CRIR and Media

SELA – Programme d’entraînement de la localisation auditive pour une clientèle présentant une surdicécité  Clinician Julie Dufour (CRIR-IURDPM) talks about the SELA tool developed jointly with the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille (INLB) to help people with deafblindness (hearing and visual…
Read more about Ami télé : Interview with the clinician Julie Dufour (CRIR-IURDPM) | Émission “Ça me regarde”

Congratulations to researcher Mindy Levin, Ph.D. (CRIR-Hôpital juif de réadaptation (HJR)) on receiving the Distinguished Service Award 2023 from the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR). The award recognizes “outstanding leadership, dedication and service”. Congratulations Mindy!   Read about her…
Read more about Mindy Levin – Award winner of Distinguished Service Award 2023 of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR)

The CRIR scientific direction congratulates Daniel Bourbonnais, CRIR-IURDPM associate researcher, for this award of excellence received for his exceptional career in rehabilitation.   With this award, REPAR recognizes the excellence and commitment to the development and influence of rehabilitation research carried…
Read more about Daniel Bourbonnais — Winner of the REPAR 2023 Excellence Award

Émission “Ça me regarde” AMI-télé the only French-language service magazine on disability hosted weekly by Kéven Breton.     Researcher Félix Chénier (CRIR-IURDPM) talks among other things about the wheelchair propulsion simulator project he is working on in his CRIR laboratory: Mobility…
Read more about AMI télé : Douleurs aux épaules lorsqu’on se propulse en fauteuil roulant | Félix Chénier, CRIR-IURDPM Researcher

Québec Science, Le Magazine : Alexis Nihon : un centre commercial aménagé par la clientèle handicapée et des scientifiques. En partenariat avec le Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé, le magazine Québec Science présente le chantier qui fut créé à la fine pointe…
Read more about Québec Science, Le Magazine : Alexis Nihon : un centre commercial inclusif et accessible | Chercheures : Eva Kehayia (CRIR-HJR) et Bonnie Swaine (CRIR-IURDPM)

Exceptional funding of more than $2 million for rehabilitation research at the CRIR   Montreal, June 27, 2023, Six principal investigators, members of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) of the Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en…
Read more about PRESS RELEASE: Exceptional funding for research at the CRIR!

Couper le sifflet aux trains : Réveillés en pleine nuit par les sifflements des trains, des résidants de l’Estrie pressent les villes de les faire taire. Un apaisement qui peut être long et coûteux à obtenir.   Des effets sur…
Read more about Toni Leroux, chercheur CRIR-IURDPM, cité dans La Presse du 29 mai 2023 : Couper le sifflet aux trains

The Bonnie Swaine Recognition Award is a distinction created by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) in 2021, in honor of Bonnie Swaine, CRIR’s scientific co-director from 2010 to 2020. She has empowered numerous clinicians and…
Read more about Launch 2023 : Bonnie Swaine Recognition Award | Clinician/Healthcare Professionals – Partnership and Knowledge Mobilization

The Scientific Direction of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) concluded the third edition of the “Eva Kehayia Recognition Award*“. This distinction is awarded to a CRIR researcher who has contributed to the development of…
Read more about Tatiana Ogourtsova – Eva Kehayia 2023 Recognition Award Winner

Congratulations to Madhura Lotlikar who won 2nd prize in the Popularization Challenge at the provincial grand finals of the Science POP 2023 science communication contest!   The 2 winners of the first edition of CRIR’s internal scientific communication competition, Pauline…
Read more about Grand finale provinciale Science POP 2023: Madhura Lotlikar (CRIR-HJR student) wins 2nd prize in the Popularization Challenge | May 28, 2023