Event description
In Quebec society, knowledge was once confined within the walls of colleges and hospitals. So how did it change, becoming organized and part of our daily lives, and integrated into the professional sphere?
As part of the programming for the MEM exhibition A Ray of Hope? The Institut du Radium de Montréal Against Cancer, historian and sociologist of science Yves Gringas will illuminate your understanding of the frenzy of scientific activity which backdropped the Institut de Radium de Montréal’s inception. Gringas will also situate the institute within the larger movement of scientific development, where research had become a vector for hope and societal change. Yves Gingras is also an author. His publications include Histoire des sciences au Québec (Boréal, 2008) and Les sciences sous ma loupe (Boréal, 2026).
The conference will take place in French.