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Tayah Liska successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304听 on April 21st, 2026.
The title of her thesis:
"Identifying the conceptual attributes of physical activity maintenance among adults with physical disability"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Prof. Shane Sweet (Supervisor), Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard, Dr. William James Harvey, Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, Dr. Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Prof. Guillaume Gervais
On April 16, 麻豆传媒网站 and the Confederation of Faculty Associations of 麻豆传媒网站 (COFAM) held a scheduled bargaining session. During this meeting, the University presented five new non鈥憁onetary counter鈥憄roposals addressing sabbatical leaves, tenure鈥憈rack professor regulations, contract academic staff (CAS) regulations, retirement provisions, and a new professional development leave option for CAS members.
This matter has been in arbitration for some time. However, the parties agreed to replace the recently scheduled hearing days with negotiation sessions, with the aim of achieving as much convergence as possible before the arbitration phase resumes, during which the arbitrator will be called upon to determine the remaining outstanding items.
Americans are more likely to turn to authoritarian leaders when jobs are being lost due to offshoring than they are when job losses result from automation, an international research team has found. This is despite the fact that automation tends to lead to greater job losses.
April 10, 2026 |听Jennifer Welsh听was among ten recipients honoured at the second annual NDG MNA Medal Ceremony, hosted by D茅sir茅e McGraw, Member of the National Assembly for Notre-Dame-de-Gr芒ce, at Villa Maria College. The medal recognizes leaders, builders, and changemakers whose work helps shape the NDG community and, in many cases, leaves a lasting mark on Quebec.
Associate Professor Sandeep Banerjee co-edited听听(Routledge, 2026) with Subho Basu.
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This message is sent on behalf of Serge Bergeron, Senior Director, Budget and Finance, Analysis, Planning and Budget and Tonia Sciannamblo, Deputy Controller, Financial Services
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Dear Colleagues,
The overhead recovery fee currently being charged on actual revenues earned in non-1A unrestricted funds will remain at 7.5% in FY2027. This is unchanged from FY2026. The process for collecting and recording of this fee will continue to occur on a quarterly basis.
International energy research organization Ember has released its annual . It reports that clean energy sources have met all new energy demand since 2025, while electricity generation from fossil fuels has remained unchanged. The review notes that solar power is growing at the fastest rate. However, in Canada, it notes, solar and wind make up less than 10 per cent of the country鈥檚 electricity generation, compared to the G7 average of 19 per cent.
It鈥檚听rare that any business faces the type of challenges that a symphony orchestra does. An orchestra needs to perform at elite level, night in and night out. But it also needs to make money.
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO) rises to the challenge. The traditional model of staging about dozen shows per season for a loyal audience has evolved, MSO CEO M茅lanie La Couture told Prof. Karl Moore for an article in Les Affaires.
