CIRM - News

A few questions for our new member, Louis-Thomas Kelly

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:05:22 +0000

Welcome to Louis-Thomas Kelly, new member of CIRM!

Welcome to our new member, David LeRue!

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:05:01 +0000

Welcome to David LeRue, new CIRM member!

Interview with Thara Charland, new member at CIRM

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:32:16 +0000

Welcome to Thara Charland, CIRM's new member!

Welcome to our new member, Stéphane Febbrari Vermette

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:36:46 +0000

Welcome to Stéphane Febbrari Vermette, new CIRM practician member!

Interview with Aitor Zuberogoitia, Elvira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies 2024

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:07:07 +0000

Welcome Aitor Zuberogoitia, new Etxepare Euskal Institutua Elbira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies!

Interview with Rachel Nadon, CIRM's BMO 2024 postdoctoral fellow

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:14:37 +0000

Welcome to our McConnell Professor Michel Hellman

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:48:38 +0000

It is with great pleasure that CIRM welcomes Michel Hellman as McConnell Professor of Practice for the year 2024!

End of stay for Sam Victor, BMO Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2023

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:09:54 +0000

Sam Victor was CIRM's BMO Postdoctoral Fellow for 2022-2023.

New position for our resident scholar, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:24:49 +0000

Elsy Zavarce, new CIRM member

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:17:06 +0000

Elsy Zavarce 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.

Welcome to Christopher Trudeau, new CIRM member!

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:28:52 +0000

Christopher Trudeau is a PhD candidate in information studies at ƽ��岻��. For the past few weeks, he has been a member of CIRM. His research focuses on sound in Montréal, environmental justice and public health.

Interview with Miren Azkarate, visiting researcher at CIRM and Elbira-Zipitria Chair in the Basque Country

ƽ��岻�� — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:16:44 +0000

End-of-stay interview with Fabio Scetti

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:11:03 +0000

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.

Welcome to Hélène Laurin, CIRM's new Communications Supervisor

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:51:25 +0000

The CIRM team welcomes Hélène Laurin to the position of Communications Supervisor.

CIRM welcomes Fabio Scetti as a visiting scholar for summer 2023!

ƽ��岻�� — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 18:00:55 +0000

This summer, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) is happy to welcome once again lecturer and researcher in Sociolinguistics Fabio Scetti until September 15th!

CIRM Hires a New Event Manager

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:50:16 +0000

Welcome to our new colleague, Pierre Antoine, who will be taking part in supporting CIRM and its activities as Event Manager!

CIRM Welcomes its New Administrative Supervisor

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 01:37:56 +0000

CIRM is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Administrative Supervisor to its team. With 25 years of experience in her field, Assunta Fiorita will be an essential asset to our Research Centre as she is going to coordinate daily operations and oversee the development of activities related to administrative services and finance, as well as material and human resources. In her spare time, she likes to swim, do some journaling, and read anything she can get her hands on, hoping one day she can publish her own thoughts. We wish her a warm welcome!

End of Fellowship Interview with Leila Ghaffari, CIRM’s 2021–2022 BMO Fellow

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 03:15:16 +0000

Leila Ghaffari is concluding her BMO postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM).

Interview with Sam Victor, CIRM’s 2022–2023 BMO Fellow

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 20:34:27 +0000

It is with great pleasure that the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) welcomes Sam Victor, researcher in social anthropology and recipient of the 2022-2023 BMO postdoctoral fellowship!

CIRM welcomes Alex Gaio and Fabio Scetti as visiting scholars for Summer 2022

ƽ��岻�� — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0000

This summer, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) is happy to welcome Ph.D student in Geography Alex Gaio as well as lecturer and researcher in Sociolinguistics Fabio Scetti as part of a one-month and three-month research stay, respectively!

Anouk Bélanger and Julie Auger appointed axis directors at CIRM

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:52:08 +0000

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new directors for its research-action axes.

CIRM’s new bi-faculty leadership: Interview with Pascal Brissette and Nik Luka

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 05:59:08 +0000

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) is now under bi-faculty leadership! In addition to its original affiliation with the Faculty of Arts, CIRM is now attached to the Faculty of Engineering at ƽ��岻��. Nik Luka, CIRM Interim Director from 2020 to 2021, joins Pascal Brissette at the head of the centre. This change was made possible with the collaboration of Deans Mary Hunter and Jim Nicell.

Interview with Jess Reia, CIRM’s 2020–2021 BMO Fellow

ƽ��岻�� — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 19:08:12 +0000

Jess Reia recently concluded their BMO postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM). They are now undertaking new responsibilities as an assistant professor in the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia.

CIRM welcomes Pavel Kunysz as visiting scholar for the Fall of 2021

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:42:13 +0000

Starting in September, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal is happy to welcome Ph.D candidate Pavel Kunysz as part of a three-month research stay!

Interview with Leila Ghaffari, CIRM’s 2021–2022 BMO Fellow

ƽ��岻�� — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:31:13 +0000

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Montréal (CIRM) is very pleased to welcome urban studies researcher Leila Ghaffari as the recipient of the BMO Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021–2022!

New members and resident scholars

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000

As approved by its Board of Directors, CIRM recently welcomed two new members:

Meet our new Interim Director, Nik Luka!

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to welcome Professor Nik Luka as Interim Director for the 2020–2021 school year. As an Associate Professor in the School of Urban Planning and the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at ƽ��岻��, he has been involved with CIRM since its inception in 2014. Prof.

Two CIRM members receive funding for their COVID-19 research

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:41:07 +0000

In response to the current health crisis, the latest Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Partnership Engagement Grants competition included a special initiative for research related to COVID-19. More than $3 million was awarded to 139 projects across the country. CIRM is proud to announce that two of its members have received funding as principal investigators and will contribute to efforts to address the challenges posed by the pandemic in their respective fields.

Four CIRM members receive SSHRC grants

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:45:29 +0000

Le CRIEM warmly congratulates Harold Bérubé, Mary Anne Poutanen, Nik Luka, and Julie Ravary-Pilon for receiving grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)!

Harold Bérubé - Associate member of the axis "Digital culture, art, literature, and performance"

Project title : "Lire la ville à travers ses journaux : Montréal et sa presse à grand tirage (1884-1929)"

Remembering Jarrett Rudy (1970 - 2020)

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:55:59 +0000

Born November 14, 1970, in Stratford, and raised in Tavistock, Ontario. He died at home on April 4, 2020, from complications following heart surgery, at 49 years of age. His early passing is deeply mourned by his wife, Cynthia Kelly, father and mother, Bob & Joan (Korgaard) Rudy, brother and sister-in-law, Jensen & Heidi (Janzen) Rudy, their two children, Daniel & Kate Rudy, and Heidi’s father, Peter Janzen.

CIRM mandated to build an advisory committee

ƽ��岻�� — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 18:40:51 +0000

On October 22nd, Montreal City Council members came to a mutual research agreement between the City and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal (CIRM) for the realization of a project regarding the implementation of the Politique de l’enfant’s five intervention axes “Naître, grandir, s’épanouir à Montréal: de l’enfant à l’adolescence”.

Lysandre Champagne receives a SSHRC Scholarship

ƽ��岻�� — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 18:29:06 +0000

Congratulations to Lysandre Champagne, CIRM's BMO Doctoral Fellow for 2019-2020, for the reception of a SSHRC PhD Scholarship! Champagne is currently pursuing a research project entitled "Les rapports de genre dans la scène musicale montréalaise émergente" at ƽ��岻��'s Department of Sociology, under the supervision of Jan Doering.

CIRM welcomes visiting scholar Fabio Scetti

ƽ��岻�� — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 02:04:48 +0000

CIRM is pleased to welcome linguist Fabio Scetti for a three-months research residency!

CIRM-AIEQ mobility grants awardees

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 03 May 2019 01:42:32 +0000

Congratulations to the awardees of 2024 CIRM-AIEQ Mobility Grants! CIRM-AIEQ scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and designed to enable emerging researchers in Montreal Studies to take part in a scientific meeting outside Quebec or to conduct a research project at CIRM.

"J'apprends le français" Pairing Program in the News

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:05:11 +0000

"Ce programme permet aux non-francophones d’apprendre le français dans un contexte familier, mais il favorise également, chez les jeunes qui visitent les nouveaux locuteurs, une meilleure compréhension de la réalité de nos nouveaux compatriotes. Tout le monde y gagne!"

Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 21:08:51 +0000

Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute

"Vivre ensemble à Montréal. Épreuves et convivialités": CIRM's First Publication

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:02:29 +0000

To celebrate Montreal’s 375th anniversary, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal wanted to examine the mechanisms and processes that have made it possible, in the history of the city, to maintain a relative social peace. The CIRM is now proud to present its first publication (in French), Vivre ensemble à Montréal. Épreuves et convivialités.

Imagining the cities of the future through a better understanding of Montreal today

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:31:08 +0000

BMO Financial Group and McConnell Foundation announce $3.25 million in new support for research centre that puts Montreal and its citizens front and centre.

Montreal and Quebec Studies Lose a Great Ambassador

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:15:59 +0000

The CIRM and the ƽ��岻��’s Quebec Studies Program learned with great sorrow of the passing of ƽ��岻��’s Chancellor Emerita Gretta Chambers. Dear friend of CIRM and the Quebec Studies Program, she is one of those who supported the creation of the first research group dedicated to Montreal studies, at ƽ��岻��, in 2012. CHancellor Emerita Chambers also has always maintained that our university has an important role to play in the production and dissemination of knowledge about Montreal and the province of Quebec.

Gorka Espiau : Professor of Practice 2017-2018

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:26:37 +0000

It is with great pleasure that the CIRM welcomes, for a second consecutive year, Mr. Gorka Espiau as Professor of practice of the McConnell Foundation Program. Strong of his experience as Director of International Affairs and Places program of the Young Foundation (London), as Special Advisor to the Executive Office of the Basque President and as co-founder of SILK, a social innovation laboratory in the Basque countries, Gorka Espiau brings to Montreal and provides to the CIRM an international perspective on the social transformations taking place in the city.

CIRM : Official Research Center of ƽ��岻��

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:07:01 +0000

Since 2014, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal has had the standing of a provisional center of the Faculty of Arts of ƽ��岻��. On May 25^th this year, following a one-year evaluation process, the Senate of ƽ��岻�� granted the CIRM the status of a permanent research center. For the CIRM, this is an important step in its development and we look forward to announcing good news regarding the future of the Center.

CIRM - News

A few questions for our new member, Louis-Thomas Kelly

Welcome to our new member, David LeRue!

Interview with Thara Charland, new member at CIRM

Welcome to our new member, Stéphane Febbrari Vermette

Interview with Aitor Zuberogoitia, Elvira-Zipitria Chair in Basque Studies 2024

Interview with Rachel Nadon, CIRM's BMO 2024 postdoctoral fellow

Welcome to our McConnell Professor Michel Hellman

End of stay for Sam Victor, BMO Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2023

New position for our resident scholar, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay

Elsy Zavarce, new CIRM member

Welcome to Christopher Trudeau, new CIRM member!

Interview with Miren Azkarate, visiting researcher at CIRM and Elbira-Zipitria Chair in the Basque Country

End-of-stay interview with Fabio Scetti

Welcome to Hélène Laurin, CIRM's new Communications Supervisor

CIRM welcomes Fabio Scetti as a visiting scholar for summer 2023!

CIRM Hires a New Event Manager

CIRM Welcomes its New Administrative Supervisor

End of Fellowship Interview with Leila Ghaffari, CIRM’s 2021–2022 BMO Fellow

Interview with Sam Victor, CIRM’s 2022–2023 BMO Fellow

CIRM welcomes Alex Gaio and Fabio Scetti as visiting scholars for Summer 2022

Anouk Bélanger and Julie Auger appointed axis directors at CIRM

CIRM’s new bi-faculty leadership: Interview with Pascal Brissette and Nik Luka

Interview with Jess Reia, CIRM’s 2020–2021 BMO Fellow

CIRM welcomes Pavel Kunysz as visiting scholar for the Fall of 2021

Interview with Leila Ghaffari, CIRM’s 2021–2022 BMO Fellow

New members and resident scholars

Meet our new Interim Director, Nik Luka!

Two CIRM members receive funding for their COVID-19 research

Four CIRM members receive SSHRC grants

Harold Bérubé - Associate member of the axis "Digital culture, art, literature, and performance"

Remembering Jarrett Rudy (1970 - 2020)

CIRM mandated to build an advisory committee

Lysandre Champagne receives a SSHRC Scholarship

CIRM welcomes visiting scholar Fabio Scetti

CIRM is pleased to welcome linguist Fabio Scetti for a three-months research residency!

CIRM-AIEQ mobility grants awardees

"J'apprends le français" Pairing Program in the News

Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute

Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute

"Vivre ensemble à Montréal. Épreuves et convivialités": CIRM's First Publication

Imagining the cities of the future through a better understanding of Montreal today

BMO Financial Group and McConnell Foundation announce $3.25 million in new support for research centre that puts Montreal and its citizens front and centre.

Montreal and Quebec Studies Lose a Great Ambassador

Gorka Espiau : Professor of Practice 2017-2018

CIRM : Official Research Center of ƽ���岻��

CIRM : Official Research Center of ƽ��岻��