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Slavery in Montreal (also then known as Ville-Marie), one of the main settlements in the French colony, has long been neglected by researchers.

Society

New France had child slaves – and they were Indigenous

2 July 2025

Article

Health

UM171 breaks new ground

30 June 2025

Press release

This stunning image reveals a distant galaxy cluster teeming with energy: galaxies shine in visible light (white), ghostly red clouds unveil a newly discovered radio mini-halo—the most distant ever detected—and blue wisps trace the hot gas glowing in X-rays.

Science

Discovery of ‘mini halo’ points to how the early universe was formed

26 June 2025

Article

Archaeology can help bridge the gap between natural and social processes – offering a blueprint for integrative models that explore how climate change impacts human systems.

Science

A blueprint for adapting to climate change

19 June 2025

Article

The professor thinks it’s important not to lose sight of the fact that the repression of dissent takes many forms.

Society

When political demonstrations are met by force

18 June 2025

Article

Students Laurianne Pagé and Marie-Hélène Brunet sampling near the Nechalacho mine, near Yellowknife.

Science

Investigating the environmental impact of rare-earth metals

17 June 2025

Article

The help comes in the form of scholarships, sponsorships, academic supervision and integration into research teams in this country.

Community

Giving back to Gaza

16 June 2025

Article

The face of loneliness is changing. Today, it doesn’t just affect elderly shut-ins, recluses and explorers of remote climes, the extreme cases with which it has traditionally been associated.

Society

Loneliness is spreading. What can sociology tell us about it?

12 June 2025

Article

The study found that a lack of resources hindered families and communities in preparing for Tropical Storm Erika and Hurricane Maria, and in implementing measures that could have mitigated their negative effects.

Society

Building climate resilience in the island nation of Dominica

6 June 2025

Article

After four years, the career guidance program yielded a 10 percentage-point increase in post-secondary enrolment among participants, who were 50 per cent more likely than members of the control group to continue their education.

Society

A career compass is better than a cheque

5 June 2025

Article

The organization brings together a team of AI researchers building the next generation of AI systems in a way that puts safety ahead of commercial interests.

Community

"Safe-by-design" AI: Yoshua Bengio launches LawZero

3 June 2025

Article

AI-generated image of a cup of coffee featuring latte art in the shape of a sleeping brain, created using DALL·E / Prompt by Karim Jerbi

Science

How does coffee affect a sleeping brain?

29 May 2025

Press release

A team led by Sarah Lippé has developed a method that can determine in minutes whether a baby’s brain development is advanced, delayed or in line with their chronological age.

Science

AI takes only minutes to tell how mature an infant's brain is

27 May 2025

Article

Aaron Courville

Community

'I'm a researcher. This is what I do.'

21 May 2025

Article

Members of the ATLAS Collaboration next to a mural of the ATLAS Detector at CERN.

Community

$1 million U.S. for a project co-founded by UdeM

15 April 2025

Article

Left photo: mycorrhizal root showing intra-root vesicles and hyphae; top right photo: extracted hyphae and spores; bottom right photo: mycorrhizal fungal spore

Science

Plants, fungi and bacteria working together

15 April 2025

Article

Sébastien Sauvé

Science

How Sébastien Sauvé turned 'forever chemicals' into big news

15 April 2025

Article

The study examined differences in background music listening during a host of daily tasks and less cognitive activities.

Culture

Music to their ears

2 April 2025

Article

It's the first time that scientists have successfully reverse-engineered the physical properties of cells located deep within a plant organ based on experimental data.

Science

Hidden forces shape plants from the inside out

1 April 2025

Press release

The Roger-Gaudry campus

Community

King Charles III Coronation Medal awarded to UdeM members

31 March 2025

Article

Workaholism is defined as addiction to work, characterized by “constant internal pressure and obsessive thoughts focused on work-related tasks”.

Society

Investing in your work: a fine balance between dedication and burnout

31 March 2025

Article

Aaron Courville

Community

Aaron Courville appointed interim scientific director of IVADO

27 March 2025

Article

There are more crimes that can lead to deportation than one might think.

Society

How Canadian immigration law turns judges into border guards

27 March 2025

Article

The system developed by the Bouilly laboratory will facilitate the manufacture of devices based on graphene and other 2D materials.

Health

Manipulating the very small at large scale

26 March 2025

Article

Certain personality traits traditionally considered "feminine" could even be an advantage in the race for votes.

Society

Recruiting women as candidates: an electoral opportunity

25 March 2025

Article

In a virtual roundtable, three experts from Université de Montréal examine the future of Canada-U.S. relations and the implications for our shared border of Trump’s second term.

Society

Roundtable: what future for the 49th Parallel?

21 March 2025

Article

Temporary foreign workers are supposed to have the same rights as Canadian workers, but in practice their rights are often violated in multiple ways.

Society

Exploited: temporary foreign workers in Canada are vulnerable

20 March 2025

Article

René Doyon

Science

'I've always been fascinated by the sky'

19 March 2025

Press release

Of the 25 participants in the study, eight had completed a social transition only, while 17 had carried out a social and medical transition.

Society

Detransitioning: those who've done it feel misunderstood

18 March 2025

Article

To capture the children’s reasoning in action, Dufour used a qualitative and interpretive approach.

Society

Preschoolers can reason better than we think

14 March 2025

Article

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