News archives

November 2, 2015
Register for the Big Data & Risk Workshop held on November 6 and 7 2015, at Concordia University.

October 30, 2015
Consult the new Fact sheet No 3 on the History of gambling in Quebec (1882-1970).
The Autumn No 3 volume of our Newsletter is now available here!

October 26, 2015
Consult the presentations the knoledge sharing activity Gambling careers: Description, meaning and impact on prevention, held on November 9.

October 6, 2015
Register for the November 3  conference at the CRDM-IU here.

June 4, 2015
Summer Interactive Symposium featured in the Now eNewsletter: Gambling, gaming and academics who ‘dare to discuss emerging questions’.

May 19, 2015
The Spring No 2 volume of our Newsletter is now available here!

April 29, 2015
Congratulations to Eva Monson for being awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the FRQS!

April 3, 2015
More details about our Summer Interactive Symposium - Research 2.0 are now available here.

March 30, 2015
Applications are now being accepted for our joint postdoctoral fellowship offered in collaboration with the Canadian Research Chair on Drug Use Patterns and Related Problems (UQTR) and CRDM-IU.

March 28, 2015
The registration deadline to our Summer Interactive Symposium - Research 2.0 is extended to April 6, 2015. More detrails about the programme here.

March 13, 2015
The widespread media coverage for Dr. Kairouz's paper on the ineffectiveness of smoking bans in changing the habits of addicted smokers has made her 'Newsmaker of the week'.

March 10, 2015
An interesting quiz named "Does the game love you?" designed for people between 18 and 35, which is part of a larger Jeu Aide et reference campaign.

December 1, 2014
We are happy to announce the beginning of the CIBRG project.

November 23, 2014
A great work opportunity for a research professional at the CRDM-IU.

November 6, 2014
The report from the Working Group on Online Gambling (Ministry of Finance) was launched today.

November 6, 2014
You can now consult our two fact sheets on prevalence on gambling and online gambling across Canada and around the world. 

October 20, 2014
Volume 1 and volume 2 of the new special issues of Drogues, santé et société dedicated to gambling are now out!

September 29, 2014
Our visiting scholar Dr. Ingo Fiedler's subject knowledge and research is cited by two international newspapers,Süddeutsche Zeitung and China Morning Post, Germany's largest TV station ARD, as well as NDR, the main state radio station for Northern Germany.

August 12, 2014
We are happy to welcome our visiting scholar Dr. Ingo Fiedler, from University of Hamburg, who will contribute to the Chair with his expertise on online gambling.

August 4, 2014
We are currently looking for a research professional.

March 27, 2014
Our FRQ-SC ENHJEU-Quebec report is out!