INRS at the 92nd ACFAS Conference: Innovative research serving societyacfas anglais

The INRS community at the heart of the biggest scientific French-language event to share its latest advances.

Some 50 members of the INRS community will participate in the 92nd ACFAS Conference under the theme Research at the Heart of Technological and Social Solutions, organized this year by École de technologie supérieure in collaboration with Concordia University. It is an opportunity for the student community, faculty, and administrative staff to present their research and share their expertise and reflections at events, colloquiums, and networking sessions.

Environmental inequities and community health, sustainable mobility and land use, materials sciences and energy transition, social inclusion, cultural industries and artificial intelligence are among the areas of expertise to be addressed by members of the INRS community.

The annual ACFAS Conference is the largest multidisciplinary scientific gathering of La Francophonie. It brings together an average of 6,000 people from Québec, the rest of Canada, and abroad.

The MT180 national final at the Acfas Congress

Marie-Pier Brochu will represent INRS at the national final on May 7, in Montreal.

The doctoral student in Water Sciences won 1st place at the institutional final on April 2 for her presentation “ADN environnemental comme outil de suivi d’espèces animales en situation précaire au Québec”.

INRS attends the 92nd Acfas Congress

Monday, May 5, 2025

Colloquium 641 – Cultural industries, discoverability, and AI: The political economy of an ongoing ecosystem transformation

(Monday, May 5 to Wednesday, May 7)

Colloquium co-leads: Romuald Jamet and Jonathan Roberge

Adaptation, cunning, or resistance: The response of the Québec cultural ecosystem to AI siren songs

INRS participation: Étienne Grenier

Colloquium 6 – Current issues in the dissemination of musical knowledge

Introducing discoverability
Transforming music and knowledge: Digital practices and inclusiveness

INRS participation: Elsa Fortant

Colloquium 225 – Interdisciplinary perspectives on urban green space innovation

Accessibility, development, and traffic: The parks of Greater Montréal

INRS participation: Victoria Jepson

Colloquium 219 – Safe and sustainable road design

The influence of the road environment on the school drop-off patrol initiative

INRS participation: Myriam Paré, Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Colloque 455 – Logement et habitat dans les transitions vers la vie adulte et Colloquium 455 – Housing in the transitions to adulthood and the empowerment of today’s youth

Youth and housing: What student housing teaches us about a two-way relationship

INRS participation: Nick Revington

Colloquium 473 – Digital feminism in the North and South

The women’s movement in Côte d’Ivoire: Between online engagement and action on the ground

INRS participation: Désirée Deneo

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Colloquium 641 – Cultural industries, discoverability, and AI: The political economy of an ongoing ecosystem transformation

(Monday, May 5 to Wednesday, May 7)

Colloquium co-leads: Romuald Jamet and Jonathan Roberge

The prescriptive footprint of platforms: Data and reconfigurations of music marketing strategies

INRS participation: Elsa Fortant

From emotion to music, and vice versa: The use of emotional data in music

INRS participation: Lou Manuel Arsenault, Camila-Andrea Rodriguez, Romuald Jamet

Colloquium 418 – Between breaks and continuities: Multiple perspectives on the mutations of contemporary LGBTQ+ realities

(Tuesday, May 6 to Wednesday, May 7)

Colloquium co-leads: David Myles and Alexandre Chanady

The stage concept: A theoretical tool for thinking about the dynamics of Montréal lesbian queers

INRS participation: Ambre Marionneau

Attachment to place and quality of life of LGBTQ+ people in rural and outlying areas

INRS participation: Emilie-Jade Fredette

LGBTQ urban heritage in Montréal: A tool for the development of communities and territories

INRS participation: Alexandre Chanady

Queerizing imagined algorithmic audiences: Resistance practices of young queer people on TikTok

INRS participation: Vincent Arseneault

An overview of anti-LGBTQ+ controversies in Québec

INRS participation: David Myles

Colloquium 608 – Resistance and transformative practices in the face of gendered inequalities in education and post-secondary education

Ordinary sexism, not our style!: Example of a campaign to highlight ordinary sexism in academia and fight its manifestations

INRS participation: Eve Bernet, Mathilde Broquière, Hermine Counil, Jessica Dozois, Léa Maude Gobeille Paré, Apolline Maurin, Linsey Yvette Mouatcho

Colloquium 104 – Environmental inequities: Challenges and solutions for healthier communities

(Tuesday, May 6 to Wednesday, May 7)

Colloquium co-leads: Cathy Vaillancourt and Isabelle Plante

Réseau Communautés rurales et éloignées en santé (CARES)

INRS participation: Cathy Vaillancourt

Occupation: A factor influencing exposure to endocrine disruptors and their effects on reproductive health?

INRS participation: Marie-Caroline Daguste

Round table: Environmental inequities in rural and remote areas

INRS participation: Cathy Vaillancourt

Colloquium 637 – Fostering a culture of student mental health in higher education: Focusing on the development and mobilization of knowledge with students

From promising to successful practices: Shedding light on the added value of evaluating student mental health initiatives

INRS participation: Elizabeth Doiron-Gascon

Colloquium 31 – Rural areas in transition: Diverse challenges and innovative collaborative approaches

(Tuesday, May 6 to Thursday, May 8)

Colloquium co-lead: Émilie-Jade Poliquin

Rural areas as a strategic challenge for society

INRS participation: Luc-Alain Giraldeau

This colloquium, co-organized by INRS and six other key partner institutions in the rural research ecosystem, will enable us to continue the conversation begun prior to the submission of the opportunity study that led to the funding of INRS’s Centre Ruralités durables last spring. It is a great opportunity to learn from the best practices in collaborative research conducted for, by, and with rural communities.

One of the highlights of the event will be the opening panel, moderated by executive director Luc-Alain Giraldeau. The panelists will discuss, from their complementary perspectives, the strategic importance of rural issues for the future of Québec and Canada in the current socioeconomic context and how research can contribute to this, in particular by promoting the implementation of public policies that are both better adapted to rural realities and conducive to positioning Québec and Canada. During the closing panel on innovative approaches to university, college, and inter-level research, Amélie Forget, implementation director of INRS’s Centre Ruralités durables, will also have the opportunity to share the mission of this new centre and its place in the research ecosystem, in a discussion with representatives from the Centre de recherche sur la ruralité at the Université de Moncton, Centre de recherche sur le développement territorial (CRDT), and Centre for Social Innovation in Agriculture (CISA).

Colloquium 611 – Sustainable mobility and territory: Toward integrated planning