Three Canada Research Chairs receive Prix du Québec

On November 1, three Canada Research Chairs from the Université de Montréal received the Prix du Québec, the government of Quebec’s highest honour. They were recognized for their work in various disciplines, including the social sciences and humanities; natural sciences and engineering; and biomedical sciences.

The Chairs receiving an award include the following:

• Yoshua Bengio, Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning Algorithms, who won the Prix Marie-Victorin ;
• Michel Bouvier, Canada Research Chair in Signal Transduction and Molecular Pharmacology, who won the Prix Wilder-Penfield ; and
• André Gaudreault, Canada Research Chair in Film and Media Studies, who won Prix Léon-Gérin.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Prix du Québec, which celebrate the lifetime accomplishments of researchers contributing to the richness and growth of Quebec’s culture, arts and science.
For more information, read news releases from Quebec’s Ministry of Culture and Communications and the Université de Montréal (in French only).