The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new directors for its research-action axes as well as highlight the arrival of two new members.
Written by the DSH team*
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The Data for Society Hub (DSH) team spoke with The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM)’s knowledge mobilization coordinator, Audray Fontaine, and associate director Nik Luka about the collaboration between CIRM and the DSH.
As approved by its Board of Directors, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) recently welcomed five new members:
As approved by its Board of Directors, CIRM recently welcomed two new members:
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 McGill University, he has been involved with CIRM since its inception in 2014. Prof.
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 McGill University's Department of Sociology, under the supervision of Jan Doering.
CIRM is confirmed as a privileged place of residence for researchers working on Montreal with the appointment of 8 Canadian and foreign researchers as resident and visiting scholars for the summer of 2019 and the upcoming academic year!
CIRM is pleased to announce the addition of two new members: Guillaume Éthier (UQAM) and Matthew Claudel (MIT)!
Guillaume Éthier
CIRM is pleased to welcome linguist Fabio Scetti for a three-months research residency!
The City of Montreal wins $ 50 million for Infrastructure Canada's first Smart Cities Challenge!
This competition is designed to encourage Canadian municipalities to adopt a "smart city" approach in order to find solutions to issues that affect their communities through innovation and open data.
The CIRM welcomes three Resident Scholars for the academic year 2018-2019: Claude Fortin, Imen Ben Jemia and Simon Ng.
CIRM is proud to announce that two of its projects join the Je fais Montréal movement : the Urban Living Challenge and La faim et ses moyens : des récits à l'action citoyenne!
Where does work take place?
Economists, planners and city managers rely on the assumption that it takes place in offices and other buildings dedicated to economic activity, and in neighbourhoods likewise dedicated to economic activity. However, many people in the laborforce move around and much of their work can now occur in cafés, at home, in restaurants or in co-working spaces: but we still know very little about what types of work activity take place where, and about how workers feel about these new work arrangements.
Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute
Call for applications: Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation in the Urban Context
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal (CIRM) at McGill University invites applications for a Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation in the Urban Context. The position will be at the level of Associate Professor or Professor and the successful candidate will be associated with a department in the Faculty of Arts.