Students at QC medical schools vote to strike in response to QC Bill 2

Medical students at McGill University, Université de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, and Université Laval have voted for an unlimited general strike mandate in response to the Government of Québec’s recently passed Bill 2. Le Devoir reports that voter turnout ranged between 65% and 75%, while the votes in favour of the mandate ranged from 53% […]

Hydro-Québec has launched the Alliance des bâtiments exemplaires/Alliance of Exemplary Buildings, an alliance of building-owners that will be working to raise awareness about how to reduce energy consumption. The 25 members include postsecondary institutions such as Concordia University, École de technologie supérieure, McGill University, Université Laval, and Université de Montréal . “To meet our ambitious energy […]

Times Higher Education has released its 2026 World University Rankings, which assessed 2,191 institutions from 115 countries and territories. Overall, University of Oxford remained in first place, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in second place and Princeton University and the University of Cambridge tied for third. In Canada, the top three universities were University […]

Several institutions have shared special resources and online learning opportunities to ensure their communities can learn about Indigenous history, culture, and the Truth and Reconciliation journey from anywhere. Concordia University, Ontario Tech University, and Trent University were among those that shared guidebooks, virtual tours, and other learning tools to help their community understand key concepts […]

The Université de Montréal is collaborating with the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) on a project that will train medicine and pharmacy students in the Laurentides region. This new campus in Saint-Jérôme will support the recruitment and retention of health professionals in the Laurentides, a region that is expected to see […]

In a recent article, University Affairs journalist Marie-Lou Bernatchez discusses how criminals are targeting international applicants and students to Canadian universities. Bernatchez explains that applicants are often targeted by large-scale scams that can include fake immigration officials, admission platforms, and websites that mimic university sites. Before and after arriving in Canada, international students are targeted […]

In several parts of Eastern Canada, postsecondary institutions are raising the alarm about low international student applications and the resulting impact on innovation and the economy in their provinces. CBC reports that universities in Québec have seen a 46% decline in applications from international students between 2024 and 2025. Université de Montréal spokesperson Geneviève O’Meara […]

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 […]

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; […]