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Homelessness services in Montreal are not well suited to the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ adults in Montreal, a study by Թ researchers has found.

“Homelessness services are very binary, and often those who are non-binary are completely excluded,” said Jayne Malenfant, Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education.

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Published on: 27 Oct 2025

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Vrinda Narain has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor.

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Published on: 24 Oct 2025

Seeking submissions for the special 25th anniversary edition of Radix! Our theme for the year is “Growth.”

How have you developed from your roots? Where have the branches of your life taken you? What does it take to mature?  

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Published on: 24 Oct 2025

When the auto maker Stellantis announced its plan to shift production of the Jeep Compass SUV from Brampton, Ontario to Belvidere, Illinois, the Government of Canada didn’t take the news sitting down. It threatened to sue the multinational company, saying that the shift violated previous agreements between the multinational automotive company and the government, which stipulated the automaker had to maintain its Canadian footprint. “There is a huge amount of taxpayer money that has gone in to this company,” Prof.

Classified as: Saibal Ray, operations management, Bensadoun School of Retail Management
Published on: 23 Oct 2025

Artificial intelligence is still an emerging technology, and we are only in the early stages of its regulation. The European Union is at the forefront of the technology’s regulation, says Simon Blanchette, Lecturer at Թ Desautels. The EU already has an artificial intelligence act, which centers on the level of privacy risk associated with individual use cases. “For example, when AI is used to evaluate loan or job applications, lots of sensitive, private information will be gathered,” Blanchette told CTV News.

Published on: 23 Oct 2025

Beginning in 2026, Starbucks will be phasing out its mobile order pick-up only locations, abandoning an approach built for speed and efficiency. In an earnings call, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the pick-up only locations had a transactional feel that lacks warmth and human connection. The move favours ‘stay and savour’ customers over ‘grab-and-go ones’, writes Vivek Astvansh in The Conversation. The move could come at a cost, argues the Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics at Թ Desautels.

Published on: 23 Oct 2025

The company that makes Tylenol against a proposed safety warning on labels for all drugs containing acetaminophen. filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration calls for labels to state that, if taken during pregnancy, the medication may increase a child’s risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. 

Classified as: robert platt, School of Population and Global Health, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025

Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Gilles Roth visited Թ’s Desautels Faculty of Management to celebrate a milestone partnership and the launch of the Թ Centre for Finance in Luxembourg and the Master of Management in Finance (MMF) in Luxembourg programme.

Classified as: Master of Management in Finance (MMF), Թ Master of Management in Finance (MMF) Luxembourg, Թ Centre for Finance in Luxembourg
Published on: 23 Oct 2025

Թ researchers who examined the writing skills of teenagers in Montreal found that the performance in French of English-French bilinguals was similar to that of near-monolingual francophones. Bilinguals were defined as teens raised in anglophone or bilingual (English-French) households and who had had significant exposure to French through attending French-language school. Further, the English writing skills of the bilingual participants were found to be on par with their French writing skills.

Classified as: school of communication sciences and disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025

Physics researchers Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin organize FRB2025, celebrating the 10th anniversary of a major finding in the field

Doris Hua, Faculty of Science Communications Assistant

Published on: 23 Oct 2025

Some national pension funds operate on a ‘pay as you go’ model, meaning that retiree pensions are primarily funded by current workers. But other national pension plans—including the Canada Pension Plan—operate on a capitalized model, meaning that workers contributions are invested to fund future payouts. Capitalized plans allow for funds to be invested in a wider variety of assets, and can yield much bigger returns, according to research by Patrick Augustin, Associate Professor of Finance at Թ Desautels.

Classified as: Patrick Augustin, finance
Published on: 22 Oct 2025

Federal investment boosts Թ’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs 

Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced over $198 million in federal funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, including more than $13 million to support 19 Chairs—nine new and ten renewed—at Թ.  

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Published on: 22 Oct 2025

A released yesterday by an inter-university team of researchers has found that none of the mobile games intended for children under the age of 13 fully comply with Quebec, Canadian or U.S. laws on the protection of children's data. 

This Թ expert was part of the research team and can discuss this topic: 

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Published on: 22 Oct 2025

Federal investment boosts Թ’s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research Chairs 

Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced over $198 million in federal funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, including more than $13 million to support 19 Chairs—nine new and ten renewed—at Թ.  

Classified as: Canada Research Chairs (CRC), Թ CRCs 2025
Published on: 22 Oct 2025

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