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In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

  
  École de langue française et de culture québécoise - UQAC
Besides offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, UQAC is home to research centres specializing in several leading-edge sectors such as aluminum, the boreal forest, atmospheric icing, as well as regional development, mineral resources, renewable resource production, the genetic study of populations, and more.
The École de langue française et de culture québécoise is an integral part of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), a Francophone university that is both highly regarded and implicated in the life of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
Some 7,500 students take advantage of the quality learning experience offered by our highly qualified team of instructors, whose major concern is to be closely involved with the intellectual development of their students.
elf.uqac.ca /general_information/uqac.php   (259 words)

  
 Saint Francis University -- Academic Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This complete immersion program includes a home stay with a French family and is a fast way for students to become comfortable with French and truly fall in love with Quebecois culture.
UQAC is a francophone university located in the heart of Quebec near the beautiful Saguenay River.
If students are worried about what there is to do between when classes finish and it’s time to return to their host families, have no fear.
www.francis.edu /academic/StudyAbroad/frenchinquebec.shtml   (563 words)

  
  Decision CRTC 98-126
For their part, UQAC and the Jonquière CEGEP consider, nonetheless, that they are targeted systematically and relentlessly by the many negative remarks and comments that Mr.
While recognizing that the licensee may not have, in the strict sense, contravened its guidelines on harassment, when one considers that the bodies or institutions affected are not "groups" under the terms of article 8 of the Radiomutuel Policy, the Commission is still seriously concerned about the allegations of harassment made by the complainants.
On the other hand, the Commission considers that the rebroadcasting of the recording of a telephone message, which was the subject of the Jonquière CEGEP's complaint, cannot be reasonably separated from the preceding 32 broadcasts which the Commission noted in Decision CRTC 96-730.
www.crtc.gc.ca /archive/eng/Decisions/1998/DB98-126.htm   (2660 words)

  
 Decision CRTC 96-730
UQAC, the Jonquière CEGEP, Lucien Gendron, Jacques Vézina, and Aurélien Leclerc appeared at the hearing to discuss their complaints.
Champagne called the rector of the UQAC "the rectum" and stated that the real name of Bernard Angers, the rector, is "St-Bernard"; that Mr.
Collin, UQAC's vice-rector is the "vice-rectum" or "rectarumtavitch"; and that UQAC is a "shitty university";
www.crtc.gc.ca /archive/ENG/Decisions/1996/DB96-730.HTM   (3303 words)

  
 McGill goes to Chicoutimi
The McGill team was greeted like royalty by Michel Belley, rector of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), since many Saguenay-area scientists and community leaders are McGill grads and the institutions have a long tradition of collaboration.
The project involved UQAC's École de langue française et de culture québécoise and McGill's Quebec Studies Program and French Languages Program, in conjunction with l'Association internationale des études québécoises.
A second was McGill grad Cylvie Claveau, an UQAC social sciences professor, who said to Munroe-Blum: "I wish you'd been Principal of McGill during my studies, since you are such an inspiration."
www.mcgill.ca /reporter/37/06/uqac   (639 words)

  
 CCIS Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Since its establishment in Chicoutimi in 1969, the Universitè du Quèbec at Chicoutimi has served the 150,000 mostly French-speaking population of its area by offering over 80 degree and diploma programs to its 7,000 students.
UQAC offers a personalized language experience through its analysis of individual student language needs, variety of communication-based French language courses, supportive atmosphere, caring, accessible instructors and lively animateurs specializing in typical Quèbècoise culture, sports, dance and music..
All of the faculty and staff at UQAC were wonderful.
www.ccisabroad.org /canadaprofile.html   (233 words)

  
 Chicoutimi, Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Courses are taught by faculty from the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC).
Students will find that the people of this region are proud of their historical past and eager to share their traditions.
The École de Langue Française et de Culture Québécoise of the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC) boasts a highly qualified and experienced teaching staff which remains abreast of the latest pedagogical approaches to communication.
www.udayton.edu /~sabroad/languages/chicoutimi.htm   (577 words)

  
 Innovation Canada | Good Things Come in Small Packages | Luc Morin
Morin moved into teaching and research at UQAC in 1982, and then returned to Montreal, where he attended Concordia University from 1985 to 1988 and obtained a PhD in computer science.
Without access to the industry-grade tools delivered through the network, many SOC researchers would simply be unable to conduct their leading research and enter the workforce with the skills and experience required by industry.
Luc Morin, a professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), relied on tools and technologies provided through the SOCRN during his PhD research to eventually create products that make it both easy and affordable to reprogram computer hardware.
www.innovationcanada.ca /23/en/articles/small-b.html   (834 words)

  
 NSERC - NSERC and General Motors join forces to fund new Industrial Research Chair at UQAC
The targetted result of the research is an improved performance of light metal castings by reducing scrap and waste, enhancing physical properties, and simplifying the manufacturing process.
Speaking at UQAC, Minister Robillard congratulated the university`s industrial partners, General Motors, NEMAK S.A., Bomem, and the Centre de technologie Noranda, "for having confidently invested in the creation and application of new technologies that, in the long term, will benefit industry in Quebec and across the rest of Canada."
She also extended her congratulations to the Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l'aluminium (CQRDA), "our partner from the Government of Quebec" for its financial contribution to the project.
www.nserc.ca /news/2000/p000418.htm   (335 words)

  
 Study Abroad and Exchanges - French Immersion at Chicoutimi, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Ecole de langue francaise et de culture quebecoise is an integral part of the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC), a Francophone university that is both highly regarded and implicated in the life of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
Part of the network of institutions that make up the University of Quebec, UQAC is a true reflection of its area's dynamism.Founded in 1975, the School has established an enviable reputation over the years, based on solid expertise and the many qualities of its training programs.
Whether you wish to begin to learn French or increase your knowledge of the language, you'll be sure to find just the specialized program you're looking for.
www.plattsburgh.edu /academics/studyabroad/canada/chicoutimi.php   (911 words)

  
 UMBC Study Abroad Office UMBC Direct in Canada
Students pay all tuition, fees, room and board costs directly at the international institution.
Notes: Students enroll at either Laval University's Ecole des langues vivantes or the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi's (UQAC) Ecole de la langue francaise et culture quebecoise in intermediate, advanced or superior level, depending upon results of placement examination.
UQAC offers a January program Francais et neige, in addition to three- and five-week summer courses.
www.umbc.edu /ies/americas/canadadirect.htm   (196 words)

  
 Leading-edge R & D to Stimulate Aluminum Transformation Industry - National Research Council Canada
Located on the campus of Université de Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), the NRC-ATC is the result of the Government of Canada's determination to play an active and concrete role in the development of technology clusters in sectors that offer promise for the future in terms of growth, productivity and job creation.
According to UQAC Rector Michel Belley, the inauguration of the Aluminium Technology Centre, backed by its partnerships with Alcan, the CQRDA, the Trans-Al group, UQAC and other Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean educational institutions, now ensures the region of the kind of environment that is conducive to aluminium transformation.
In his view, this Centre is also a prime example of what can be accomplished when the region pulls together to work toward a common goal.
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca /newsroom/news/2004/aluminum04-nr_e.html   (666 words)

  
 Scholarships - Office of International Education - Central Michigan University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This $600 scholarship enables CMU French majors or minors to study at UQAC.
CMU grants $300 of the award, and UQAC grants $300.
The History Department offers two scholarships in the amount of $500 to History students who will enroll in a CMU study abroad program (some preference given for study in The Netherlands).
www.oie.cmich.edu /studyabroad/sa_scholarships_cmu.asp   (1241 words)

  
 ERMETIS Microelectronics and Reconfigurable Systems Research Laboratory : About
The current framework of fundings and collaboration already enabled the offspring from UQAC of Novakod Technologies, a design automation company developing psC, a new language and technological front-end for reconfigurable, embedded and SOPC systems.
Reconfigurable systems couple a microprocessor with programmable logic, and promise to be an important support to microprocessors in the next generation of computing devices.
Beguenane, ERMETIS, UQAC, in collaboration with J.-L. Beuchat and J.-M. Muller, Arenaire Project, LIP laboratory, CNRS/ENS Lyon/INRIA/UCBL)
wwwdsa.uqac.uquebec.ca /~lsr/emcos/emcos-index.php?page=About   (322 words)

  
 [No title]
There is so much to see and try in these two communications, please do not wait to have completed all the demos to participate.
We are also working on some simulations relating to the structure of solids and will be testing them in sophomore-level inorganic courses in the next year or so.
Many have said that the loss of direct contact professor-student (or tutor-student) is easily compensated by the power of the explanation given by the image or multimedia in some cases.
www.chem.vt.edu /confchem/2000/b/archive-2.txt   (13406 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
The laboratory will require a total investment of CAN$9.4 million, and other local partners are pledging their individual commitments.
"This new infrastructure and equipment at UQAC is important as it will optimize and leverage research efforts between the university and Alcan.
The new laboratory will allow the Company to further enhance Bayer process efficiencies in solid liquid separation and residue disposal, which is aligned with Alcan's sustainability business model," added Jacynthe Côté, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Bauxite and Alumina.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=32784513   (583 words)

  
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Dr Denis Bussieres, Professeur de chimie, UQAC, 555 Boul.
You are all invited to consult them at this URL : http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2000/b/bertrand/bertrandstat.html Dr Denis Bussieres, Professeur de chimie, UQAC, 555 Boul.
Truly yours, Dr Denis Bussieres, Professeur de chimie, UQAC, 555 Boul.
www.chem.vt.edu /confchem/2000/b/archive-3.txt   (18777 words)

  
 Newsbites (Page 2)
All content (in French, naturellement) was provided by academics from the participating programs, including UQAC's École de langue française et de culture québécoise, and McGill's Quebec Studies Program and French Language Program, as well as the International Association of Quebec Studies.
From portraits of Quebec people to essays on language issues, interviews and articles about the Quebec cultural scene, the economy and more, Panorama sur le Québec is full of useful information for people around the world and at home to explore the province for educational, business or travel opportunities.
The website was launched during Principal Heather Munroe-Blum's visit to UQAC in the Saguenay region of the province in November, where she met up with McGill graduates and with UQAC researchers working on a number of projects with their McGill counterparts.
www.mcgill.ca /news/2004/winter/newsbites/two   (970 words)

  
 borealie.org - Dr. André Francoeur
Even though he is officially retired, he continues his research projects full-time and, amongst other things, is currently working on a book dealing with the Ants of Québec, which will be published by Corporation Entomofaune du Québec.
Acts of the workshop "Les défis des changements environnementaux à l'échelle planétaire", held at UQAC, Chicoutimi, in 1995.
Document from the CDBQ, UQAC, Chicoutimi, 22 p.
www.borealie.org /page.php/en/1/201.html   (470 words)

  
 Pavillon sportif de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Pavillon sportif de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
The UQAC sports complex offers students and the general public a wide range of services under the supervision of qualified and dynamic staff.
Endowed with state-of-the-art sports equipment, the complex includes a soccer pitch and football field, two gymnasiums, one indoor jogging track, 69 aerobics machines and 38 strength-training machines.
www.bonjourquebec.com /qc-en/fiches/en/attraits/94233903.html   (94 words)

  
 Publications in French (Jan. 2003)
KAREV, M. MOUSAVI and M. Microphysics and fluid dynamics as aspects in the Modeling of the atmospheric icing of a cylindrical body».
Annual Colloquium of CIGELE, UQAC, Chicoutimi, Quebec, February 2003.
Yu LI : «Étude de l'influence de l'altitude sur les caractéristiques de l’arc électrique à la surface de glace polluée», Ph.D. in Engineering, UQAC, 2002.
www.cigele.ca /old/publications.html   (6798 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Before that I act as scientific advisor for the federal government in a research center at Montreal during three years.
in information technologies bring to an university as UQAC many questions about how can we use the TI to improve education particularly to give courses to the student far away from the campus.
As you certainly know we faced for the last five years an important decrease in our budget from the government, so this accentuated the orientation to use the information technology in a more intensive way.
fox.cs.vt.edu /~fox/Tremblay.htm   (424 words)

  
 Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Since its establishment in Chicoutimi in 1969, UQAC has served the 150,000 mostly French-speaking population of its area by offering over 80 degree and diploma programs to its 7,000 students.
UQAC offers a personalized language experience through its analysis of individual student language needs, variety of communication-based French language courses, supportive atmosphere, caring, accessible instructors and lively "animateurs" specializing in typical Quebecois culture, sports, dance and music.
The Semester Immersion Program offers French language study from introductory to advanced levels.
www.rio.maricopa.edu /ci/programs/international_education/countries/canada.shtml   (498 words)

  
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May 19: UQAC: tour campus, overview of Saguenay/Quebec, meet UQAC faculty and students Sat.
May 20: UQAC: visit Chicoutimi and region Sun.
May 21 Travel along fjord to Saint Lawrence, visiting set of Black Robe; Ferry to Rivière du Loup; Drive to Edmunston (Spend night at Edmunston, NB.) Mon.
www.utm.edu /departments/globalstudies/documents/NewCanadianStudiesItinary.doc   (289 words)

  
 Québec-Océan
Members of the group include researchers at Université Laval, UQAR, McGill University, INRS, UQAC.
The contributing universities, Université Laval and UQAR, directly support the functioning of the group with equipment, services, research chairs, and financial aid to students.
Researchers of associated universities in which only one or two laboratories participate in the group (INRS, McGill, UQAC) are responsible for obtaining contributions from their institution.
www.quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca /partners.asp   (116 words)

  
 PIGIER
Intensive business programs and modular courses start on April 16, 2007.
Pigier programs allow students to prepare themselves at distance for the Bachelor/BA of UQAC...
Pigier Kayan announces the start of its training activities in Erbil...
www.pigierme.edu.lb   (102 words)

  
 NSERC - Chairholder Profile
Aluminum and magnesium casting alloys, automotive applications, molten metal processing, porosity, heat treatment, inclusion measurement and removal, mechanical properties, machinability and heat evolution, modeling, technology transfer -->
The NSERC-GMC-UQAC Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Technology of Light Metals for Automotive Applications was established at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) in 2000.
Known by the acronym TAMLA (Technologie avancée des métaux légers pour les applications automobiles), the Chair is financed by NSERC and a number of industrial partners.
www.nserc.ca /partners/profile_detail_e.asp?pid=189   (369 words)

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