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Congratulations to the recipients of the OOAQ-REPAR research partnership scholarships!

Philippe Forunier and Vincent Martel-Sauvageau, audiologists and researchers at Cirris, are among the winners.

Chantal Desmarais and Véronique Caron receive the OOAQ’s Innovation sociale-Desjardins 2023 award

The prize was awarded for the ESCALADE intervention program, which supports teenagers with developmental language disorders (DLD).

Alexandra Lecours wins the Prix de la Francophonie for young researchers, 2023 edition – Humanities and Social Sciences section

These prizes are awarded by the Scientific Council of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) to recognize the merit and value of researchers under the age of 40 who have achieved scientific recognition and made a significant breakthrough within the Francophonie.

$55,689 to UQTR for an inclusive management program

The Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) recently announced $155,689 in financial support from the Quebec government to help it deploy the Inclusive Hiring and Management Program,

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REISD call for projects – Have your innovation validated in a real-life context

As part of its first funding round, the Réseau d’évaluation et de l’innovation en santé durable (REISD) is launching a call for projects to support an innovator over a 12-month period in the development and clinical evaluation of his or her innovation.

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Funding for two research projects led by Alexandre Campeau-Lecours

Two research projects led by Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Université Laval and researcher at the IngRéadaptULaval laboratory and at Cirris,

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Amélie Sanfaçon-Verret wins Chief Scientist Award at Science POP 2023 Final

Amélie Sanfaçon-Verret, a PhD student in rehabilitation sciences at Université Laval, affiliated with Cirris, recently won the 1st Chief Scientist Award (valorization challenge) at the 2023 Science POP national grand finale.

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Emmanuelle Careau wins the Université Laval Young Graduate Award

Emmanuelle Careau, a regular researcher at Cirris, is the second recipient of the 2023 Young Graduate Award awarded by the Fondation de l’Université Laval as part of the annual recognition of Les Remarquables.

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Seniors at higher risk of pedestrian collisions

When driving in a public place, seniors use a different pedestrian avoidance strategy than young people, shows a team from Université Laval following experiments in a virtual environment.

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Presenters stand out at the Cirris 2022 Student Conference!

On Thursday, September 29, the 11th Cirris Student Conference was held at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. The event generated rich exchanges between students,

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Marianne Boyer published in IEEE Sensors

Congratulations to Marianne Boyer, a student at Cirris under the supervision of Professor Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, for her article entitled Calibration and Adjustment Algorithm to Attenuate the Effect of Arm Orientation on a sEMG-Based Muscle Fatigue Indicator,

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North American Congress on Biomechanics: Sheryl Bourgaize and Félix Fiset win the honours!

Congratulations to Cirris’ students Sheryl Bourgaize and Félix Fiset who won the Canadian Biomechanical Society President’s Award for their poster presented at the North American Congress on Biomechanics.

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