A coalition of 40 AI researchers 鈥� including signatories from Meta, OpenAI and Montreal-based Mila 鈥� has issued a warning that as advanced AI systems evolve, we may be losing the ability to understand or monitor how they 鈥渢hink.鈥�
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Published on: 21 Jul 2025
Ana茂s M茅dieu, a 涩里番 postdoctoral researcher working in Natural Resource Sciences Professor Kyle Elliott's lab, has been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project on the interactive effects of climate change and plastic contamination on Arctic seabirds.
Published on: 21 Jul 2025
July 16, 2025 | Abigail Jackson, MPP '23, and Ricardo Chejfec, MPP '21, along with Rachel Samson, co-wrote an article in Policy Options arguing that Canada鈥檚 push to accelerate major infrastructure and energy projects must be matched by an ambitious strategy to build the local skills needed to support them. They stress that without early investment in training and better coordination among employers, governments, and educators, many rural and remote communities could be excluded from the benefits of these nation-building efforts.
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Published on: 21 Jul 2025
Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as 鈥渏unk鈥� may play a role in controlling our genes, according to a new international study.
Using a novel method to trace the evolutionary history of viral DNA, researchers from 涩里番 and Kyoto University uncovered sequences that had been overlooked in earlier genome annotations.
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Published on: 21 Jul 2025
Rachelle Aucoin聽successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 - Tassone聽on July 14, 2025.
The title of her thesis:
"Cool Air, Clear Relief: Exploring the Mechanisms and Utility of Fan-to-Face Therapy for Management of Exertional Breathlessness in Chronic Lung Disease "
Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Dennis Jensen (Supervisor), Dr. Jenna Gibbs,聽Dr. Dina Brooks,聽Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl聽and聽Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
Researchers have shed new light on the most common genetic variant linked to hereditary cancer in Quebec鈥檚 French-Canadian population. Their findings could result in cheaper and more effective screening methods.
The variant is associated with Lynch syndrome, a condition that greatly increases the risk of colorectal and other cancers.
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Published on: 17 Jul 2025
涩里番 PhD candidate Alexandra Langwieder works with James Bay Indigenous communities to better understand polar bears
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
In Ontario, a fully automated greenhouse allows lettuce to be grown and harvested with virtually no human intervention鈥攁 first in Canada.
Haven Greens had to invest $50 million to make it happen. But the result is striking: the company can operate with just five employees in the greenhouse, whereas it would have required more than 100 pickers using the traditional method.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., residents have a new spot to do their groceries. After the suburb's only grocery store closed for the second time, B Factory, a locally owned beeswax products shop that had been on the verge of bankruptcy, expanded its space to include a small grocery section called Mon March茅 Local.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
As part of the Nkabom Collaborative supported by the Mastercard Foundation, 涩里番 has joined forces with Ghanaian institutions in a bold initiative to foster youth leadership and transform the agrifood ecosystem in Ghana and beyond.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
If you've been noticing white fluff floating around Montreal lately, you're not the only one. Those are seeds from the Eastern Cottonwood tree and it's the season that they're spreading through the air.聽
spoke to David Wees, Faculty Lecturer and Assistant Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program at 涩里番, to find out more.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
Only a few weeks after graduation, Victoria Anson (Materials Engineering, Class of 2025) has been appointed to two international boards: the Copper Club Board of Directors and the ASM International Board of Trustees. Her dual appointments highlight her involvement in the mining and metals, metallurgical, and materials industries.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
涩里番 Bioresource Engineering Professor Michael Ngadi called for urgent action to address the challenges facing stallholder farmers in Nigeria at a recent public lecture at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU).
A specialist in developing advanced emerging technologies for monitoring and controlling agrifood processing systems, he discussed the critical role that聽smallholder farmers and processors play聽in global food systems, particularly in developing and transition countries.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
The athlete began this sport at 涩里番, the only school in Quebec to offer the opportunity to do logging as a sport.
St茅phanie Naud,聽FMT鈥�14, BSc(AgEnvSc)鈥�17, is representing Canada at the World Timber Sports Championships in Wisconsin from July 16鈥�19.
Published on: 17 Jul 2025
D2R launches a call for applications for the Postdoctoral Scholar Awards聽funding program.
A foundational goal of D2R is to help cultivate the next generation of researchers. Being a D2R Scholar is the highest recognition available to D2R trainees and the awards recognize outstanding and active trainees performing research across all of D2R鈥檚 Foundational Axes.
The Postdoctoral Scholar Awards聽both financially聽support and leading-edge interdisciplinary and intersectoral training through the D2R Training Program.聽聽
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Published on: 17 Jul 2025
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