Research communication for McGill and RI-MUHC teams
Exaltus has partnered with researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre on several knowledge translation projects, from a Chemistry paper in Environmental Science & Technology to a public health campaign built with the Division of General Internal Medicine. Same university, same procurement, same audiences. If you have a dissemination deliverable coming up, you already know someone who has worked with us.
These projects share a problem rather than a subject: findings that mattered, an audience who would never read the paper, and the distance between the two. Our job is the distance between the two. We write, illustrate and animate the story so the audience takes it in, remembers it, and acts on it.
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2026 · General Internal Medicine · RI-MUHC
Un Québec qui prévient le diabète
Researcher. Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta, Professor of Medicine and McGill Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine, McGill University · September 2026
Audience. The Quebec public and provincial election candidates.
Deliverable. A French animated video anchoring a public manifesto campaign, with feature image, thumbnail and campaign link, and an English LinkedIn carousel to keep the message travelling after the video.
Why it mattered. The video had to land before the provincial election. Exaltus delivered the final cut a week ahead of plan. The campaign was announced by McGill’s Department of Medicine within two weeks of launch.
AFTER THE VIDEO
The English LinkedIn carousel. Nine slides Exaltus produced so the campaign keeps moving once the video has been watched: one argument per slide, built to be swiped on a phone and shared by the team.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
2025 · Chemistry · McGill University
Making microplastics in the lab so they can be studied
Researcher. Prof. Audrey Moores and Jasmine Hong, Department of Chemistry · Environmental Science & Technology, 2025
Audience. The public, science media and McGill’s own channels.
Deliverable. A three-panel visual summary of the paper, plus a short animated version shared on LinkedIn.
Why it mattered. We began this one unprompted, after McGill’s Research spotlight feature led us to the paper. Microplastics research is easy to sensationalize, and the visuals had to inform without exaggerating. Prof. Moores reviewed the result and suggested refinements.
VIDEO
VISUAL ABSTRACT
2025 · Clinical Practice Assessment Unit · RI-MUHC
Safer prescribing with MedSafer
Researcher. Dr. Emily McDonald, Director, Clinical Practice Assessment Unit, and co-inventor of MedSafer, McGill University · disseminated through the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network · 2025
Audience. Hospital clinicians and pharmacists, particularly geriatric internal medicine teams.
Deliverable. A whiteboard animation in English and French explaining MedSafer’s deprescribing workflow and the evidence behind it.
Why it mattered. A decision-support tool only helps if clinicians understand it in the two minutes they have.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
ENGLISH VERSION
FRENCH VERSION
2014 to 2026 · Cardiology · RI-MUHC
Counting the particles: apoB and early prevention
Researcher. Dr. Allan Sniderman, Edwards Professor of Cardiology, McGill University · series since 2014
Audience. Clinicians first, then patients and the public.
Deliverable. Three animated explainers, multiple presentation decks and several medical illustrations, most recently a presentation deck and video in March 2026.
Why it mattered. apoB counts the particles that cause heart disease; LDL cholesterol weighs them. The argument only lands once people can see the counting happen.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
View The MARCH 2026 PRESENTATION: THE STORY OF APOB in 7 MINUTES
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No procurement conversation to start
Exaltus is an existing RI-MUHC supplier. Invoicing, direct deposit and contracting have all been through the institute before, so a new project starts with the story, not the paperwork.
Most engagements run six to eight weeks from discovery to delivery, in French, English or both. Grant budgets for knowledge translation are usually enough for a video and the assets around it.