Singularity and multiplicity, two components of a challenging graduate program at the heart of contemporary science. The IRBV offers graduate students a unique environment to acquire advanced training in various fields of plant biology. Students benefit from an ultra-modern infrastructure, including laboratories equipped with instruments that allow them to be at the cutting edge of techniques used in plant biology. The location of the IRBV in the heart of the Montreal Botanical Garden gives access to a tremendous reservoir of genetic material while providing a very pleasant quality of life.
The graduate program, conducted as part of the biological sciences program of the University of Montreal (the second largest research university in Canada), enjoys an enviable reputation. The Institute’s alumni directory is a testament to IRBV’s commitment to providing a high quality education that is relevant to today’s society and prepares the student for a multitude of careers.
Students interested in doing their master’s or doctoral degree at the IRBV must register with the biology department of the University of Montreal.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Institute, a committee of researchers, research professionals and students was formed to coordinate commemorative events.
Student members: Henry Beral | Vanessa Grenier
Other members: Anne Bruneau | Jacques Brisson | Alain Cogliastro
The committee’s mandate is to promote a climate of equity, diversity and inclusion that fosters the intellectual and personal growth of all people who study and work at the Institut de recherche en biologie végétale Established in 2021, the committee is working on raising awareness of equity and harassment issues within the IRBV community.
Student members: Laurie St-Fleur | Rolando Trejo
Other members: Anne-Lise Routier | Geneviève Lajoie
The Christmas party is the most important event of the year. It is an opportunity to have a last meeting of the year in a friendly and light atmosphere. The committee’s tasks are numerous: decorating the multipurpose room, registering participants, getting bids from caterers, setting up the event, distributing the meals, entertainment, etc… An army of elves would not be too much!
Student members: Audréanne Loiselle | Charles Picard-Krashevski
Other members: Nicolas Boivin | Simon Joly
The IRBV community is fortunate to regularly attend conferences given by experts around the world, generally related to the Institute’s major research themes. The committee’s role is to find and contact potential speakers, ensure ongoing programming, publicize the event, and introduce the speaker with a short presentation.
Student members: Jérôme Burkiewicz | Hiba Benmohamed
Other members: Daniel Kierzkowski | Pierre-Luc Chagnon
Promoting the IRBV community and research is a vast task and can take many different forms (good online visibility, partnership with schools, guided tours,…etc). The committee’s role is to initiate and coordinate networking and interaction projects with the media and the general public.
Student members: Constance Le Gloanec | Eszter Sas
Other members: Simon Joly | Stéphane Daigle | Étienne Normandin-Leclerc
The annual photo contest highlights and shares the most beautiful, fascinating, curious and unusual moments and memories held by the IRBV community. The role of the committee is to launch the opening of the competition by sharing the different categories and the methods of participation, to group and classify the photos submitted, to coordinate the votes, to compile the results, to define the prizes distributed and to announce the winners (traditionally during the IRBV Christmas party)
Student member: Antoine Caron-Guay
Located on the 3rd floor of the main building (C-312), the student lounge is a room set up to offer the student community a place to take refuge in order to work, meet and rest. The role of the representative is to ensure a pleasant general state, to try to energize the room by proposing activities (board games, film or documentary screening).
Student members: Adrien Frémont | Henry Beral
Whether for the kitchen area and the coffee machine at the Biodiversity Center or for the multipurpose room and the coffee machine, the role of the committee is to ensure the supply of coffee (and supplements), as well as the device maintenance.
Student members: Andrey Blakney (Centre) | Eszter Sas (Salle multi)
This committee no longer exists within the IRBV, but it has been merged with the Environment Committee of the AÉCBUM. But if you have the motivation to implement relevant environmental projects for the MWRI community, there is always room for your environmental enthusiasm and a budget can be allocated through the MWCIA MWRI daughter account.
No current active member
Traditionally paired with seminars, lunchtime pizzas are great opportunities to bring together students, teachers and guest speakers around a convivial meal. The role of the committee (ideally composed of 3 volunteers) is to send a Doodle document to the IRBV community to plan the types of pizza and quantities to order, to place the order with the supplier, to distribute the slices according to from the order list and collect the money.
No current active members