Over 1,000 Government of Canada scientists and researchers in Quebec are working daily to improve the quality of our lives. This page offers you an overview of some of the news from our 22 R&D centres. Don't hesitate to visit each centre’s web site for more news!

See "The Centres" for links.

We Study... And Learn!

Come read some examples of what our researchers in the Federal Research Centres in Québec, have discovered for you!

See The Natural Resources Canada Scientists In Action!

DECLIC Techno-Sciences, a video clips series from NRCan – Quebec Region

Workshop For Teachers

The many links between the history of Quebec and the geological landscape will be explored during a fieldtrip led by scientists from Natural Resources Canada and Parks Canada on October 5, 2007. Spaces are available for up to twenty teachers. We will provide a descriptive guidebook and will make it available to those who cannot attend.

To reserve a place, or obtain a guidebook, please contact Pascale Côté 

Field Trip To The Lab

The CFIA laboratory in Saint-Hyacinthe will welcome a group of 38 first-year students who are in the technology of medical laboratories program at CÉGEP of Saint-Hyacinthe. This visit, which will likely be in two parts on October 17 and 24, aims to raise student awareness about the safety measures in place in our microbiology, virology, animal pathology, and biotechnology sections.

AAFC's FRDC launches the Canasnack 

No Less Than Eight Research Articles Published In Major Journals Over The Last Few Months By Researchers From            Ste. Anne's Hospital!

Knowledge transfer is an integral part of the research continuum at Ste. Anne’s Hospital. It is the responsibility of researchers to identify the clinical implications of their results and to make their findings available and accessible to clinicians. In the last few months, researchers at Ste. Anne’s Hospital have been very prolific in presenting the results of their studies at national and international conferences as well as having them published in major journals.

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A Year Rich in Anniversaries for Several Federal Research Centres in Quebec!

• The Maurice Lamontagne Institute is 20 years old!
• The Food Research and Development Centre is also 20 years old!
• Ste. Anne's Hospital celebrates its 90^th anniversary of service to Canadian Veterans!