QC health reform risks sidelining medical education, research: Opinion

In a co-authored op-ed, Daniel Jutras (Université de Montréal), Sophie D’Amours (Université Laval), Jean-Pierre Perreault (Université de Sherbrooke), and Deep Saini (McGill University) warn that Québec’s Bill 106 risks sidelining medical education and research by overlooking the role of universities and instructors. The authors pointed to signs that physicians may begin dropping teaching responsibilities as […]

Earlier this month, the Government of Québec announced that the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ) will officially be coming to an end on November 19th. The Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés (PSTQ) will be the sole pathway to permanent residence for skilled workers. Several students and recent graduates spoke to the press and wrote […]

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% […]

Cégep de Valleyfield and the Université de Sherbrooke have both recently inaugurated new learning spaces. Cégep de Valleyfield’s newly renovated Centre d’études collégiales de Vaudreuil-Dorion will be able to accommodate more students in a variety of programs and will offer a multidisciplinary teaching clinic, where the general population can take advantage of several treatments and […]

The Université du Québec à Montréal has launched a chair focused on training and support for collective scientific writing. The chair will focus on two areas: the creation of training programs to support students in their scientific writing and the extension of work started at Thèsez-Vous?, which will support the creation and development of physical […]

NSERC and the US National Science Foundation have announced $1.53M in funding for five cross-border partnerships. The partnerships are designed to research advanced materials in areas like advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and clean energy as a part of the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program. Over four years, teams will work with […]

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has released the 2025 Sustainable Campus Index, which celebrates postsecondary institutions from around the world for their innovation and performance with respect to environmental sustainability. Canada had the highest average scores in the index, with numerous institutions securing a top position for individual sustainability factors. […]

The Université de Sherbrooke has received a $6M donation from philanthropist Herbert Black for the creation of a high-level men’s and women’s university hockey program. This donation will be used to create a dedicated support fund for the development of this athletic program. USherbrooke recteur Jean-Pierre Perreault pointed to the growing demand for university hockey, […]

The Autorité des marchés publics (AMP)—an independent body in Québec that monitors public procurement—has found that Université de Sherbrooke has contravened regulations related to contracts and procurement. The organization found that the university failed to conduct an adequate needs assessment and invoked an unjustified exception when using private contracts. USherbrooke’s leadership has received two recommendations: […]

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 […]