Bishop’s football program to transition back to RSEQ

Bishop’s University’s football program will be transitioning back to the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) after competing in Atlantic University Sport (AUS) for the past eight seasons. This change was made in response to the additional travel costs associated with being part of AUS. The football program will begin competing in RSEQ again […]

This month, RSEQ hosted the first edition of the Classique universitaire de hockey féminin (Women’s University Hockey League Classic) at the Place Bell arena in Laval, Québec. Four teams from Québec universities—Bishop’s University, Concordia University, McGill University, and Université de Montréal—competed in the competition. The UMontréal Carabins beat the McGill Martlets 1-0, while the Concordia […]

Bishop’s University will be strengthening its Indigenous student support and initiatives thanks to a four-year $200K funding commitment from BMO. With the donation, Bishop’s will strengthen its commitment to providing Indigenous students with safe, inclusive, and empowering spaces. The fund will be used to reduce student financial barriers through bursaries and emergency funding and support […]

Bishop’s University has announced that it has launched a full investigation into an unsanctioned street party during Homecoming celebrations. The party reportedly led to acts of vandalism, fire, and reckless behaviour. Mirana Iliza, VP of the Bishop’s University Student Representative Council, told FM 107.7 that the event drew a variety of people beyond current Bishop’s […]

Bishop’s University has launched OUI EXPERIENCE, an initiative that supports members of the university community who are learning French as a second or additional language. The program will foster interactions among French-speaking and English-speaking members of the community through linguistic and cultural opportunities and educational activities, and will include French as a Second Language courses […]

Astronomy researchers in Canada celebrated the opening of the NSF–DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile this summer. The first-of-its-kind observatory is equipped with an 8.5-metre mirror and the largest digital camera ever built, and will create a time-lapse record of the southern hemisphere’s skies over the course of the next decade. Researchers from institutions […]

Universities must be allowed to do their job to support leadership, innovation, and community impact, but policy changes by the federal and provincial governments are making this difficult, writes Bishop’s University Principal Sébastien Lebel-Grenier. Lebel-Grenier writes that these policy changes affect who participates in higher education and the society that is shaped in the process. […]

Bishop’s University will be completing a residence extension at Paterson Hall to provide more housing options for students. This four-storey extension will include 63 beds in suite-style accommodations, a shared kitchen, a lounge, and study rooms. The project is funded by $6.3M from the Government of Québec Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur. “Significant on-campus housing opportunities […]

Bishop’s University recently partnered with Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics to host the Perimeter Scholars International Start Program (PSI Start) on Bishop’s campus in Sherbrooke. This is the first Canadian satellite of the PSI Start program, which offers students programming that serves as an entry point to learn about advanced theoretical physics. The program consisted of […]

Bishop’s University has opened Kwigw8mna, a new facility that houses the Indigenous Student Support Centre, Indigenous student gathering and study spaces, and an Indigenous research lab. Kwigw8mna—meaning “our house and yours” in Abenaki—aims to foster a sense of belonging by offering students a location where they can share with one another and find support. “This […]