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36 Faculty of Science professors receive NSERC Discovery Grants funding

webfull — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:55:54 +0000

Thirty-six Faculty of Science professors have been awarded funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant program.

The Discovery Grants program is NSERC's largest and longest-standing program. Discovery Grants support ongoing projects with long-term goals, providing researchers with the flexibility to explore the most promising avenues of research as they emerge.

Rim Hariss awarded NSERC Discovery Grant for retail operations research

webfull — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:54:55 +0000

Professor Rim Hariss is one of 122 ��Թ� researchers awarded funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Discovery Grants competition, announced July 7 as part of a $30-million investment in ��Թ� research.

Harris's project, "Beyond the Stockout: A Behavioral-Analytical Framework for Optimizing Retail Operations," examines how consumers respond to product unavailability, using AI-enabled in-store tracking data to model search and substitution behavior.

Economic uncertainty creates new opportunities for growth

webfull — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:51:44 +0000

As Canada faces economic uncertainty driven by trade tensions, inflation and shifting global markets, Robert Nason, associate professor at ��Թ� Desautels, is urging businesses to adopt a more entrepreneurial mindset.

Rather than taking a “wait-and-see” approach, Nason argues that organizations should view uncertainty as an opportunity to experiment, diversify suppliers and explore new markets.

RiboClub 2026 to Bring International RNA Research Community to Orford, Québec

webfull — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:55:33 +0000

The RiboClub 2026 Annual Conference will take place October 4–8, 2026, at the Chéribourg Hotel in Orford, Québec, bringing together researchers, trainees, and industry professionals from across Canada and around the world to discuss the latest developments in RNA science.

RiboClub 2026 Annual Conference

webfull — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:53:49 +0000

Andrew Potter on Canadian Pride and a Bigger Flag | The Line

webfull — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:54:29 +0000

July 1, 2026 | Andrew Potter marks Canada Day in The Line by reading the latest polling on Canadian pride. Abacus Data shows pride back up to 77%, matching 1985 levels after cratering to 34% when Justin Trudeau left office, even as the country's core arguments over identity and symbols remain unresolved. Potter reads this as a hopeful sign that "Canadians are a people despite themselves," closing with the wry suggestion that the answer to a perpetually contested Canada Day is simply to "bring a bigger flag."

Andrew Potter on America's Heel Turn at 250 | The Globe and Mail

webfull — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:48:09 +0000

July 3, 2026 | Andrew Potter marks America's 250th birthday in a Globe and Mail op-ed reading Trump's foreign policy through the lens of professional wrestling. Potter argues the Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelensky was America's "Bash at the Beach moment," when the world's most reliable babyface visibly turned heel. He traces Trump's decades-long ties to WWE storytelling to explain the character now shaping American foreign policy: "the nativist heel whose contempt for the audience is disguised as an appeal to their self-interest."

Olayinka Oni named non-executive director of Sterling Bank

webfull — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:17:57 +0000

Olayinka Oni (IMPM’26), has been appointed non-executive director of Sterling Bank in Nigeria, effective June 2026.

Oni has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of technology, operations and financial services. His earlier career includes senior roles at Sterling Bank, Wema Bank, Microsoft and First City Monument Bank.

Pearl Eliadis on the CQPI's New Report to Prevent Homelessness in Quebec

webfull — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:22:47 +0000

July 2, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis led the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's (CQPI) new report, which sets out 17 recommendations to prevent homelessness in Quebec, chief among them enshrining the right to housing in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. Drawing on research contributions from across ��Թ�, the report responds to what Eliadis calls "increasingly alarming, even catastrophic" levels of homelessness, with the number of people affected rising 44% between 2018 and 2022.

A Look Back at the Vernissage of Là où on se retrouve - and Its Recognition in La Presse

webfull — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:59:08 +0000

In Conversation with the Music Studies Area Coordinator Andrea Creech

webfull — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:10:36 +0000

(Re)Introducing the Music Studies program at the Schulich School of Music

Prof. Joshua Skorburg, IVADO visiting fellow at the Chair

webfull — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:47:46 +0000

Prof. Joshua Skorburg will be a new visiting fellow at the Chair.

Fellow Bio: Joshua August (Gus) Skorburg is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Academic Co-Director of the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI), and Faculty Affiliate at the One Health Institute at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. From 2018-2022 he was Adjunct Professor in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He received his PhD in Philosophy in 2017 from the University of Oregon. His research spans topics in applied ethics and moral psychology.

Pearl Eliadis on Quebec's Domestic Violence Disclosure Law | Weekends with Rob Fai

webfull — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:52:10 +0000

June 20, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis joined Weekends with Rob Fai to unpack Quebec's newly passed Bill 4, the Gabby Renaud Law, which comes into force in December and will allow people at risk of intimate partner violence to request information about a partner's police or corrections history. Modelled in part on the UK's Clare's Law, the Quebec version stands out from similar disclosure regimes already in place in Alberta and Saskatchewan by pairing "the right to ask and the right to know" with a support component for people once they receive that information.

PhD Oral Defence; Alexis Leroux-Lapierre

webfull — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:48:11 +0000

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Alexis Leroux-Lapierre

DATE: August 5, 2026

PhD Oral Defence; Vincent Painchaud

webfull — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:33:35 +0000

��Թ� DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Vincent Painchaud