CRMR News – March 2025

CRMR news

Events, successes, publications: here are the highlights from CRMR in March 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

• April 8, 2025 – 12:00 p.m. Training on Introduction to Elicit, an AI tool for research and analysis!
• April 16, 2025 – 12:00 p.m. Martin Girardin’s conference on « Historical Aridity and Its Effects on Wildfires and Boreal Forests in Canada ». Read more!
• April 24, 2025 – 12:00 PM: Alexandre Morin-Bernard in the Spotlight as « Tire-toi une bûche, v’là de la science! Read more!

Important dates – Financing, Awards, and Congresses

• 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  ».
• May 1-2, 2025 – Quebec Forum on Advanced Materials (FQMA). Read more!
• May 5-9, 2025 – 92nd Acfas Congress. Registration is now open!
• Launch of the Frontenac- France-Quebec Mobility bursary program. Find out more now! Read more!
• July 16, 2025 – Deadline for the FRQ grant application: «Better understanding the mobilization of knowledge by the Quebec public administration in the development of public policies aimed at First Nations and Inuit ».

Achievements and successes

• Alexis Achim succeeds Evelyne Thiffault: A renewal for the Forêt Montmorency! Read more!
• Appointment of Alexis Achim to the Canada Research Chair (NSERC) in Climate Change Adapted Silviculture! Read more!
• Participation de Liza Abid à l’International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology ! Read more!
• Luc Girompaire Honored: Margaret Law Award Ceremony and Celebration of Excellence in Fire Safety! Read more!
• Congratulations to Laura Chrétien, the grand winner of the institutional « Three-minute thesis » competition! Read more!
• Associate Professor Ahmed Koubaa joins the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS). Read more!
• The CRMR Shines at the 2025 CERMA Annual Symposium: A Showcase of Innovation and Interdisciplinarity in Materials Science! Read more!
• Congratulations to Ilias El Ouahabi, recipient of the ASMAC Adhesives and Coatings Scholarship worth $3,000! Read more!
• Congratulations to participants in the « Three-minute thesis » faculty competition – 2025 edition! Read more!
• Forestry Show 2025: The CRMR at the center of the event! Read more!
• CRMR Baking Contest – Winter 2025 Edition! Read more!
• Congratulations to Claudie-Maude Canuel on her successful doctoral defense! Read more!
• Enriching visit of Corepan-Bois at Tafisa in Lac-Mégantic! Read more!
• Congratulations to Vahideh Akbari on her successful doctoral defense! Read more!
• CIRCERB at the INGUMA Project General Assembly in Thessaloniki: Collaborating for Bio-Based Solutions in the Wood Industry! Read more
• Kalvin Durand receives the CRMR Winter 2025 Support Scholarship, valued at $5,000! Read more!

Learn and Build Skills!

• Alexis Achim –Innovation in Forestry in the Face of Climate Change Challenges – Silva21!
• Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: EDI at the Heart of Our Collective Actions!– With Vahideh Akbari, Liza Abid et Maylis Carrère.
• Discover Elicit: The Revolutionary Scientific Research and Analysis Tool!
• Advanced Literature Search (password available upon request).

Read on!

Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals.

• Beaufils-Marquet M., Blanchet P., Cao L., Winninger J., Pépin S. & Landry V. (2025). Modified raw cellulose filaments material as polyol substitute in rigid insulating polyurethane foam. Scientific Reports, 15, 6934 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89807-2.
• Gaudelas, A., Blanchet, P., Gosselin, L., Perez, C., & Dumoulin, N. (2025). Exploration of alternatives to lightweight structural systems with corrugated structural insulated panels. Construction and Building Materials, 472, 140842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.140842.
• Miassi, Y. E., Gélinas, N., Dossa, K. F. (2025). Determinants of the Use of Circular Economy Strategies by Stakeholders in the Wood–Forestry Sector in Benin. Environments, 12(4), 01. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12040101.
• Olson, L.G., Coops, N.C., Moreau, G., Hamelin, R.C., Achim, A. (2025). The assessment of individual tree canopies using drone-based intra-canopy photogrammetry. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 234, 110200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.110200.
• Pellerin, S., Samyn, F., Winninger, J., Duquesne, S., Landry, V (2025). Flame retardancy of chemically surface-modified hardwoods by electron-beam-initiated polymerisation of impregnated acrylate monomers. Wood Sci Technol 59, 40 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-025-01644-8.
• Srour, N., Thiffault, E., Boucher, J.-F. (2025). Assessing the Physical Stability of Soil Organic Carbon in Roadside Ecosystems. Urban Science, 9, 90.  https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9040090.

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Photo Credit: Alexis Achim

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