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Webinaire éducatif – CATALIS : Recherche clinique Québec

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:15:24 +0000

Lancé en 2017, le mandat gouvernemental de CATALIS est d’augmenter le nombre d’essais cliniques réalisés par les entreprises au Québec, de faciliter la collaboration entre les différents acteurs du secteur des sciences de la vie, et d’accélérer le

Conférence Scientifique Parkinson Québec - 2 décembre 2025

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:33:38 +0000

La conférence est gratuite et se déroule en virtuel sur Zoom. Après votre inscription vous recevrez un courriel de confirmation concernant le lien Zoom.

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Vivre le Parkinson en famille : outiller vos enfants/ados pour mieux faire face

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:41:58 +0000

La conférence est gratuite et se déroule en virtuel sur Zoom. Après votre inscription, vous recevrez un courriel de confirmation contenant le lien Zoom.

Résumé de la conférence

Webinar: Aide médicale à mourir - un regard sur les demandes anticipées (in French)

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:21:40 +0000

This webinar is only offered in French.

Webinaires pour les intervenant.e.s

Groupes de soutien virtuels pour la SLA

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:05:53 +0000

Experts: housing and the rental market in Quebec

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:01:36 +0000

The CMHC reported an increase in vacancy rates across Quebec this summer, and since then, there increasingly have been reports of landlords struggling to find tenants. However, questions regarding the availability of affordable housing remain. (Radio-Canada)

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COP 30: Québec universities more united than ever for the climate

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:36:14 +0000

As the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) is currently being held in Belém, Brazil, eighteen Québec universities are reaffirming the climate emergency and the need to combine their efforts and expertise to meet this global challenge. This mobilization is part of a movement of enhanced cooperation, where higher education institutions play a central role in the transition to a resilient, equitable and low-carbon society.

Heavy cannabis use during pregnancy linked to disruption in brain growth

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:47:39 +0000

ɬ�﷬ researchers at the Douglas Research Centre have found evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in brain development in the fetus that persist into adulthood.

Using advanced MRI techniques, the team tracked the effects of prenatal cannabis exposure in mice across key developmental stages.

The Neuro Epilepsy Day 2026: Epilepsy Across Multiple Scales

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:08:38 +0000

The Neuro Epilepsy Day 2026: Epilepsy Across Multiple Scales

Bridging Gaps: Patient-Oriented Neuroscience Research Symposium

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:36:59 +0000

Childhood overeating can be a harbinger of later mental health struggles in girls, study finds

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:39:42 +0000

Girls who overeat regularly in the preschool years are more likely to experience anxiety, impulsivity and hyperactivity in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at ɬ�﷬ and the Douglas Research Centre.

Researchers at The Neuro show a brain exercise yields benefits

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:01:17 +0000

A ɬ�﷬-led clinical trial is the first in humans to show online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory.

The study found 10 weeks’ use of the game-like app BrainHQ by older adults enhanced cholinergic function, a chemical system in the brain that typically declines with age and influences attention, memory and decision-making.

Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, ɬ�﷬ study finds

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:51:59 +0000

Warming temperatures and increased precipitation in the Canadian High Arctic are mobilizing new pathways for subsurface contaminants to spread from more than 2,500 contaminated sites associated with industrial and military sites across the region.

Experts: Fifth anniversary of Joyce Echaquan’s death

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:44:27 +0000

On Sept. 28, it will be five years since Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw woman, died in a hospital north of Montreal after having broadcast on Facebook racist and sexist remarks being made about her by health-care staff. The event sparked calls for Quebec to recognize systemic racism.

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Expert: Quebec to unveil a draft constitution

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:02:56 +0000

Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barette will be unveiling a Quebec constitution Thursday, according to media reports.

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Johanne Poirier, Professor and Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism, Faculty of Law, can speak about various aspects of federalism, the protection of minorities (notably linguistic ones), and, more broadly, public law.