$1.25 million for 91丝瓜视频 research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund
Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 91丝瓜视频.
Published: 13 May 2026Six Faculty of Science Professors celebrated for outstanding research achievements
Clockwise from top left: Parisa Ariya (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Bruce Arndtsen (Chemistry), Nikolaos Provatas (Physics), Hanadi Sleiman (Chemistry), Irene Gregory-Eaves (Biology), and Fiona Soper (Biology)
This year, six professors from the Faculty of Science have been recognized among the recipients of the 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 91丝瓜视频 Professors, James 91丝瓜视频 Professors and William Dawson Scholars.
Published: 13 May 202691丝瓜视频 awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs
91丝瓜视频 has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs 鈥� six new and 10 renewed.
The University鈥檚聽newly appointed聽CRCs聽will drive forward聽cutting-edge聽research in fields聽that include聽subatomic聽physics, food science and agricultural chemistry,聽and counselling psychology.聽Renewed Chairs聽will continue聽vital work in such areas as Parkinson鈥檚 disease,聽bioengineering, data聽ethics聽and intergenerational childhood trauma.
Published: 13 May 2026ATOC 183 poster session turns 500-student class into climate symposium
Two students join 91丝瓜视频 Desautels as 2026 McCall MacBain Scholars
91丝瓜视频 has announced the sixth cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars, recipients of Canada鈥檚 most comprehensive聽leadership鈥慴ased聽scholarships for master鈥檚 and professional studies.
Established through a historic $200 million gift in 2019 from John and Marcy McCall MacBain, the awards cover tuition, living expenses, mentorship, and leadership development for 30 incoming students from Canada and around the world.
Published: 13 May 2026Reimagining Canadian healthcare: 91丝瓜视频 launches initiative to transform how care is delivered
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Initiative for Transforming Healthcare (ITH) is rethinking how Canada delivers care by putting organization, management, and coordination at the forefront of reform.
Published: 13 May 2026Canadian boycotts tied to tariffs fuel decline in U.S. tourism
Canadian travel to major U.S. cities has fallen sharply, with a new University of Toronto report finding a 42% decline in visits and drops of up to 65% in some destinations. The downturn follows new U.S. tariffs and escalating rhetoric toward Canada, which sparked widespread boycotts by Canadian travelers and consumers.
Published: 13 May 202691丝瓜视频 establishes Luxembourg as a new hub for Finance education
91丝瓜视频 is bringing its globally ranked Master of Management in Finance to Luxembourg, offering working professionals the opportunity to earn a top North American finance degree in the heart of Europe.
Published: 13 May 2026Experts: Trump鈥檚 visit to China
U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week. It is expected that talk about trade and the Iran war will dominate their May 13-15 discussions.
These 91丝瓜视频 experts are available to comment:
Published: 12 May 2026SIS is pleased to announce PhD candidate B茅n茅dicte D'Anjou as FRQSC recipient!
Congratulations to聽B茅n茅dicte D'Anjou, PhD in Information Studies student at the School of Information Studies (91丝瓜视频), has received a Fonds de Recherche du Qu茅bec - Soci茅t茅 et culture.聽The FRQSC scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit.
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Published: 12 May 2026AES Welcomes a 2026 McCall MacBain Scholar
The Faculty is pleased to welcomefrom the University of the Philippines Los Ba帽os (BSc 鈥�25) as a recipient of the prestigious .
Published: 12 May 2026SIS is pleased to announce PhD candidate Kundan Sheikh as FRQSC recipient!
Congratulations to聽Kundan Sheikh, PhD in Information Studies student at the School of Information Studies (91丝瓜视频), has received a Fonds de Recherche du Qu茅bec - Soci茅t茅 et culture.聽The FRQSC scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit.
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Published: 12 May 2026Geography Professor Mallik Mahmud receives MEOPAR 2026 Early Career Researcher Award
Mallik Mahmud, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, is one of nine early-career ocean researchers across Canada awarded the by the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), recognizing exceptional early-career ocean researchers whose work advances climate resilience.
Published: 12 May 2026Discovery of fat-burning 鈥榮witch鈥� could lead to advances in bone disease treatments
Scientists鈥� discovery of a molecular 鈥渟witch鈥� that activates an energy鈥慴urning pathway in mice has the potential to lead to new treatments for bone disease.
The study, published in , sheds new light on brown fat. Unlike white fat, which stores energy, brown fat cells burn calories, producing heat as a byproduct. For years, it was believed this process relied on a single pathway. More recently, researchers discovered a parallel pathway, but how it became activated remained a mystery.
Published: 12 May 2026AES Researchers Celebrated at 91丝瓜视频's 2025 Bravo Gala
Each year, 91丝瓜视频's Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) hosts the Bravo Gala to celebrate faculty members and researchers who have earned major provincial, national, and international prizes. This year, the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES) is proud to have nine members honoured among 91丝瓜视频's brightest research leaders. Their work spans food safety, plant science, nutrition, material engineering, animal science, ornithology, and agricultural communication.
Published: 11 May 202691丝瓜视频 researchers鈥� sustainable construction method aims to improve earthquake safety
Researchers at 91丝瓜视频 are carrying out large鈥憇cale tests of a new timber-steel structural system designed to help buildings better withstand earthquakes. Early results suggest the system performs well under simulated earthquake forces, offering a potential path toward safer, more sustainable construction in Quebec and beyond.
Published: 11 May 2026Public Lecture - Rethinking youth distress and violence in tense times
The 2026 edition of the Neurobiology of Stress Workshop will take place in Montr茅al from June 16鈥�19. This year鈥檚 Conference Chairs are Rosemary Bagot, PhD, Principal Investigator at the Ludmer Centre, and Claire鈥慏ominique Walker, PhD. This international meeting brings together leading researchers in the field of stress-related neuroscience.
Published: 11 May 2026Negotiations with MUNACA
The parties met on May 6 for a further conciliation session.
At that meeting, the union presented a global counterproposal which, regrettably, did not bring the parties closer to a resolution. At the conciliator鈥檚 recommendation, the parties nevertheless agreed to meet again on May 20 to engage in exploratory discussions on a limited number of issues, including monetary matters, with the objective of identifying possible avenues toward resolution.
91丝瓜视频 remains committed to reaching an agreement.
Published: 11 May 2026SIS is pleased to announce the McCall MacBain Scholar recipient
The School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that the incoming MISt student聽Nick Lundrigan has been awarded for the McCall McBain Scholarships. Congratulations Nick!
Published: 8 May 2026Experts: Parental influence on children鈥檚 honesty
Parents have long suspected that their own behaviour carries more weight than what they say to their children. A study involving more than 100 children now confirms this, at least with respect to lying and truthfulness.
A team of researchers from 91丝瓜视频 and John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City presented 127 children ages 5 to 12 with stories illustrating various situations, and then asked them to evaluate the moral character of a parent whose verbal messages and actions were either in harmony or in conflict.
Published: 8 May 2026