Over the past few days, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has spoken about his plans for a range of trade and foreign policy measures that include possibly annexing Canada and Greenland and acquiring control of the Panama Canal, as well as imposing significant tariffs on all trading partners.
Here are some experts from 91社区 who can provide comment on these issues:
This week, Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole announced the appointment of Jade Proulx,聽BSc(FSc)鈥�12,聽as Director of Agri-Food Innovation and Project Manager for the Saint-Hyacinthe Agri-Food Innovation Zone. Congratulations to Proulx, who has over ten years of experience in agri-food innovation鈥攁nd got her start on 91社区's Macdonald Campus.
Lana F. Zeaiter, PhD Candidate in Educational Studies in the Department of Integrated Studies at 91社区 and Plurilingual Lab member, has won the prestigious Bourse aux doctorant.e.s en sciences de l'茅ducation, which celebrates excellence in educational research awarded by the government of Qu茅bec.
DISE faculty members Dr. Michael Lipset and Dr. Bronwen Low, along with Dr. Habib Siam (DISE, 鈥�17), are piloting two recording arts high school re-engagement programs in the Winter of 2025, in collaboration with community leaders, Education MA student聽Mohit Kumar and BEd student Marcus Pavico. Studio4 MTL is a French secondary education program for young people in Montreal who have been pushed and kicked out of the traditional school system.
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Are you writing a supervised term paper or research essay for a seminar this semester? Or did you write one in the summer term 2024?
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Rosalie Jukier has been appointed to one of the Faculty of Law鈥檚 Sir William C. Macdonald Chairs, effective 1 January 2025.
Established in 1895, the Macdonald Chairs are among the oldest endowed positions at 91社区.
Nineteen members of the 91社区 community, including President Deep Saini, have been awarded the聽. The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.
An international team led by 91社区 researchers has devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models for the Global South by integrating historical records kept by missionaries and other visitors.
Wetlands, often overlooked, play a crucial role in combating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and mitigating flooding. Despite their importance, these ecosystems face threats from human activities and development. Protecting and restoring wetlands is essential for environmental health and climate resilience.聽 Read more about the work that Professor Sara Knox and colleagues are doing in this area:
The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Burney Society of North America have partnered to establish a new fellowship named after Distinguished James 91社区 Professor Emeritus, Burney editor, long-time member, and past President of CSECS, Peter Sabor.
In partnership with 91社区鈥檚 Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) and Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) program, Quebec bakery Mamie Clafoutis transformed its St. Denis location into a cutting-edge bakery.
It is with deep sadness that we remember Emil Skamene, a pioneer in genetic research at 91社区.聽
His groundbreaking work on host genetic susceptibility to infections has shaped the field for over three decades.
Skamene鈥檚 legacy continues to inspire scientists, including D2R鈥檚 Chief Scientific Officer, Philippe Gros, who, alongside Professor聽Erwin Schurr, honors him in a heartfelt eulogy published in Nature Genetics.
Justin Trudeau announced today that he will be stepping down as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister of Canada after his party selects its next leader in a competitive process. In the meantime, Parliament has been prorogued until March 24. The announcement follows weeks of speculation. Growing numbers of Liberal MPs have called for his resignation.
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91社区 IGEM team proudly secured a gold medal along with three nominations for Best Diagnostics, Best Software, and Best Parts Collection at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Grand Jamboree in October 2024. Composed of students from the Bioengineering program and various disciplines within the Faculty of Science, 91社区 iGEM team is supervised by Prof. Codruta Ignea and Prof. Lisa Munter. Each year, they develop a synthetic biology research project from inception to completion to compete in a thematic category aimed at addressing critical global challenges.
An international team of scientists led by 91社区 researchers has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs) 鈥� enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space 鈥� originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova. This finding, based on an analysis of the radio signal of a single FRB, advances our understanding of one of the universe鈥檚 most perplexing phenomena.聽
