Robert Lamontagne receives the grade of Knight from the Order of La Pléiade

Robert Lamontagne, executive director of the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic, lecturer at the physics department of the Université de Montréal, and member of the CRAQ, is one of the recipient of the grade of Knight from the Order of… Read More

Two prestigious prizes awarded to Victoria Kaspi from McGill University

Victoria Kaspi, professor at the physics department of McGill University and member of the CRAQ, was awarded two prestigious awards in February. The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) awarded the Peter G. Marting Prize to Prof. Kaspi. This prize… Read More

Top-10 of this year’s scientific discoveries by Québec Science.

Gilles Fontaine, professor at the Université de Montréal and member of the CRAQ, in the top-10 of this year’s scientific discoveries by Québec Science. Gilles Fontaine, professor at the Université de Montréal and member of the CRAQ, in… Read More

Recipient of a scholarship from the international internship program of the FRQ-NT

Sebastien Guillot (McGill University, CRAQ) is the recipient of a scholarship from the international internship program of the FRQ-NT With this scholarship, Sebastien will collaborate with the astrophysics group at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), in… Read More

CHIME Telescope project aims to shed new light on evolution of universe

Astrophysicists from the McGill and the CRAQ will participate, with other Canadian astronomers, in the understanding of the mysteries of ‘dark energy’. The collaborative project, known as the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), is a novel radio… Read More

Dorian Pirot is the recipient of the 2012 Eurêka! public prize from the ACFAS

Dorion Pirot is the recipient of the 2012 Eurêka! public prize from the Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS) for his scientific illustration of the magnetic Sun. The Sun is an immense sphere of highly-conducting gas. Because of… Read More

Martin receives is awarded the “Prix Raymond-Gervais”

Martin Aubé, professor at the physics department of the CEGEP of Sherbrooke, and associate member of the CRAQ, was awarded the “Prix Raymond-Gervais” for his exceptional contribution to the teaching of science and technology at the college level…. Read More