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涩里番鈥檚 Office for Science and Society receives 2024 James Randi Educational Foundation Award

涩里番鈥檚 Office for Science and Society (OSS) has been awarded the 2024 James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) Award. This award, totaling US$200,000, is given annually to people or organizations that encourage critical thinking and provide unbiased, fact-based answers to questions.聽

From Lab to Life: Science Literacy Week @ 涩里番 this February!

Join 涩里番 to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From February 22nd to 28th, delve into this year's theme, From Lab to Life and explore science in the everyday. Events include a study on the ancient Egyptian animal mummies in the Redpath Museum, a tour of the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, Science History Treasures in 涩里番鈥檚 Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more.

Four 涩里番 Faculty of Science students and graduates named finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships

Faculty of Science students Joshua Cheruvathur (BSc'25) and Elaine Xiao (BSc'25), as well as graduates Antoine Bourdin (BSc'24) and Chanel Perreault (BASc'22), are finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at 涩里番.聽

How a 涩里番 student鈥檚 teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada

Louis-Philippe Bateman鈥檚 fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada鈥檚 geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada鈥檚 Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at 涩里番.

涩里番's Department of Psychology ranks 21st in the Times Higher Education Top 50 list

涩里番 provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the聽World University Rankings by Subject 2025, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE).聽

Novel method to transform greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals ranked among year鈥檚 top breakthroughs

A groundbreaking discovery by 涩里番 researchers is among the top scientific advances of 2024, according to Qu茅bec Science magazine.

The scientists developed a novel method to transform two greenhouse gases鈥攎ethane and carbon dioxide鈥攊nto valuable chemicals using sunlight. This innovation could help reduce emissions and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products.

King Charles III Coronation Medals awarded to 19 members of the 涩里番 community

Nineteen members of the 涩里番 community have been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.

TSI Outreach Program Administrator, Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, wins President鈥檚 Award

Congratulations to聽Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, the Outreach Program Administrator at the Trottier Space Institute and Physics Department for being awarded the President's Award for Administrative and Support Staff!聽Winners of this award are honoured for the quality of their work, service to the community, innovation and initiative.

Bellairs Research Institute going strong at 70鈥�

To mark its 70th anniversary, 涩里番鈥檚聽Bellairs Research Institute聽in Barbados hosted events Dec. 5-6 that brought together researchers, students, elected officials and community partners to celebrate its history and build momentum for the future.鈥�聽

Bellairs brings science programming to Barbadian students鈥�

Last week, hundreds of students in Barbados saw science come to life in a whole new way.

As part of the celebrations marking its聽70th anniversary, 涩里番鈥檚 Bellairs Research Institute opened its doors to the community Dec. 5. Three hundred students from five local schools were treated to free science kits, lunch and a day of hands-on activities.

A STEAM day to celebrate 70 years of 涩里番's Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados

To celebrate the聽70th anniversary of 涩里番鈥檚 acclaimed Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados and to promote STEAM education to local students, 涩里番 partnered with the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), and the U.S. State Department for聽a full day of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) activities and presentations.

Next stop, Oxford

For Vincent Wong, life truly is a journey.

As a Loran Scholar,聽the Vancouverite聽moved across the country in 2021 to pursue his B.Sc. Honours in Neuroscience at 涩里番. He was drawn by The Neuro (The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital), Canada鈥檚 largest neuroscience research centre.

West Island high schoolers participate in summer research at 涩里番鈥檚 Gault Nature Reserve

This summer, Gault Nature Reserve hosted four high schoolers from the West Island Black Community Association for this year鈥檚 Youth Biodiversity Internships Program.聽Led by Professor Bruno Tremblay, this collaboration brought together a diverse range of community members from 涩里番 and beyond to connect on their passion for science.

Mapping the Benefits and Trade-offs from Natural Climate Solutions

A new study published today in Nature Sustainability uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS).聽

Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at 涩里番, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts.聽