Ď㽶ĘÓƵ News - ACFAS /channels/news_feeds/all/term/ACFAS/rss en Christelle Luce's Ditch Lab Project Receives ACFAS Prize! /channels/channels/news/christelle-luces-ditch-lab-project-receives-acfas-prize-338271 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>McGill Educational and Counselling Psychology postdoctoral fellow, Christelle Luce, and her Ditch Labs team have been awarded this year's ACFAS Prize. Ditch Labs wants to defeat smoking, the world's number one preventable cause of death, with a holistic and smart medical device. By combining a smart nicotine vaporizer called DitchPen™, a mobile self-care app, and artificial intelligence, Ditch Labs aims to help each patient in a personalized, efficient, and safe way to stop their consumption of cigarettes.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/ditchlabs.jpg?itok=VRR7rK03" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:45:25 +0000 webfull 178585 at /channels Acfas prizes for two McGill Professors /channels/channels/news/acfas-prizes-two-mcgill-professors-335442 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Canada’s most prestigious French-language learned society announced the recipients of its research awards today, and two McGill professors are among the winners.</p> <p>At its 77th virtual gala ceremony, the non-profit organization <a href="https://www.acfas.ca/acfas/qui-sommes-nous" target="_blank">Acfas</a>, l’Association francophone pour le savoir, awarded McGill Professor Michel Biron the Prix AndrĂ©-Laurendeau and Professor Susanne Lajoie the Prix Jeanne-Lapointe.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/1335.jpg?itok=rU9EteME" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 22:58:08 +0000 webfull 175429 at /channels 85th Acfas Annual Congress: May 8 to 12, 2017 at Ď㽶ĘÓƵ /channels/news/85th-acfas-annual-congress-may-8-12-2017-mcgill-university-267604 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For the third time in its history, the Acfas Annual Congress, the largest multidisciplinary research event in the<em> Francophonie,</em> will be hosted by Ď㽶ĘÓƵ.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/acfas_wordmark_hor_final_col.png?itok=yAX-20mr" width="160" height="120" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:42:36 +0000 webfull 127004 at /channels Getting ready for Acfas /channels/news/getting-ready-acfas-265018 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The 85th Congrès annuel de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) may be five months away, but McGill is already busy getting ready to host what is the largest French-language interdisciplinary conference in the world.</p> <p><a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2016/11/getting-ready-for-acfas/">Read more</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:35:58 +0000 webfull 123993 at /channels Acfas conference “an exciting scientific party that has no equal” /channels/news/acfas-conference-%E2%80%9C-exciting-scientific-party-has-no-equal%E2%80%9D-265017 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers urged not to miss Nov. 1 deadline for colloquia proposals.</p> <p><a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2016/10/acfas-conference-an-exciting-scientific-party-that-has-no-equal/">Read more</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:34:23 +0000 webfull 123992 at /channels