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INRS and STEM Fellowship are launching an annual pan‑Canadian conference for Francophone university students in health research, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) is partnering with STEM Fellowship to organize an annual conference for the next five years (2026-2030), bringing together Francophone university students from across Canada in the fields of health research, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
This initiative complements the one organized for the past eight years by STEM Fellowship in Anglophone universities, with final conferences for Eastern and Western Canada held in Toronto and Calgary, respectively. Now, all university students from Francophone institutions, from British Columbia to the Atlantic provinces, will participate in this unique training program.
The first of these conferences, on the theme “Equitable Health Technologies: Overcoming Bias and False Conclusions in AI-Driven Diagnosis and Drug Discovery,” will be held on Friday, July 24, 2026, at the INRS, in Quebec City.
The two institutions will collaborate on a program of activities including poster presentations and oral presentations, networking opportunities, mentorship, and the possibility of publishing in French in a national Canadian open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal (STEM Fellowship Journal (https://journal.stemfellowship.org/journal/sfj), published by Canadian Scientific Editions (ISSN: 2369-0399)).
The STEM Fellowship program and INRS share a common vision and mission: to enrich the training of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students beyond their usual curriculum in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), by adopting innovative approaches to better prepare them for the evolving job market. Through their collaboration, these two institutions will achieve these objectives by jointly organizing this annual conference for the entire French-speaking academic community in Canada (Quebecers, Acadians, Franco-Ontarians, Franco-Manitobans, etc.).
About STEM Fellowship
STEM Fellowship is a federally funded charity that aims to develop our youth into confident digital citizens and tomorrow’s leaders through hands-on learning and projects focused on computer science, science communication, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Its mission: To provide the next generation of STEM leaders with practical learning experiences, enriching mentorship, and career paths to higher education and high-impact careers, enabling them to thrive in the digital age.
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