: 16 Jul 2025

Farmers who exchanged text messages with peers were significantly more likely to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, highlighting the power of peer learning in digital formats, a new co-authored by 91˿Ƶ Professor Aurélie Harou found.

Published on: 16 Jul 2025

As Montreal experiences the convergence of a heat wave, wildfire smoke from the Prairies, and recent extreme storms, 91˿Ƶ experts are available to discuss the science behind these converging climate-driven events.

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Published on: 15 Jul 2025

Three jazz combos and their coaches were recognized in Downbeat's 48th annual Student Music Awards. Congratulations to this 𲹰’s winners:

Leo Codiga and the Southwest Corridor, Undergraduate College Winners

Published on: 15 Jul 2025

Two exceptional doctoral candidates from 91˿Ƶ's Schulich School of Music, Joseph Chang (DMus) and Jonathan Munro (DMus), have been awarded the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarshipin recognition of their innovative research.This award provides up to $50,000 per year for up to three years, supporting outstanding students who demonstrate academic excellence, research potential, and leadership.

Published on: 15 Jul 2025

A new study by 91˿Ƶ researchers shows that chronic pain, often invisible to medical tests, can be better assessed when doctors take a holistic approach.

By combining biological data with information about patients’ mental health, sleep and stress, the researchers say they were able to create a fuller picture of chronic pain. They said their findings, published in Nature Human Behaviour, stand to improve how the condition is diagnosed and treated.

Classified as: Etienne Vachon-Presseau, chronic pain, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain
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Published on: 15 Jul 2025

July 11, 2025 | In an opinion piece published in Canada’s National Observer,Marc Fortin, alongside Richard Gold, Evan Henry, and Martin Bader, arguethat Canada should seize the moment created by U.S. research setbacks to build a stronger, more collaborative innovation ecosystem. With American universities facing cuts and instability, the authors call on Canada to rethink how they support research, moving away from patent sales toward long-term industry partnerships, open data, and simplified licensing.

Classified as: Marc Fortin, Research, U.S. politics, innovation
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

July 14, 2025 | In an article forPolicy Magazine, MPP '25 Al-Amin Ahamed examined the gap between Canada’s 2022 federal ban on conversion therapy and the ongoing harm caused by its underlying ideology. While Bill C-4 made it a criminal offence to attempt to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity, Ahamed warns that the ideology behind these practices has simply evolved—adopting new language and methods that fall outside the law’s reach.

Classified as: LGBTQ+, health, Bill C-4
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

June 16, 2025 | Speaking on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand, Pearl Eliadis cautioned that if Canada’s Supreme Court does not act to limit Quebec’s use of the notwithstanding clause in laws such as Bills 21 and 96, the anglophone community may need to seek recourse through the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Eliadis noted that Canada, as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has a duty to uphold principles of equality and non-discrimination—protections she believes are being undermined by the legislation.

Classified as: Pearl Eliadis, bill 21, Bill 96, United Nations
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

July 12, 2025 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CityNews Montreal about the potential to challenge Quebec’s Bills 21 and 96 before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Eliadis explained that bringing the case to the UN would aim “to get the UN committee's view” on whether the laws violate international human rights obligations. The interview highlights growing legal interest in using international mechanisms to confront the controversial legislation.

Classified as: Pearl Eliadis, bill 21, Bill 96, United Nations
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

About one-third of Canadians are now obese, with women and young adults most affected, according to published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It found obesity rates accelerated significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This expert from 91˿Ƶ is available to comment:

Classified as: Kaberi Dasgupta, obesity, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Research Institute of the 91˿Ƶ Health Centre, 91˿Ƶ Health Centre
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

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