Dixième édition de l’Ordre de la rose blanche – Polytechnique Montréal dévoile la récipiendaire 2024, Makenna Kuzyk, qui reçoit une bourse de 50 000$

2 décembre 2024

Montréal - Au terme d’une cérémonie qui s’est déroulée plus tôt ce matin, la direction de Polytechnique Montréal a remis aujourd’hui la dixième bourse de l’Ordre de la rose blanche à Makenna Kuzyk, bachelière en génie mécanique de l’Université de l’Alberta. Cette prestigieuse bourse de 50 000 $, créée par Polytechnique en 2014 afin de rendre hommage aux 14 femmes assassinées le 6 décembre 1989 et de poursuivre leurs ambitions, est accordée chaque année à une étudiante canadienne en génie qui choisit de poursuivre ses études aux cycles supérieurs (à la maîtrise ou au doctorat) dans l’établissement de son choix, au Canada ou ailleurs dans le monde. L’objectif principal est de promouvoir des modèles féminins en génie et en sciences au pays.

Launch of the UNESCO Chair in Green and Sustainable Electronics

June 19, 2023

Polytechnique Montréal to play a key role in a global initiative  to limit the environmental and social impacts of electronic devices   

Convocation 2023: Polytechnique Montréal awards nearly 1,900 degrees and diplomas along with honorary doctorates to Normand Brais and Danielle W. Zaïkoff

June 11, 2023

Montréal, June 11, 2023 – Polytechnique Montréal is celebrating its Class of 2023 during two ceremonies being held today at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The event offers the opportunity to reward graduates from the engineering university’s 147th class (2022–23) for their hard work. In all, 1,865 degrees are being handed out in this, the institution’s 150th anniversary year, bringing to 59,000 the number of Polytechnique graduates, who have all gone on to make positive impacts on society. During the ceremonies, Université de Montréal, upon the recommendation of Polytechnique, will also award honorary doctoral degrees to Normand Brais, a Québec entrepreneur renowned for his innovations and philanthropy, and to Danielle W. Zaïkoff, a pioneering woman engineer who has held senior roles in some of the leading organizations in the field.

Launch of the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2)

May 18, 2023

Invitation à la dixième édition de la cérémonie de l'Ordre de la rose blanche

28 novembre 2024

10 major companies from Quebec, France, Switzerland and Morocco partner with the CIRAIG and 4 universities to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy

April 27, 2023

How to keep 12.8 tonnes of microplastics out of Montréal’s water

February 8, 2023

An analysis by Polytechnique Montréal reveals the efficiency of citizen science—and filters on washing machines

Polytechnique Montréal Kicks Off Its 150th Anniversary Celebrations, Which are set to Wrap Up in November 2023

January 25, 2023

Montréal – 2023 marks an important milestone in Polytechnique Montréal's history: its 150th anniversary. The occasion is an opportunity for the university to reflect on its achievements and how it wants to shape its future.

Eleven Québec universities unite for biodiversity

December 8, 2022

Montreal - Eleven Québec universities have joined forces and signed the Nature Positive Pledge, becoming founding members of an international movement that includes more than 117 universities worldwide.

8th Edition of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship: Sophia Roy Awarded $30,000  from Polytechnique Montréal

December 5, 2022

Montréal - Taking action to fight the environmental crisis: this is what sparked Sophia Roy's interest in engineering. Today the outstanding student was awarded the $30,000 Order of the White Rose Scholarship. The presentation ceremony, which was attended by Pascale Déry, the Minister of Higher Education, followed a moving commemoration of the tragic event that occurred on December 6, 1989. After completing a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering at McGill University, Ms. Roy was admitted directly to a PhD program in the same field at Polytechnique Montréal, where she is studying steel decarbonization methods. Every year, Polytechnique's senior administration awards the Order of the White Rose Scholarship to a female Canadian engineering student who hopes to pursue graduate studies at the university of her choice, in Canada or elsewhere in the world. 

Polytechnique Montréal denounces the use of an inappropriate promotional code

December 2, 2022

9th Edition of the Week of the White Rose and Commemoration of December 6, 1989 at Polytechnique Montréal

November 28, 2022

MONTRÉAL - The 9th Edition of the Week of the White Rose is taking place from November 28 to December 6. For the occasion, Polytechnique Montréal is inviting its entire community and the general public to make a symbolic and inclusive gesture by offering virtual white roses as a means of encouraging young women to go into engineering.

Voir des structures d’atomes en 3D: Polytechnique Montréal accueille la sonde atomique la plus performante d’Amérique du Nord, et la première en sol québécois

14 novembre 2024

Montréal, le jeudi 14 novembre 2024 – Polytechnique Montréal marque aujourd’hui un jalon important de son implication dans le développement de matériaux de haute technologie avec l’inauguration des installations de la première sonde atomique tomographique du Québec, et la première de sa génération en Amérique du Nord.

Maud Cohen: Polytechnique Montréal’s new president, and first-ever woman to lead the university in its 149-year history

June 22, 2022

GENDER EQUITY IN PUBLIC TRANSIT: Transit systems must adapt to women's needs

February 7, 2022

Polytechnique Montréal’s Professor Carl-Éric Aubin receives appointment to the Order of Canada

December 29, 2021

Montréal - Polytechnique Montréal is proud to announce that Full Professor Carl-Éric Aubin from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal, researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and Executive Director and scientist of the TransMedTech Institute, has been named Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honour.

Seventh edition of the Order of the White Rose- Polytechnique Montréal announces recipient: Willow Dew receives $30,000 scholarship

December 2, 2021

Montreal – At the end of a ceremony held in the company of honoured guests including Ms. Danielle McCann (Minister of Higher Education), Polytechnique Montréal presented the seventh Order of the White Rose scholarship to Willow Dew.

Week of the White Rose and December 6, 1989 commemorations at Polytechnique Montréal

November 25, 2021

Invitation aux médias- La lutte au cancer c'est l'affaire de tous: venez ajouter votre empreinte génétique au Registre de donneurs de cellules souches d'Héma-Québec

28 octobre 2024

Professor Samuel Pierre receives Engineers Canada's Gold Medal

June 28, 2021

Samuel Pierre is the first Polytechnique Montréal faculty member to receive Engineers Canada's most prestigious award.