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Temporary migrant workers help feed Quebec, yet they struggle to feed themselves properly.
Food
Food workers don’t have enough to eat
A survey of 283 migrant workers in Quebec’s farming and food-processing industries reveals many suffer from food insecurity: they're going hungry.
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Laurence Deschamps-Laporte, professor in the Department of Political Science at Université de Montréal
The EU Summit: 3 questions to Laurence Deschamps-Laporte
Politics • Oct 22nd
Carlos Silva, professor in the Department of Physics at Université de Montréal and director of the Institut Courtois
Carlos Silva appointed to expert panel on advanced materials
Appointments • Oct 1st
Shady Rahayel, Sami Obaid and Thomas Parmentier
Three UdeM professors among Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Brain • Oct 1st
Isabelle Ouellet-Morin, professor at the School of Criminology at Université de Montréal
Isabelle Ouellet-Morin elected president of ISPNE
Appointments • Sep 22nd
En 1974, l’Université de Montréal aménage un vélodrome extérieur temporaire sur l’actuel terrain de football du CEPSUM. Du 14 au 25 août 1974, Montréal était alors l’hôte des Championnats du monde de cyclisme.
1974: When Université de Montréal saved the World Cycling Championships
Cycling • Sep 17th
Laurence Deschamps-Laporte, professor in the Department of Political Science at Université de Montréal
Laurence Deschamps-Laporte named to Canada’s 'Top 40 under 40'
Awards and honours • Sep 16th
Emma Frejinger, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Emma Frejinger appointed special advisor on AI and digital technology
Appointments • Sep 11th
Valérie Plante
Back to campus: Valérie Plante returns to UdeM as a guest expert
Politics • Sep 3rd
Epidemiologist Sheryl Magzamen and physical chemist Patrick Charbonneau
Eddie Goldenberg Chairs bring two scientists to UdeM
Professors • Aug 27th
Patrick Charbonneau, physical chemist
Patrick Charbonneau: applying statistical physics to understand AI
Physics • Aug 27th
Sheryl Magzamen, epidemiologist
Sheryl Magzamen: an epidemiologist on a mission
Public health • Aug 26th
Veracity is an open-source model that other teams can build on to create similar tools for different electoral or linguistic contexts.
Veracity: a transparent fact-checker
Artificial intelligence • Aug 26th
Roger-Gaudry Building
Four UdeM luminaries honoured with an Order of Canada
Awards and honours • Jun 29th
Aerial view of the Science Complex, including the future C and D wings
Phase 2 of Université de Montréal’s MIL Campus gets the green light
Funding • Jun 15th
Mehdi Benlarbi and Andrés Finzi
Mehdi Benlarbi awarded the Uta von Schwedler Prize
Awards and honours • Jun 9th
Representatives from Dentalcorp and the Université de Montréal mark the announcement of the Dentalcorp Fund, a $1 million commitment to the Faculty of Dental Medicine. From left to right: Nate Tchaplia, President, Dentalcorp; Dr. Hugo Ciaburro, Dean, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Université de Montréal; Alexandra Murray, Director, Associate Recruitment, Quebec, Dentalcorp; Emilie L. Cayer, Executive Director of Philanthropy, Université de Montréal; Joe Farra, Vice President, Associate Recruitment, Dentalcorp; Alain Maranda, Director, Partnership Development, Quebec, Dentalcorp; Joe Spagnuolo, Senior Vice President, Quebec, Dentalcorp.
Dentalcorp invests $1 million in the next generation of dentistry
Philanthropy • Jun 2nd
According to David Décary-Hétu, cybercrime has a significant impact on society as a whole.
UdeM expert gets $4.5M to study German cybercrime
Criminology • Jun 1st
In Canada, an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 people have ALS, with about 1,000 dying of it each year.
It's a start: $185,000 to find new drugs for ALS
Biotechnology • May 14th
Louise Arbour
Louise Arbour named Canada’s next governor general
Graduates • May 5th
From left to right: Riley Krembil, Chief Operating Officer of the Krembil Foundation; Kate Williams, Chief Scientific Officer of the Krembil Foundation; Louis-Éric Trudeau, professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Université de Montréal and researcher at the Courtois Institute of Biomedical Innovation; Reese Whitaker, Research Program Coordinator at the Krembil Foundation; and Tae Joon Yi, Associate Director of the Krembil Foundation.
A major gift to advance research into Parkinson's disease
Philanthropy • Apr 29th
Bob Rae
Bob Rae to chair the CÉRIUM advisory board
Appointments • Apr 14th
Daniel Jutras at Louise Arbour’s home (and her dog Loma’s!) in the heart of the Laurentian forest
At home with Louise Arbour
Law • Mar 30th
As a specialist in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alicia Dubinski has focused her research on the role of stress granules and TDP-43 pathology in the progressive death of motor neurons.
An UdeM graduate named a Schmidt Science Fellow
Scholarships • Mar 25th
Dr. Simon Grandjean Lapierre’s team is working on the development and validation of new diagnostic tools for tuberculosis. From left to right: public health doctoral student Emmanuelle Ametepe; Simon Grandjean Lapierre; microbiology and infectious diseases residents Lucila Baldassarre and Sophie Lefrançois; Floriane Point, research assistant at the CHUM Research Centre; Hugo Leprohon, resident in microbiology and infectious diseases; and Florence Durocher, physician specializing in microbiology and infectious diseases. Residents Nayla Léveillé (clinical-research program) and Karima Zerrouki (internal medicine) are also part of the laboratory.
Tuberculosis is on the rise in Canada
Public health • Mar 23rd
Gilles Brassard, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Gilles Brassard, co-founder of quantum cryptography, receives the A.M. Turing Award
Awards and honours • Mar 18th
La tour du pavillon Roger-Gaudry de l'Université de Montréal
UdeM receives major CFI funding for its research infrastructure
Funding • Mar 13th
Yoshua Bengio, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Yoshua Bengio elected co-chair of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Appointments • Mar 6th
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, accompanied by Daniel Jutras and Patrick Cossette
UdeM honours Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of HIV
Honoris causa • Mar 3rd
Hervé Prince, UdeM international trade law expert
'We can't evolve in a world without rules'
Law • Mar 2nd

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