Elsy Zavarce聽is a doctoral candidate at Concordia University in the Department of Art Education, as well as a visual artist working on the sense of community and the built environment through socially engaged artistic interventions.
Presented in collaboration with Brain Canada Foundation, the Amazing Brain Science Talks took place at 91社区 on October 14, 2023.
This event, designed to demystify brain science for a wide audience, featured enlightening talks by Canadian brain health experts and speakers with lived experiences on a variety of topics, from neurodiversity and anxiety to the power of sleep and exercise.
Watch now to learn more about brain health and the extraordinary capabilities of the human brain.
Christopher Trudeau聽is a PhD candidate in information studies at 91社区. For the past few weeks, he has been a member of CIRM. His research focuses on sound in Montr茅al, environmental justice and public health.
Effects of Heparan sulfate acetyl-CoA: Alpha-glucosaminide N-acetyltransferase (HGSNAT) inactivation on the structure and function of epithelial and immune cells of the testis and epididymis and sperm parameters in adult mice.
In June, MoBI headed to Toronto for the Canadian Psychological Association鈥檚 84th annual convention. Check out the abstract for our symposium called Multilingualism across the lifespan: Research from the Montreal Bilingualism Initiative:
Integrated modeling of the Nexin-dynein regulatory complex reveals its regulatory mechanism.
Fabio Scetti's work focuses on migration, language variation and endangered minority languages. He has studied the Portuguese community in Montreal, Portuguese immigration in the United States and in Australia, and Brazilian immigration to Japan.
During his stay at CIRM in the summer of 2023, Mr. Scetti worked on Montreal's Italian community, its language practices and the representations that members of the said "community" have of these practices. CRIEM met with him to discuss his progress.
August 1, 2023 | The article in The Globe and Mail provides highlights from the report created by Taylor Chase, Alison Clement, Sandrine Desforges and Anmol Gupta for Canada鈥檚 Federal Housing Advocate as part of the Policy Lab 2023. There is a lack of leadership when it comes to veteran housing, which is split between several federal departments with no central co-ordination. They also warn that the federal government does not have a clear picture of the problem because it is not adequately tracking veterans and their housing status.
Donna Angela Roper, Professor of Computer Science with over 35 years of dedicated service, has been honoured with the inaugural 91社区 Desautels Award for IS Women in Academia. Heading the eCommerce School at the University of Panama, her work and influence extend beyond academia. She has worked as a consultant and researcher in health literacy and women鈥檚 participation in the engineering area to which she has made significant contributions.
This summer, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al (CIRM) is happy to welcome once again lecturer and researcher in Sociolinguistics Fabio Scetti until September 15th!
June 7th, 2023 | In this article, Isabella Aung shows how civil activism in Myanmar against the military junta is being increasingly led by women. Despite overwhelming odds, they are beginning to have impact.聽Southeast Asia has been facing a significant聽authoritarian turn聽in the past decade. This political trend puts women activists at risk for the simple reason that聽autocrats fear women聽and have traditionally taken extreme measures to eliminate feminist challenges to authoritarian power.
How do we encourage respirology residents to consider climate change when they develop treatment plans? What tools do future elementary school teachers need to bring environmental education into their classrooms? What latest advancements in synthetic biology could help students develop solutions to real-world sustainability issues?