Québec City revokes ticket issued in ULaval protest

Québec City has reportedly revoked one of the tickets that it issued to a protester who attempted to set up an encampment on Université Laval’s campus in 2024. Last summer, a group of protesters gathered on campus for a pro-Palestinian protest. However, the city’s police department soon dismantled the protest and issued tickets to protesters […]

Forbes has released the 2025 Canada’s Best Employers for Company Culture rankings and several Canadian postsecondary institutions have appeared among the leaders. The list includes the top 200 organizations in Canada, which were scored according to employee survey responses on factors like fairness, inclusivity, and opportunity. Université Laval (#1) ranked highest overall. Other postsecondary institutions […]

Calcul Québec—which involves several postsecondary institutions from across Québec—has officially launched a new supercomputer called Rorqual. The new supercomputer is designed with specifications that will meet the scientific community’s computing needs and is equipped with graphics accelerators that are specially adapted for AI, modeling, and big data processing. Rorqual will be available for use in […]

McGill University, Université Laval, Université de Montréal, and Université de Sherbrooke have formed Polaris, a group focused on making Québec a global hub for research talent and reinforcing Canada’s scientific leadership. The group proposes federal and provincial investments in initiatives such as research chairs in AI, health, and biodiversity; scholarships for PhD and postdoctoral researchers; […]

Universities in Canada and around the world are continuing their efforts to attract researchers and students from the US. La Presse reports that Québec university leaders are pushing for rapid financial support from the federal and provincial governments, which they would use to employ American researchers. On a recent panel, university rectors such as Sophie […]

Université Laval has received $1M from the Government of Québec’s Ministère de la Sécurité publique to support research on the ecological effects of beach nourishment on coastal seabed communities. The funding will advance the second phase of a project examining the impact of shoreline protections on benthic invertebrates—small animals that live on or in the […]

While over 50 Canadian institutions have signed on to the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education, Caroline Samii-Esfahani of University Affairs reports that none of Québec’s French-language universities are among the signatories. Université de Montréal student Sarah Vuka Makani said that this inaction leaves Black students feeling overlooked. Representatives […]

Statistics Canada has released the initial results of the 2024-25 Full-time University and College Academic Staff System data. Drawing on data from 81 of the 110 public degree-granting institutions, StatCan has summarized the number of full-time teaching staff and their respective average and median salaries at each Canadian university. The largest number of faculty, excluding […]

Université Laval, Ville de Québec (Québec City), and Québec International have partnered to attract scientists from the US. Together, the partners intend to position Québec City as a welcoming place for American researchers. ULaval Rectrice Sophie D’Amours noted that the political situation in the US has created a unique opportunity to attract both American researchers […]

In Québec, postsecondary institutions are adapting their medical training to consider the growing population of aging patients and equip doctors to meet their needs. McGill University, Université Laval, Université de Montréal, and the Université de Sherbrooke all offer specialized training in geriatrics; however, several have struggled to recruit medical students for these programs. UMontréal geriatrics […]