Faculty

Provost honours 31 ��ɫֱ�� professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:23:55 +0000

��ɫֱ�� announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James ��ɫֱ�� Professors, James ��ɫֱ�� Professors and William Dawson Scholars
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 ��ɫֱ�� professors as Distinguished James ��ɫֱ�� Professors, James ��ɫֱ�� Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

Bieler School of Environment welcomes new director

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:50:18 +0000

The Bieler School of Environment (BSE) is thrilled to announce Professor Anthony Ricciardi as its new director, effective immediately. An expert in invasion ecology and aquatic ecosystems, Ricciardi has been a key figure at the school since 2001 and now steps up to lead.

“My vision for the School is to become the gateway of environmental research at ��ɫֱ��,” said Ricciardi.

Founded in 1998, the BSE appoints directors for five-year terms.

Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to ��ɫֱ��

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:08:29 +0000

On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than $308 million to advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support 179 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 38 research institutions.

$268,000 awarded to support outreach activities by ��ɫֱ�� researchers

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:40:59 +0000

Seven ��ɫֱ�� researchers have been awarded more than $268,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Feminist pedagogy through creative assessments

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:34:40 +0000

Zine-making 101: Feminist pedagogy through creative assessments

Inaugurating The Peter Sabor Fellowship

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:37:57 +0000

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 ��ɫֱ�� Professor Emeritus, Burney editor, long-time member, and past President of CSECS, Peter Sabor.

English PhD candidate heads Montreal’s first trans film festival

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:33:07 +0000

English PhD candidate, Iris Pintiuta, created Exposure, Montreal's first trans film festival. The festival aims to promote inclusive representation for trans people, as well as create programs and events that advance trans acceptance.

'“Too often, queer and trans scholarship doesn’t make it back to the people it speaks about. I wanted to change that – I wanted to build a bridge between academic knowledge and public access and use what I was learning to support my community, not just advance my own career.”'

PhD Candidate Jay Ritchie on his latest book "Listening in Many Publics"

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:10:45 +0000

Jay Ritchie, PhD Candidate in the Department of English, spoke to the Faculty of Arts about his newest collection of poems 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴, shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’ Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry.

Professor Manshel's "Writing Backwards" released as an audiobook

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:45:57 +0000

Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's publication Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon (Columbia University Press, 2023) has been released as an audiobook by University Press Audiobooks.

New publication in PAIN by PhD student Wenbo Yi, Prof. Caroline Palmer, and Prof. Mathieu Roy

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:12:04 +0000

Congratulations to PhD student Wenbo Yi, Prof. Caroline Palmer, and Prof. Mathieu Roy for their recent publication in PAIN! The paper is titled, Individualizing musical tempo to spontaneous rates maximizes music-induced hypoalgesia, and a recent news article on this work can be found here. The full publication can be accessed here.

New publication in Cognitive Science by postdoc Bavo van Kerrebroeck and Prof. Caroline Palmer

admin — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 05:36:57 +0000

Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Bavo van Kerrebroeck and Prof. Palmer for their recent publication in Cognitive Science! The paper is titled, Virtual Partners Improve Synchronization in Human−Machine Trios, and more information (including the full article) can be found here. Great work!

HBHL Symposium 2025: a week later, the energy still shines!

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 23:53:31 +0000

Over 300 attendees gathered at ��ɫֱ�� on May 6 and 7 for the HBHL Symposium 2025, a vibrant two-day celebration of cutting-edge neuroscience and brain health research.

This year’s event featured inspiring keynote talks by Damien Fair (University of Minnesota), Lucina Q. Uddin (UCLA) and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (��ɫֱ��), who explored topics from neuropsychiatry and brain network dynamics to social determinants of brain health.

March Neurogenesis talks explore brain mechanisms in food choice and computational modelling

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:43:01 +0000

Last week, HBHL hosted the third talk of the 2024-2025 Neurogenesis Speaker Series at the Neuro, featuring Dana Small and Yashar Zeighami.

Dana Small’s presentation, "The Interoceptive Origins of Reward," explored how biological signals are integrated to determine food choice, while Yashar Zeighami’s talk, "Fine-Tuning Neuroimaging Analysis to Reveal Hidden Insights," highlighted his research into the development of multi-scale computational models of brain anatomy.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on RESIDENCY EDUCATION

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:45:06 +0000

International Conference on Residency Education

October 30-November 1, 2025 | Quebec City QC

ICAM 2026

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:51:33 +0000

International Congress on Academic Medicine

April 16-19, 2026 | Rogers Centre, Ottawa ON