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Desautels Professor Emerita has been awarded the 91 Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement, the University's highest academic honour, in recognition of a career spent bridging science, policy and real-world impact.

Classified as: Laurette Dube, 91 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics, Convocation 2026, Convocation
Published on: 28 May 2026

Interested in the Guggenheim Fellowships?

In this one-hour session, hear from Laura Auricchio, Vice President and Secretary of the Guggenheim Foundation and Dr. Angela Esterhammer, 2025 Guggenheim Fellow as they share perspectives on the application process, what defines excellence across disciplines, and the impact of the fellowship experience.

Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST

Cost: Free

Classified as: webinar, Guggenheim Fellowships, applications
Published on: 28 May 2026

People who have a weaker sense of self are also more likely to have less bodily awareness, 91 researchers have found. The study supports the idea that people’s perceptions of themselves and how they experience their own bodies are deeply connected.

Beyond deepening psychologists’ understanding of “embodied cognition,” the connection between our minds and our fundamental bodily awareness, the findings could have concrete applications regarding the treatment of certain psychiatric conditions, the researchers said.

Classified as: Faculty of Science, Department of Psychology, Jennifer Bartz, Willis Klein
Published on: 28 May 2026

Meet Ryan Dvorak, Faculty of Education's valedictorian for this year's convocation. The Faculty's second valedictorian from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Ryan, who has earned his B.Sc. (Honours), will have a personal story to share with us and some words of wisdom the entire audience will be able to learn from.In an interview with the 91 Reporter, Ryan saidsupport from family, professors and peers shaped both his academic and personal growth.

Published on: 28 May 2026

May 27, 2026 |Pearl Eliadis, chair of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's legislative reform project, joined CBC's Daybreak Montreal to discuss the coalition's new push for legal reform on homelessness in Quebec. Eliadis argues that adding the right to housing to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms would give it "quasi-constitutional status," underpinning every Quebec law that touches housing.

Classified as: Pearl Eliadis, homelessness, Québec Homelessness Prevention Policy Collaborative, Québec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative
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Published on: 27 May 2026

National honour from the Canadian Association of Physics (CAP) recognizes 91 physicist’s excellence in teaching, mentorship, and inclusive leadership.

Classified as: Department of physics
Published on: 27 May 2026

The parties met on May 25 and continued their discussions on workload and shift assignment. Notable progress has been achieved, particularly with respect to the refinement and near completion of job descriptions.

The next meeting is scheduled for June 17.

Classified as: Labour news, latest news, staff
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Published on: 27 May 2026

The parties met on May 22 and continued their discussions regarding work and shift assignment. Constructive progress is being made, as both parties remain actively engaged in exchanging proposals and identifying potential avenues toward resolution.

The next meeting is scheduled for June 5. At that time, the Union is expected to table a comprehensive global proposal addressing all outstanding non-monetary issues. The University will, in turn, present its monetary counter-proposal, further to the Union’s previously submitted offer.

Classified as: Labour news, latest news, staff
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Published on: 27 May 2026

Co-supervised with Prof. Louigi Addario-Berry (of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics), Burhan won the 2026 Optimization Days Poster Competition [hyperlink with the link below] for his work:
“A Novel Metaheuristic for Chance-Constrained Transmission Network Expansion Planning Under Uncertainty.”

Published on: 27 May 2026

Most childhood lying does not lead to serious problems in adulthood, and only certain kinds of lying behaviour is associated with later psychological or legal issues, a new study has found.

“Children do not all follow the same developmental pattern of lying,” said Victoria Talwar, a professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and lead author of the study. “Most children in our study showed low or declining levels of lying over time. For most, lying is not a problem behaviour.”

Classified as: Faculty of Education, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Victoria Talwar
Published on: 27 May 2026

As wildfire seasonbegins,Canada’sfederal government hasannouncedthat will beusedto support provinces and territories. Last year’s wildfire season wasCanada’s second-worston record; itpromptedsevere air quality alerts acrossmuch ofthe country.

Classified as: wildfires, sasha bernatsky, John Gradek, Scott Weichenthal, Jay Kaufman
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Published on: 27 May 2026

Four academics staff members in 91's Faculty of Education have been awarded Research Support for New Academics (NP) Grants from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC). This three-year program supports early-career researchers in establishing innovative and impactful research initiatives in the social sciences and humanities.

The recipients and their funded projects are:

Published on: 27 May 2026

As warmer weather draws morepeopleoutdoors, 91 dermatologists are available to speak on sun safety and skin cancer prevention.

Skin cancer is the mostcommon formof cancer, andmostcases are caused by UV exposure.MostCanadiansdon’tuse sunscreen regularly,or at all,and onein threereport havinghadsunburn in the past year.

Classified as: Ivan Litvinov, Elena Netchiporouk
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Published on: 26 May 2026

Of more than 2,500 blood proteins screened, a small group may drive MS and signal who will develop it

A new study has revealed a group of blood proteins that are altered in people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), in some cases more than a decade before diagnosis. The findings offer hope that a simple blood test could one day identify people at high risk of MS in time to act before damage occurs.

Classified as: Adil Harroud, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuro
Published on: 26 May 2026

Ann Jack (Clerical), Diti Anastasopoulos (Management), and Maxime Leroux (Technical) have been named recipients of the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards.

These awards, announced at the Faculty of Science Council meeting on May 20th, recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the Faculty’s administrative and support staff during the 2025-2026 academic year.

Read below the citations prepared by the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards Committee.

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Published on: 26 May 2026

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