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Joint Research Unit
The Joint Research Unit is a consortium that brings together researchers from university, college, and industry sectors to advance knowledge, drive innovation in systems integration, and train the next generation of talent in civil security, public safety, and land defense.
An inter-institutional consortium
Led by the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, in partnership with the École de technologie supérieure, the Joint Research Unit also relies within its consortium on the support of the CTT Group in Saint-Hyacinthe, the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, and Cégep de Saint-Jean.
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Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a public college founded in 1968, succeeding the Séminaire de Saint-Jean established in 1911. The only higher education institution in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and its region, it welcomes more than 3,800 students in 16 pre-university and technical programs, including mechanical engineering technology, programmable electronics and computer science technology, as well as nearly 2,700 adults in continuing education and customized corporate training.
Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) is a Canadian military educational institution located on the historic Fort Saint-Jean site in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Opened in 1952, closed in 1995 and reopened in 2008, it has been recognized as a university-level institution since 2021. It offers officer cadets and naval cadets of the Canadian Armed Forces bilingual college-level programs and a Bachelor of International Studies, combined with military and leadership training.
École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) is a public engineering school in Montreal and part of the Université du Québec network. Founded in 1974, it specializes in applied engineering teaching and research and in technology transfer to industry, graduating roughly a quarter of Quebec's engineers each year. Research strengths include aerospace manufacturing, avionics, microelectronics, telecommunications, energy and software engineering.
Groupe CTT is the college technology transfer centre (CCTT) of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe. Founded in 1983 as the Centre des technologies textiles, this non-profit organization specializes in applied research, development and testing of technical textiles, geosynthetics and advanced textile-based materials. With 40,000 square feet of laboratories and more than 2,000 distinct tests, it supports the defence industry in particular with CBRN protection, camouflage, thermal and cold-weather protection, and 3D composite preforms.
From theoretical research to practical application
Through the Joint Research Unit, businesses benefit from applied research focused on their concrete challenges and technical support in integrating complex systems, enabling them to transform scientific discoveries into field-deployed products more quickly.
Strategic research priorities
The JRU focuses its research on systems integration, a multidisciplinary approach that aims to consolidate and optimize the various components of a complex system. Its work revolves around several key themes.
Dual-use technologies
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Governance and decision-making
Governing multi‑scale systems and making decisions in uncertain contexts
Protection and resilience
Developing technologies and protection approaches for individuals, infrastructure and the environment
Human factors and risk culture
Human factors, interfaces, and risk literacy in defence and civil security
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