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Quick notes about Montréal: a lively city with English and French widely spoken plus many other minority languages. Most business can be conducted in either language. It has four large universities, two Anglophones, McGill, Concordia; and two Francophones: UQAM, and Université de Montréal. The [http://www.crm.umontreal.ca Centre de Recherches Mathematiques] (CRM) is a mathematical centre that brings together researchers from all four universities and others. | Quick notes about Montréal: a lively city with English and French widely spoken plus many other minority languages. Most business can be conducted in either language. It has four large universities, two Anglophones, McGill, Concordia; and two Francophones: UQAM, and Université de Montréal. The [http://www.crm.umontreal.ca Centre de Recherches Mathematiques] (CRM) is a mathematical centre that brings together researchers from all four universities and others. | ||
The Montréal summer can be quite hot and humid with some chance of rain. The city has a very serviceable public transportation network of buses and underground trains (metro), so | The Montréal summer can be quite hot and humid with some chance of rain. The city has a very serviceable public transportation network of buses and underground trains (metro), so it is quite feasible to get around without renting a car. | ||
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