Emilie Parent receives one of the SWAAC Graduate Student Award of Merit for 2021
Emilie Parent, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Physics at McGill University and member of the McGill Space Institute, has received one of the 2021 Graduate Student Award of Merit from the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC). Emilie’s research centres on observations of neutron stars: the stellar remnants left behind when massive stars […]
Ziggy Pleunis receives a PhD Prize from IAU
Ziggy Pleunis, who recently completed a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Victoria Kaspi (McGill), was awarded a PhD Prize from the “High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics” division of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) for the year 2020 Dr. Pleunis’ thesis, entitled “Fast radio burst detection and morphology with the CHIME telescope”, represents […]
Nathalie Ouellette wins a Prix du recteur 2021
Nathalie Ouellette, Coordinator of iREx and CRAQ member, is the winner of one of the “Prix du Recteur” of the Université de Montréal awards for 2021, in the category Initiative. This award recognises the imagination, dynamism and creativity of a member of the Université de Montréal community. “Nathalie Ouellette embodies passion, devotion and leadership,” said […]
CRAQ member Victoria Kaspi receives the 2021 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2021 is shared equally by Victoria M. Kaspi, Professor of Physics, Director of McGill Space Institute and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), and Chryssa Kouveliotou, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics at George Washington University, for their contributions to our understanding of magnetars, a […]
A Solar Eclipse on the morning of June 10th 2021
The Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) and the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM), invite you to admire the solar eclipse taking place at sunrise on the morning of June 10th 2021. A rare event! The Sun during the eclipse of August 21st 2017. Credit: Étienne Artigau.A […]