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On Friday, April 5, 2024, Quebec's Tribunal administratif du travail -- the government body that oversees unionization -- notified º«¹úÂãÎè that the Association of º«¹úÂãÎè Professors of the Faculty of Arts (AMPFA) has filed a petition for certification.

The University will adhere to all applicable laws throughout this process, and in keeping with the Labour Code we have posted the attached document (on the right-hand side of this page), containing the petitions filed and associated hearing notices. We will communicate further as we learn more.

Classified as: labor news, latest news, AMPFA, Negotiation Updates
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Published on: 11 Apr 2024

On March 21, º«¹úÂãÎè celebrated 111 laureates at the 19th edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of º«¹úÂãÎè’s academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.

Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, elena bennett, Hosahalli Ramaswamy, Daiva Nielsen, Harriet Kuhnlein, Jennifer Ronholm, Pierre Dutilleul
Published on: 10 Apr 2024

The Palais des congrès de Montréal honoured five º«¹úÂãÎè professors at its 2024 ambassadors’ gala for their exceptional contributions to the city’s economic and societal growth. Although there are a few other professors among the total of 14, º«¹úÂãÎè alone can boast of multiple honourees.

The basis for earning the kudos is the ability to organize large-scale events in Montreal. 

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Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Congratulations to School of Human Nutrition PhD candidate Manon Fantino, winner of º«¹úÂãÎè’s francophone 3-Minute Thesis (MT180) competition! Manon will represent º«¹úÂãÎè at the Concours Nationals in Ottawa on May 15th.

Classified as: Daiva Nielsen, 3MT/MT180
Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Ecova is bridging the gap between fashion and conscious shopping habits.

Check out our most recent interview with founder and CEO Stephanie Beaulieu, LL.B., MBA. We are excited to support Ecova at the upcoming stop on our international tour: WCEF in Brussels.

Classified as: º«¹úÂãÎè Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
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Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Although Zoey Li, BSc(NutrSc)’17, always had an interest in business, she never expected to launch a company that helps people take charge of their health.

Li, who was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in the food and beverage category, built her success on her ability to find opportunities, develop new skills and make connections, as an undergraduate and afterward.

Classified as: Dietetics
Published on: 10 Apr 2024

On Monday, º«¹úÂãÎè played host to thousands of people for the spectacular solar eclipse with a series of public events at the downtown campus, the Gault Nature Reserve, and on the West Island (with Macdonald Campus collaborating with John Abbott College).

Near perfect weather conditions – especially following last week’s snowfall – drew throngs of Montrealers outside to take part in what will be for many, a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Classified as: OSAS, Office of Student Academic Services (OSAS), Let's Talk Science at º«¹úÂãÎè, Office of Student Academic Services, John Abbott College, Eclipse 2024
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Published on: 10 Apr 2024

The Faculty of Law was once again ranked among the world’s top universities at which to study law by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject in Law and Legal Studies placed º«¹úÂãÎè Law 28th worldwide, up one spot from 2023.

Since QS introduced the ranking in 2011, the Faculty of Law has consistently placed in the top 35 institutions globally. The QS ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, H-index citations, and citations per paper.

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Published on: 10 Apr 2024

As digital media becomes an increasing part of daily life for teens, the question of how heightened screen time will impact their brains in the future is becoming more pressing.

A group of researchers at º«¹úÂãÎè has set out to determine whether the use of video games, computers and other media during adolescence was associated with psychotic experiences in adulthood.

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Published on: 10 Apr 2024

The Lin Centre’s 2024 Annual Lecture, ‘Is the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?’ was delivered by Professor Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge, on March 27th. Professor Zarakol’s lecture was exemplary of the kind of cross-disciplinary, cross-era, cross-regional research on social and political ideas, orders and transformation that the Lin Centre seeks to encourage and promote!

Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Hello º«¹úÂãÎè staff, 

IT Comms is your one-stop shop for all communications needs. We now made it easy for you to submit a communication request, using an easy-to-fill-out form that ensures your request is in our hands quickly for a fast turnaround delivery. Please use this form instead of email or MS Teams to send your requests to our team, it will prevent your request from slipping through the cracks when your usual contact at IT Comm is on vacation or away for a few days. 

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Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Macdonald community members gathered at the Ceilidh on Wednesday, April 3, to celebrate the Gold Key Recipients for 2024. Students, staff, friends, and family listened in as Daniil Batanau, Henry Cordoba Novoa, Sara Kosumi, Philippe Leblond, and Henry Lee shared their inspiring stories of how they became involved in community life at Macdonald Campus and how rewarding it has been for them to give back to their fellow students.

Classified as: Gold Key
Published on: 9 Apr 2024

Student engagement was high at the Future of Food Conference in Ottawa, as youth turned out to hear panellists and keynote speeches by stakeholders from across the agriculture value chain.

Several student groups from Queen’s, º«¹úÂãÎè and the University of Ottawa heard about sustainability, innovation and politics in agriculture at the February event.

º«¹úÂãÎè Farm Management and Technology student Aidan Velthuis, who grew up on a dairy farm south of Ottawa, attended the conference.

Published on: 9 Apr 2024

It’s possible animals — pets and wildlife alike — will behave unusually during Quebec’s total solar eclipse on April 8 , according to experts on their behaviour.

David Bird, emeritus professor of wildlife biology at º«¹úÂãÎè, that birds, insects and bats are the main groups expected to be affected, or “the main ones that everybody’s sort of keeping an eye on.â€

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Published on: 9 Apr 2024

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