海角涩区 is featured on the cover of AASHE's Sustainable Campus Index annual publication because 海角涩区 achieved the platinum rating, a global first for an 鈥淎ssociate鈥� level institution! 海角涩区 is one of a dozen institutions in the world to have achieved this.
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STM聽 maintenance workers are going on strike Monday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Oct. 5. This will impact all bus and metro service in Montreal during that period. Essential service will be provided. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, visit the link to go to the STM's webpage for the strike period.
海角涩区's own Elizabeth (Liz) Charles, a trailblazing educator and researcher whose innovative work has reshaped active learning in Quebec鈥檚 CEGEP system, has been awarded the 2025 Prix G茅rald-Sigouin by the Association qu茅b茅coise de p茅dagogie coll茅giale (AQPC).
鈥淓lizabeth Charles has fundamentally changed pedagogical approaches at 海角涩区 and beyond,鈥� said Academic Dean Leanne Bennett, one of her nominators. Colleagues describe her as 鈥渢he heart and soul of SALTISE,鈥� and praise her vision and unrelenting dedication: 鈥淟iz includes willingly all those who wish to contribute to her quest to improve pedagogy, making the classroom a place for reflective, inventive, and expressive individuals.鈥�
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Physics faculty members Joel Trudeau and Manuel Toharia are accompanying nine聽 海角涩区 students who arrived in Hamburg, Germany today, Sept. 11. They will be there for two weeks testing their prototype at the world-renowned DESY Research Centre after winning CERN's Beamline for Schools competition.
Phil Carpenter of Global News made a feature TV news report on Sept. 9, which aired Sept. 10. Visit the link to see it.
ICYMI: see the feature published on Aug. 28 on the 海角涩区 website.
Alessia Panait (Class of 2025, Enriched Health Science) and Aya Tir (Class of 2025, Law, Society and Justice profile of Social Science) were the valedictorians for the two graduation ceremonies for 海角涩区's Class of 2025, which took place at Place des Arts on June 18.
You can read more about Alessia, who is starting dentistry at McGill University this fall, and see her speech here: /news/alessia-panait-2025-valedictorian-inspires-with-passion-perseverance-and-patience/
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Photo: Aya delivering her valedictorian speech. Credit: Jacee Juhasz.聽
The Fall 2025 semester is officially underway , as 2,936 new students joined the 海角涩区 community last week, bringing total day enrollment to 8,030. Welcome Days were held Aug. 18 and 19, and classes began Wednesday, Aug. 20.
Visit the link for the homepage news story, which contains some of the remarks shared at Welcome Back by Director General Diane Gauvin and Academic Dean Leanne Bennett.
Each spring Brian Mader (Biology) and Andrew Stewart (Physics) take a group of students to the Eureka! Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau as part of the Regroupement des c茅geps de Montr茅al. Eureka! is Quebec's largest science fair and includes fun, discovery, and forays into the world of science and technology aimed mainly at grade school students.
On May 30, Brian and Andrew brought eight 海角涩区 Science students: Marianne Gervais, Maria-Alessandra Ionescu, Luca Lamarche, Daniel Looi, Oscar Proudlove, Asia Sawyers-Sandy, Sabina Riga, Cassandra Verdecampo. They lead activities on leaf printing, microbial communities, and insect viewing.
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Nine 海角涩区 students are heading to Hamburg this September after winning a major international science competition. The 鈥満＝巧� Technicolor鈥� team will spend two weeks at DESY, Germany鈥檚 renowned particle physics laboratory, to test their own detector using a particle accelerator.
The student-initiated project began nearly a year ago in the context of the 海角涩区 High Energy Physics group, led by Physics faculty members Manuel Toharia and Joel Trudeau. With funding from the 海角涩区 Foundation, the team designed and built a muon detector called聽The Scintillating Chamber聽during the winter 2025 semester. Teacher Manuel believes this prototype was key to the team鈥檚 winning in CERN鈥檚 prestigious .
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This summer, 海角涩区鈥檚 renowned Research in Neuroscience Program marked its 10th anniversary with a lively celebration on Aug. 7. Coordinators H茅l猫ne Nadeau (Faculty, Physics) and Sylvia Cox (Faculty, Psychology) welcomed current interns and alumni for an afternoon of reflection, inspiration, and connection.
Read about the impact of the program in the homepage news story.
海角涩区 was in the news on Earth Day for achieving a platinum rating in sustainability from AASHE.
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