CRMR News – April 2025!

Events, successes, publications: here are the highlights that marked the CRMR in April 2025. Happy reading!

For a detailed list of news and upcoming events, please refer to the main page of the CRMR website, as well as our social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) and the CRMR YouTube Channel!

CRMR calendar

• May 7, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. Laura Chrétien to Represent Université Laval at the National Final of Three minute thesis!
• May 12, 2025-10am. CRMR welcome coffee!
• May 13, 2025, at 11:30 a.m.  Copyright Law for Graduate Students!
• May 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Invitation to the Internship Report Presentations by Marie Metten and Cyril Gailly – Students from Haute École Robert Schuman (HERS).
• May 28, 2025, at 12 p.m. Ask Me Anything: The New Forest Regime Decoded with Evelyne Thiffault, Nancy Gélinas, and Robert Beauregard!

Important dates – Financing, Awards, and Congresses

• May 8, 2025- Application deadline for the Frontenac Bursary Program – Mobilité France-Québec. Read more!
• June 7, 2025 – Showcase your research at Soapbox Science for Women in Science! Read more!
• June 18, 2025 – Deadline to apply for the FRQ call « Funding for the Creation of Two New French-Language Journals in Health and STEM Fields  ».
• July 16, 2025 – Deadline for the FRQ grant application: « Better understanding the mobilization of knowledge by the Québec public administration in the development of public policies aimed at First Nations and Inuit ».

Achievements and successes

• Congratulations to Luc Lionel Girompaire, Philippe Riel, and Benjamin Turgeon, recipients of the prestigious excellence scholarships from the FRQ! Read more!
• Evelyne Thiffault and Nancy Gélinas – Key Elements of the New Forest Regime!
• Smart Forests and Cutting-Edge Technologies: A Landmark Conference with Alexandre Morin-Bernard! Read more!
• Evelyne Thiffault – Environment: What Does the Future Hold for Our Grandchildren? Read more!
• A fascinating journey into wood collecting: an inspiring talk with Réjean Drouin! Read more!
• The Chisholm Prize 2025 Awarded to Assira Keralta for His Work in Forestry Innovation! Read more!
• When Research Meets Recognition: Ilias El Ouahabi’s Testimony!
• Congratulations to Maylis Carrère on her successful PhD defence! Read more!
• Congratulations to Anass Ait Benhamou for his presentation at the ACS Spring 2025 in San Diego! Read more!
• Alexander Salenikovich: At the Heart of Innovation – Integrating Bonded Rods into CLT for the Institut Quantique at the Université de Sherbrooke! Read more!
• Congratulations to Liza Abid and Vahideh Akbari for receiving the EDI CERMA-CRMR scholarship! Read more!
• Congratulations to Johanna Cristina Gaitan Alvarez, Maimoona Birjees, and Seyed Saman Vakili – Recipients of the CRMR Motivation Scholarships. Read more!
• Laura Chrétien-Proteins in the service of adhesives! Read more!
• A Festive and Playful 5 à 7 Organized by the CRMR’s HQP Committee!

Learn and Build Skills!

• Discover Elicit: The Revolutionary Scientific Research and Analysis Tool!
• Advanced Literature Search (password available upon request).
• Boost your skills with training sessions from Université Laval’s Library!

Read on!

Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals.

• Brown, M.S., Coops, N. C., Mulverhill, C., Achim, A. (2025). Detection of non-stand replacing disturbances (NSR) using Harmonized Landsat-Sentinel-2 time series, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 220, 264-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2024.12.014.
• Hosseini, Z., Blanchet, P., Laratte, B., & Cogulet, A. (2025). Evaluating circular economy strategies at the end-of-life stage of a mass timber building: pathways for sustainable construction. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2025.2482676.
• Lamara, M., Ben Halima, M., Bouslimi, B., Perron, M., Hammami Gassara, D., and Koubaa, A.  (2025). Variations in ring width density and tracheid morphology of tamarack wood (Larix laricina). Canadian Journal of Forest Research.  https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0288.
• Piggot-Navarrete, J., Blanchet, P., Cabral, M.-R., Cogulet, A. (2025). Impact of climate change on the energy demand of buildings utilizing wooden prefabricated envelopes in cold weather, Energy and Buildings, 115714, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115714.

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