Professor
Clara Santato

Conducts research into the properties of organic semiconductors

Catherine Beaudry

Professor
Catherine Beaudry

Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Creation, Development and Commercialization of Innovation and director of the Partnership for the Organization of Innovation and New Technologies (4POINT0)

Professor
Delphine Périé-Curnier

Director of Graduate Studies

Conducts research into tools for detecting changes in heart tissue at an early stage

Professor
Annie Ross

Associate Director, Academic and Research Directorate

Studies  the challenges related to dynamics, vibrations and acoustics in high-tech sectors

Michèle Thibodeau-deGuire

Principal and Chair of the Board of Directors

Polytechnique’s first-ever woman graduate in Civil Engineering (Class of 1963)

Professor Catherine Morency

Holder of the MOBILITÉ Chair

Specializes in challenges relating to travel and traffic and sustainable transportation

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News

Polytechnique Montréal’s Sixth edition of the Order of the White Rose
March 8, 2020 - Polytechnique Montréal’s Sixth edition of the Order of the White Rose
Édith Ducharme, fifth recipient of the Order of the White Rose
December 5, 2019 - Édith Ducharme, fifth recipient of the Order of the White Rose
Donna Strickland, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, meets the Polytechnique community
November 8, 2019 - Donna Strickland, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, meets the Polytechnique community
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Press Review

Les années lumière - Bulletin régional - CBF
March 8, 2020, Radio-Canada, Les années lumière - Bulletin régional - CBF, Le gouvernement du Québec injecte 700 000 $ pour améliorer la condition des femmes dans les milieux manufacturiers. Les deux ministres présents ont souligné l'importance de faire cette annonce à Polytechnique Montréal, particulièrement en cette journée internationale des femmes (5:43).
Other mentions: The Minister of Labour provided funds to increase female inclusion in the manufacturing sector, Journée internationale des droits des femmes : Les femmes prennent les rues d’assaut, Plus de 700 000$ pour l'inclusion des femmes dans les manufactures
Des efforts pour recruter des filles en génie
February 29, 2020, Le Devoir, Des efforts pour recruter des filles en génie, Polytechnique a récemment obtenu la certification Parité de l’organisme La gouvernance au féminin, ce qui atteste de son engagement à atteindre une meilleure représentation hommes-femmes, malgré la concentration masculine traditionnelle dans le domaine de l’ingénierie. « Le bassin de recrutement dans ce domaine, tant dans le corps professoral que chez les étudiants, contient une forte proportion d’hommes », explique Annie Ross, directrice associée et professeure titulaire au Département de génie mécanique de Polytechnique.
Other mentions: Parité : le génie québécois traîne la patte
De bonheur le matin
February 11, 2020, FM 103,3, De bonheur le matin, Journée internationale des femmes et des filles de science : entrevue de Catherine Morency, professeure titulaire au Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines de Polytechnique Montréal (0:54:57). Suite de l'entrevue ici : http://c1f2.podcast.ustream.ca/a/208391.mp3
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