Dean Yolande E. Chan has been chosen by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) as a 2023 recipient of the prestigious AIS LEO Award. The awards were announced at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) on December 11, 2023, held in Hyderabad, India.
Thursday, April 22nd marks 2021! Celebrated for the first time on April 22, 1970 - Today, more than a billion people in 193 countries now participate in Earth Day activities each year. Over the years, Earth Day has become the world’s largest environmental movement. Take a bit a time in April to celebrate Earth Day and find ways that you can further support Sustainability at º«¹úÂãÎè and in your daily life.

New efforts to mobilize around the challenges and opportunities of AI are taking shape at º«¹úÂãÎè. On December 4, a new º«¹úÂãÎè Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS) held an internal launch event at the º«¹úÂãÎè Faculty Club, where more than 70 participants from across the º«¹úÂãÎè campus gathered for an afternoon of collaboration and discussion.

º«¹úÂãÎè is launching a $3,000 Canada Award to offset tuition increases for Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec in certain disciplines. Approximately 80% of new Canadian students from outside Quebec coming to º«¹úÂãÎè will be eligible for the new award.
Details of the award, including the programs eligible for the award, will be available on º«¹úÂãÎè's Undergraduate Admissions website by December 22, 2023.

A common stomach bacteria found in two thirds of the world population may be linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests.

º«¹úÂãÎè is launching a $3,000 Canada Award to offset tuition increases for Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec in certain disciplines. Approximately 80% of new Canadian students from outside Quebec coming to º«¹úÂãÎè will be eligible for the new award.
Deloitte Canada’s Campus Recruitment team will be hosting a virtual info session January 11, 2024.
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Please share the following message with your student networks. These sessions are open to all years, including grad students.
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Deloitte Canada’s virtual info session is back! Join Deloitte January 11, 2024.
In the dynamic realm of entrepreneurship, the journey often begins with a spark of inspiration and the right guidance. This year, NeuroSphere hosted a series of Entrepreneurship workshops, providing attendees with a unique opportunity to cultivate their entrepreneurial mindset. With experts Adam Sefler and Radhika Gupta from NeuroTechX, participants delved into the fundamentals of launching successful entrepreneurial projects.
Funding for universities is not a zero-sum game, writes John Cleghorn Professor of Management Henry Mintzberg in a LaPresse op-ed. And the Quebec government’s plan to increase tuition for out-of-province students risks undermining the very source of funding it hopes to leverage. If students at anglophone universities are charged higher fees, and that money is used to fund francophone universities, it will discourage many out-of-province students from coming to Quebec in the first place.

In a new interview withÌýNature,ÌýPhysics Professor and Shaw laureate Victoria Kaspi reflects on the inaugural Hong Kong Laureate Forum and how researchers can foster communication across different generations of scientists.Ìý
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On December 12, 2023, the changes in title for senior leadership positions at º«¹úÂãÎè from Principal to President and Vice-Principal to Vice-President became official.
On October 5, º«¹úÂãÎè’s Board of Governors, following consultations with the Senate, approved amendments to the University Statutes to modify the titles. The change was then communicated to the Governor General to comply with the University’s statutory requirements.
Professor Dominique Bérubé has been appointed the next Vice-President (Research and Innovation). Professor Bérubé’s five-year renewable term will begin on July 1, 2024.
The Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) conducted an extensive search within Canada and internationally, which benefitted from regular input from the º«¹úÂãÎè community. The Board of Governors accepted the Committee’s recommendation at its meeting on December 14, 2023.