For more than 50 years, INRS has demonstrated its value as a catalyst for research and innovation in sectors of major strategic importance for the economic, social, and cultural development of Quebec.
Emerging areas where INRS takes a leading role
- Soil and water purification
- Industrial waste recovery
- Relations with Indigenous peoples
- Energy and new materials
- Light-matter interactions
- The unique combination of the ultrafast and the infinitely small
- Sustainable development
Progress, here and now. Through research.
Here are a few of INRS’s development priorities:
NATURAL RESOURCES, ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE:
- Improving municipal water quality through the creation of a research chair specializing in water management
- Develop nature-based solutions to coastal erosion
- Carbon sequestration and sustainable use of greenhouse gases
GLOBAL HEALTH AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES:
- Monitor emerging contagious diseases and find therapeutic solutions
- Paving the way for integrated, sustainable water management with world-class expertise
- Detect illegal substances in sports competitions with the only laboratory in Canada accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency
ENERGY TRANSITION, NANOTECHNOLOGIES, PHOTONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
- Improving cybersecurity and biomedicine through quantum photonics, a strategic field for Québec
- Developing lasers for healthcare imaging capable of detecting and treating early cancers
- Combining traditional and artificial intelligence to observe the environment
- Pushing the limits of major scientific facilities, such as Canada's most powerful laser and the world's fastest camera
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS:
- Using community greenhouses to promote food security in disadvantaged neighborhoods
- Modeling the links between climate change and public health in Quebec
- Improving pedestrian and cyclist safety in urban areas
- Integrating aboriginal realities into urban environments and developing innovative industrial practices in rural areas