Alumni

PhD Oral Defence: Mr. Antoine Giard

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 14:30:54 +0000

��ɫTV DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Antoine Giard

DATE: Friday, June 27, 2025

2025 Hughlings Jackson Lecture: The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act

admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000

Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.

From Extreme Events to Emerging Threats: Translating Climate and Health Research into Actionable Solutions

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:07:35 +0000

Where: ��ɫTVl Faculty Club or online
3450 Rue McTavish, Montreal Quebec H3A 0E5

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Mattieu Cadiot

admin — Tue, 06 May 2025 19:25:30 +0000

��ɫTV DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Mattieu Cadiot

DATE: Monday, June 2, 2025

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Seth Taylor

admin — Tue, 06 May 2025 19:33:52 +0000

��ɫTV DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Seth Taylor

DATE: Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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

admin — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:16:26 +0000

Congratulations to 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! Winners of this award are honoured for the quality of their work, service to the community, innovation and initiative.

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

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.

West Island high schoolers participate in summer research at ��ɫTVl’s Gault Nature Reserve

admin — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:08:20 +0000

This summer, Gault Nature Reserve hosted four high schoolers from the West Island Black Community Association for this year’s Youth Biodiversity Internships Program. Led by Professor Bruno Tremblay, this collaboration brought together a diverse range of community members from ��ɫTVl and beyond to connect on their passion for science. For 5 weeks, youth conducted fieldwork at Gault with ��ɫTVl students, explored how scientific research happens in nature and made links to their own lives and future careers.

Paul Masset and David Rolnick awarded 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:27:07 +0000

Professors Paul Masset (Psychology) and David Rolnick (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.

Eight Faculty of Science professors honoured by Provost for exceptional research achievements

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:21:17 +0000

Clockwise from top left: Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics), Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), Bärbel Knäuper (Psychology), Milica Miočević (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), and Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Eight Faculty of Science professors are among this year’s cohort of Distinguished James ��ɫTVl Professors, James ��ɫTVl Professors, and William Dawson Scholars.

How a ��ɫTVl student’s teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada

admin — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000

Louis-Philippe Bateman’s fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada’s geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada’s 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 ��ɫTV.

Professor Courtney Paquette recipient of the CAIMS-SCMAI/PIMS Early Career Award (2025)

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:25:48 +0000

Professor Courtney Paquette is the winner of the 2025 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award.

King Charles III Coronation Medals awarded to 19 members of the ��ɫTVl community

admin — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:39 +0000

Nineteen members of the ��ɫTVl 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.

The recipients include Professor R. Bruce Lennox, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Tomlinson Professor of Chemistry.

��ɫTVl Professor Simon Caron-Huot awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:40:33 +0000

Simon Caron-Huot, Professor and Canada Research Chair in High-Energy Physics, has been awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship. The prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship is part of Canada’s National Killam Program, which also includes the Killam Prize. Eight Fellowships were awarded across the country.

The Dorothy Killam Fellowship provides researchers with up to two years of relief from teaching and administrative duties to focus on transformative research that has potential to positively improve Canadian lives.

Next stop, Oxford

admin — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:59:58 +0000

For Vincent Wong, life truly is a journey.

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

In the summer of 2022, Wong traveled to Yellowknife to conduct a research project on the unique health-care challenges in the North, an experience that would shift his career trajectory.