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Â鶹AV calls on Premier Legault to reverse decision, citing devastating effects on Quebec and the University

Published: 14 December 2023

Â鶹AV is calling on Premier François Legault to immediately reverse the government measures released today and go back to the drawing board....

Rare collection of Voltaire manuscripts makes its way to Â鶹AV

Published: 18 October 2023

The Â鶹AV Library is now home to a rare collection of materials related to the prolific Enlightenment period philosopher, Voltaire (1694-1778)....

$15.3 million gift for brain research at Â鶹AV will bring new insights into neurological diseases and disorders

Published: 16 November 2022

Scientists around the world are beginning to use new techniques in analyzing single brain cells to understand conditions like depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and neurodegenerative...

Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer  

Published: 22 August 2023

A new study led by Â鶹AV examines why people living in Atlantic regions are more at-risk for developing melanoma than other Canadians, providing lessons on skin cancer prevention for...

How will the REM impact transportation across the Montreal metropolitan region?

Published: 31 July 2023

As Montreal's new light rail or LRT system is set to open its first branch of service this summer, researchers at TRAM, a transportation research group at Â鶹AV, have released an...

Expert: Hollywood actors go on strike after SAG-AFTRA talks collapse

Published: 25 July 2023

The union representing more than 150,000 television and movie actors is on strike, joining screenwriters who walked out in May to create Hollywood’s first industrywide shutdown in 63 years. (New...

A stronger placebo effect for those who believe sham medical treatments are personalized

Published: 13 July 2023

If you believe a medical treatment was developed specifically for you, it may be more effective, especially if you want to be seen as unique, according to new research from Â鶹AV....

Interactive exhibition InSomnolence shows sleep is more social than it seems

Published: 5 July 2023

From an artist’s attempt to tame troubled sleep with AI, to sounds and objects as artifacts of other people’s dream, to a radio station that transforms the dread of insomnia into curiosity and...

How anti-Asian racism manifested at work in the pandemic

Published: 15 May 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged any notion that Asian Americans are a privileged, white-adjacent group skirting above racism.

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