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Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers

webfull — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:30:10 +0000

ɬ�﷬ Professor Thomas Soehl has received funding to study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life and participating meaningfully in a predominantly French-speaking society.

Published: 8 April 2026

Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers

webfull — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:13:04 +0000

Published: 2 April 2026

Catherine Bradley in ɬ�﷬ News!

webfull — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:56:40 +0000

Published: 16 March 2026

Two ɬ�﷬ professors awarded 2026 Dorothy Killiam Fellowships

webfull — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:40:28 +0000

Professors Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey and Jill Baumgartner will lead innovative research focusing on anti-Black carceral systems and climate-related health risks respectively

Published: 11 March 2026

Colourism might help explain health inequities suffered by dark-skinned Black Americans, researchers say

webfull — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:24:38 +0000

A study of Black Americans is among the first to show how the internalization of negative messages about dark skin tones could be linked to harms to health.

Researchers found that Black Americans who are, or perceive themselves to be, dark skinned show clear markers of cellular aging associated with immune-system damage and also score lower on a measurement of self-worth. Cellular aging and low self-worth are both associated with relatively poor health outcomes.

Published: 19 February 2026

Submissions for the 2026 competition are open!

webfull — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:58:08 +0000

The Montreal International Poetry Prize is committed to encouraging the creation of original works of poetry, to building international readerships, and to exploring the world’s Englishes.

We award one prize of $20,000 CAD to a poet for a single poem of forty or fewer lines. A jury of internationally reputed poets and critics selects a shortlist of approximately sixty poems, from which a judge chooses one winner. The shortlist is published in The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology.

Published: 4 February 2026

Experts: Digital sovereignty

webfull — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:53:06 +0000

The French government announced on Jan. 27 the rollout of its new videoconferencing platform, Visio. The domestically developed platform was created to replace U.S. tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams across all state services by 2027 as part of the French government’s broader push for digital sovereignty. Officials say the shift will also cut software licensing costs and strengthen security and confidentiality.

ɬ�﷬ experts are available to comment on this topic:

Published: 28 January 2026

Professor Alexander Manshel has won the MELUS Book Award

webfull — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:28:53 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Manshel for winning the MELUS Book Award!

Published: 20 January 2026

Professor Erin Hurley receives SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant

webfull — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:10:08 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Erin Hurley for receiving a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant!

Published: 20 January 2026

Carmen Faye Mathes Has Been Awarded the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize

webfull — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:44:54 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Carmen Faye Mathes!

Professor Mathes has been awared the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize for her essay “Apostrophe’s Occasions: Two Postures of Abolitionist Address.”

The committee writes:

Published: 20 January 2026