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Professor Myriam Lemelin was interviewed by Radio Canada about their research and implications on three lunar missions. To listen to the episode click here! (Available in French only). 

The Polar Continental Shelf Program offers logistical support for leading-edge research in the Canadian Arctic with 639 projects supported between 2019-2022. The following report gives an overview of the projects undertaken and highlights the fieldwork our team conducted by the T-MARS project team on Axel Heiberg Island in 2022 (p. 52).
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What can rocks from the Canadian Arctic tell us about life on Mars? How can the study of terrestrial environments impact space exploration? In an article produced by Futurum Careers, Éloïse Brassard discusses her research in geomatics applied to geology and space exploration.
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Professor Myriam Lemelin has registered as the local coordinator for the NASA International Space Apps Challenge which will take place on October 5 and 6, 2024.
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A group of experts from Polytechnique Montréal's seven departments, as well as external members from the Canadian Space Agency, Canadensys Aerospace, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), AECOM, MDA, and Professor Myriam Lemelin of the Canada Research Chair in Northern and Planetary Geology at the Université de Sherbrooke, founded ASTROLITH in early 2024. ASTROLITH is a research unit in resource and space infrastructure engineering, the first to be dedicated to the development of lunar engineering in Canada.
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Professor Myriam Lemelin's team attended the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) from March 11 to 15, 2024, in Houston. The conference has been a key focal point for lunar and planetary scientific research since its beginning in 1970.
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Geomatics Day (GIS Day) was held on Wednesday November 15 at Bishop's University. The event attracted some thirty participants in the afternoon and evening. Gaëlle Belleau-Magnat, a Master's student in Geomatics, won second prize in the “My Project in 180 Seconds” competition, in which she had to explain her research project in three minutes flat.
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From September 23 to 30, 2023, Frédéric Diotte, a PhD student in remote sensing, participated in the field and research program on volcanism at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
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