New investments support research chairs in QC, NB

Several organizations have announced investments toward the creation of research chairs in eastern Canada this week. In Québec, NSERC and the Fonds de recherche du Québec are providing $1.9M to support the creation of a new research chair dedicated to the participation and retention of people from underrepresented groups in science and engineering. The chair […]

The Government of Canada has announced a $45.7M investment into projects across Canada that are focused on building and mobilizing wildfire knowledge. Federal Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience Eleanor Olszewski explained that the investment is part of the government’s “broader plan to strengthen how the country prepares for and responds to disasters” through […]

The Government of Canada’s Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its partners have invested a total of $44.8M into projects that will support healthy brain aging. The majority of this funding will support the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging’s Operations Centre and 16 new Canadian research teams focused on dementia. These include researchers from […]

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 […]