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

Professor
Clara Santato

Conducts research into the properties of organic semiconductors

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

Women and Engineering
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Polytechnique educates, encourages and supports women who are changing the world with their talents, skills and new ideas
Initiatives for leadership by women
Polytechnique takes multiple initiatives to promote leadership by women in engineering
Our women professors
Role models for emerging female engineers! Today, women professors make up 13% of the faculty at Polytechnique
Our pioneers
They paved the way for women in engineering! Polytechnique proudly pays tribute to
Rio Tinto Partnership
Rio Tinto, committed alongside Polytechnique Montréal to promoting engineering to young women and girls
Cercle des femmes géniales
Actions by the Amies de Polytechnique Montréal for the future of women at Polytechnique and in the engineering world

News

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
Polytechnique Montréal is the first university in Canada to earn Parity Certification
September 25, 2019 - Polytechnique Montréal is the first university in Canada to earn Parity Certification
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Press Review

Jeune ingénieure honorée
December 5, 2019, La Presse , Jeune ingénieure honorée, La direction de Polytechnique Montréal a décerné le 5 décembre dernier, 30 an après le drame du 6 décembre 1989, l’Ordre de la rose blanche à Édith Ducharme, diplômée en génie physique de l’Université Laval.
Other mentions: Édith Ducharme strives to be role model for women in engineering 30 years after Montreal Massacre, Polytechnique décerne l’Ordre de la rose blanche à Édith Ducharme, Polytechnique: l’Ordre de la rose blanche remis à Édith Ducharme, Polytechnique: l'Ordre de la rose blanche remis à Édith Ducharme, Édith Ducharme, cinquième lauréate de l'Ordre de la rose blanche, Ordre de la rose blanche. Entrevue avec Édith Ducharme, lauréate., La détermination d’Édith Ducharme récompensée de l’Ordre de la rose blanche, Tuerie de Polytechnique: l'Ordre de la rose blanche remis à Édith Ducharme, Édith Ducharme strives to be role model for women in engineering 30 years after Montreal Massacre, Édith Ducharme, fifth recipient of the Order of the White Rose, White Roses, brilliance and courage at Polytechnique, Polytechnique awards order of the white rose
Le concours Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec dévoile ses lauréates de 2019
November 5, 2019, Grenier aux nouvelles , Le concours Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec dévoile ses lauréates de 2019, Louise Millette, Directrice de département et Professeure agrégée au Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines de Polytechnique Montréal est lauréate du 19e concours Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec. Madame Millette reçoit le prix Manuvie dans la catégorie « Cadre, dirigeante ou professionnelle, organisme public ou parapublic ».
Other mentions: 19eme concours Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec !, 19eme concours Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec !
Table ronde sur la place des femmes en science
February 10, 2019, Radio-Canada, Table ronde sur la place des femmes en science, À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des femmes et des filles de science, quatre scientifiques de quatre générations différentes, dont Catherine Morency, professeure titulaire au Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines de Polytechnique Montréal, discutent et témoignent de la place des femmes dans les domaines scientifiques.
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On the 25th anniversary of the tragic events of December 6, 1989, Polytechnique Montréal introduced the Week of the White Rose. This annual fundraiser to benefit Polytechnique Montréal’s science camp Folie Technique, is aimed at giving girls from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to take part in science awareness activities, through the sale of virtual white roses.

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