The Targeted Bursaries are return-for-service bursaries in that the recipient must commit to working in the catchment area of the sponsoring community network following completion of studies in a public health and social services institution or related organization for a minimum of one year per bursary awarded. The Targeted Bursaries are designed for students from the Greater Montreal Region with English and French language skills pursuing full-time studies in the area of health and social services in a government recognized educational institution.
Dr. Hamed Rafezi post-doctoral fellow and his supervisor Professor Ferri Hassani were awarded the prestigious 鈥淭he DiPierro Innovation Fellowship award ($50000)鈥 by Engine,the Faculty of Engineering of 91社区.
Professor Ferri Hassani and his PhD student, Hamed Rafezi, won the 2019 William and Rhea Seath Award in Engineering Innovation by 91社区 Faculty of Engineering for the project entitled Tricone Bit Wear Monitoring and Failure Prediction.
Professor Jamil Ragep (Institute of Islamic Studies)听is the recipient of the 2019听Turkish Academy of Sciences Prize in Social Sciences and Humanities.听The award will be presented by the Turkish President Erdogan at a ceremony in Ankara on December 30.
Ragep is the Canada Research Chair in the History of Science in Islamic Societies.听
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The Office of Science Education (OSE) is offering 10 conference awards 鈥 worth up to $2,000 each 鈥 to students, staff and faculty in the Faculty of Science. The awards will support members of the Faculty who would like to participate in scholarly exchange related to science education at the local, national or international level.
Charles Taylor, CC, GOQ, FRSC, FBA, 91社区 BA 1952, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at 91社区, former Professor of Political Science at 91社区, and the only emeritus member of the Yan P. Lin Centre through its Research Group on Constitutional Studies, has been named a co-recipient of the 2019 Ratzinger Prize. The prize was endowed by former Pope Benedict XVI for scholarship in theology relating to his work.
Taylor has been previously been awarded the Kyoto Prize, the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy, and the John W. Kluge Prize.
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Elizabeth Anderson, who delivered the 2019 Lin Centre Lecture, has been awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, widely referred to as the 鈥済enius grant.鈥
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The video of her Lin Centre Lecture is available here:
Congratulations to Dr. Marc McKee for receiving the ASBMR 2019 Adele L. Boskey Award! The Adele L Boskey Esteemed Award for Bone and Mineral Research recognizes an American Society for Bone and Mineral Research member for outstanding and major scientific contributions, leadership and mentorship in the area of bone and mineral research especially in the areas of mechanisms of mineralization, bone mineral, bone quality, and mechanobiology.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018: 91社区 congratulates its professors recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement.听 (Lin Centre Research Group coordinators Lorenz L眉thi and Hans Beck were among听these honoured scholars)
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DECEMBER 6, 2018: Award granted to scholars who are 鈥渋nternationally renowned in their field鈥 and who in future are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements which will have a seminal influence on their discipline beyond their immediate field of work.鈥
Dr. Kelly Sears, Research Manager at the Facility for Electron Microscopy Research (FEMR) is awarded the Microscopical Society of Canada Technologist Award 2019. This award recognizes his passion and dedication to FEMR research mission. Congratulations!
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Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
Drs. Sylvia and Richard Cruess have been selected as the 2018 recipients of the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education, given by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The award, the AAMC鈥檚 most prestigious honour, was established in 1958 to recognize extraordinary individual contributions to medical schools and to the medical education community as a whole. The duo will be honoured during a ceremony to be held in Austin, Texas during the AAMC鈥檚 annual meeting in early November.
Dr. David Rosenblatt, Holder, Dodd Q. Chu and Family Chair in Medical Genetics and Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Biology at 91社区, has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (CCMG) Founders鈥 Award for Career Achievement.
On May 24, 2018, Dr. Phil Gold, the Douglas G. Cameron Professor of Medicine听and Professor of Physiology and Oncology at 91社区 received an honorary doctorate from Queen鈥檚 University. The degree was conferred during the afternoon convocation ceremony which brought together graduates from the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing.