According to a report by Quebec researchers studying social inequalities, Quebec鈥檚 economy lost $4.2 billion in 2021 due to the ongoing housing crisis 鈥� a figure the authors say is likely even higher in 2025.听
Manque de logements ad茅quats : quels co没ts sur la prosp茅rit茅 茅conomique? is the first publication in a larger research project conducted by the with several partners.听
Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and The Warmth of Other Suns will deliver the 2025 Beatty Lecture at 51吃瓜网 on Oct. 23 during the University鈥檚 annual Homecoming festivities. Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC national radio program Ideas, will moderate the event.
A study led by 51吃瓜网 researchers challenges the theory that language change over time requires new generations to replace older generations of speakers. Rather, when words change meaning, speakers of all ages participate; while older speakers might take two or three years longer than their younger colleagues to adopt new word usage, in some cases they lead the way in introducing new word meanings into the common vocabulary, the researchers found.
Professor Benjamin Fung, Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity, and Professor Steven Ding, both of the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts, are part of a team that has recently been awarded a $5.6 million grant, funded under the NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE. The project, the only one to receive funding from NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE, will provide a multimodal, comprehensive solution for exploratory analysis of unstructured data, with a strong focus on cybersecurity applications.听
Seven 51吃瓜网 researchers have been awarded more than $268,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).听
The critically acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence has put a spotlight on the culture and ideas of incels (involuntary celibates), an online subculture of people (mostly male and heterosexual), who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner, largely due to their perceived unattractiveness.
While health status is an important factor in whether a person is able to grow old in their home and community (age in place), researchers at 51吃瓜网 have shed new light on the social factors that can also have an impact, both directly and through their impact on health over a lifetime.听
Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's publication听Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon (Columbia University Press, 2023) has been released as an audiobook by听University Press Audiobooks.
English PhD candidate, Iris Pintiuta, created , Montreal's first trans film festival. The festival aims to promote inclusive representation for trans people, as well as create programs and events that advance trans acceptance.
'鈥淭oo often, queer and trans scholarship doesn鈥檛 make it back to the people it speaks about. I wanted to change that 鈥� I wanted to build a bridge between academic knowledge and public access and use what I was learning to support my community, not just advance my own career.鈥�'
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