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CFI and the Government of Québec award more than $20 million to four research projects headed by Polytechnique Montréal professors

January 23, 2018

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Government of Québec and various partners will contribute to supporting research infrastructures for projects under the direction of Polytechnique Montréal professors Carl-Éric Aubin, Stéphane Kéna-Cohen, Da ...

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Québec Network for Electron Microscopy of Materials: Polytechnique Montréal and Université de Montréal awarded $15.2 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Government of Québec and partners

January 22, 2018

Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and five other Québec universities will establish a distributed electron microscopy infrastructure for study of the properties of advanced materials, down to the atomic scale. ...

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Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister visits Institut de l'énergie Trottier

January 19, 2018

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, visited Polytechnique Montréal on January 18, 2018, and met with the team at the Institut de l’énergie Trottier. ...

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Philippe A. Tanguy meets the Polytechnique Montréal community

January 18, 2018

Polytechnique Montréal welcomes back the former faculty member, appointed to a four-year term as CEO of Polytechnique. ...

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Polytechnique Montréal awarded $2.4 million grant for three chairs as part of the Canada Research Chairs Program

December 14, 2017

Professors Martin Lévesque, Gregory S. Patience and Denis Seletskiy earn backing for their research work from the Canada Research Chairs Program. ...

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December 6, 2017- 28 years later- Remembering and reflecting

December 6, 2017

The pain has eased and life goes on... but we still remember the 13 Polytechnique Montréal students and one staff member who lost their lives on December 6, 1989, as well as the people who remain wounded by this tragedy. The community has chosen to favour ...

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Ella Thomson is the third recipient of the Order of the White Rose scholarship

December 1, 2017

Today, Polytechnique Montréal is presenting the third annual Order of the White Rose scholarship to Ella Thomson, an electrical engineering graduate of the University of Manitoba. This $30,000 scholarship, created three years ago, is awarded annually to a ...

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The CIRAIG announces one of the world’s largest life cycle research partnerships

November 30, 2017

The International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) announced a new five-year partnership as part of the International Life Cycle (ILC) Chair with nine major organizations in Québec and around the world: Arce ...

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Philippe A. Tanguy appointed Chief Executive Officer of Polytechnique Montréal

November 29, 2017

The Government of Québec today confirmed by decree the appointment of Philippe A. Tanguy, P. Eng., PhD, as the 15 th Chief Executive Officer of Polytechnique Montréal. Mr. Tanguy will assume his new post in January 2018. ...

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The future blossoms in our hands: Fourth edition of Polytechnique Montréal’s Week of the White Rose

November 28, 2017

As December 6 approaches and Polytechnique Montréal prepares for the annual day of remembrance of the tragic events of 1989, the institution invites members of the public to make a meaningful, symbolic gesture by taking part in the Week of the White Rose. ...

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Innovation Superclusters: shortlisted applicants from Québec announced at Polytechnique Montréal

October 11, 2017

Polytechnique Montréal recently hosted the unveiling by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, of the two Québec-region proposals shortlisted for Canada’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative. ...

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Professor François Bertrand serves as interim CEO of Polytechnique Montréal

August 1, 2017

Polytechnique Montréal’s Board of Governors has named François Bertrand, Polytechnique’s current Director of Research, Innovation and International Affairs, as interim Chief Executive Officer of the institution, effective August 1, 2017. ...

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Professor Martel’s works get support from Movember Foundation and Prostate Cancer Canada

July 26, 2017

A research project led by Professor Sylvain Martel will receive $1.5 million over a three-year period to accelerate the transition of existing knowledge into a clinical application for prostate cancer treatment. ...

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Canada 150 Research Chairs: Pursue a Career at Polytechnique Montreal

July 17, 2017

Polytechnique Montréal invites top-tier researchers who currently work and reside outside Canada to send it expressions of interest in applying for the Canada 150 Research Chairs Program (the Program). ...

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An infallible hand-held probe to aid cancer surgery

June 28, 2017

Researchers from Polytechnique Montréal et other health research facilities in Québec invented an intraoperative probe that reliably detects multiple types of tumour cells. ...

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Using chitosan to combat osteoarthritis and aging cartilage- A complex sugar that can reduce inflammation

June 27, 2017

Crustacean shells, particularly from shrimp, have held the fascination of many researchers because once transformed, they produce chitosan, a biopolymer with remarkable attributes that could make all the difference in the treatment of osteoarthritis. ...

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Leveraging the full potential of household waste- Inauguration of the Research Chair in Waste Recovery at Polytechnique Montréal

June 15, 2017

Viewing waste as a resource with true economic value is the key focus of the Research Chair in Waste Recovery at Polytechnique Montréal, inaugurated today in the presence of its partners: founding partner Ville de Montréal as well as the Ville de Laval an ...

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A stream of superfluid light

June 5, 2017

Works of Professor Stéphane Kéna-Cohen of Polytechnique Montréal demonstrated the ability of light to flow without friction when encountering an object, under special conditions. ...

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Christophe Guy to complete his term at Polytechnique Montréal and pursue a new challenge

June 1, 2017

Outgoing Polytechnique Montréal CEO Christophe Guy will take up new duties as Vice President, Research and Graduate Studies, at Concordia University, effective August 1, 2017. ...

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Solutions for innovation and productivity improvements in the construction industry

May 17, 2017

Polytechnique Montréal and the Pomerleau construction company inaugurate the Pomerleau Industrial Research Chair in Innovation and Construction Project Governance, led by professor Mario Bourgault of the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineerin ...

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