{"id":14180,"date":"2025-11-28T18:24:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T23:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seq.ca\/?page_id=14180"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:28:15","slug":"concours-georges-maheux","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seq.ca\/en\/concours-georges-maheux\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges-Maheux Scientific Writing Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Select the display language:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"trp-block-container\"><div class=\"trp-shortcode-switcher__wrapper\"\r\n     style=\"--bg:#ffffff;--bg-hover:#0000000d;--text:#143852;--text-hover:#1d2327;--border:1px solid #1438521a;--border-width:1px;--border-color:#1438521a;--border-radius:5px;--flag-radius:2px;--flag-size:18px;--aspect-ratio:4\/3;--font-size:14px;--transition-duration:0.2s\"\r\n     role=\"group\"\r\n     data-open-mode=\"hover\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <!-- ANCHOR (in-flow only; 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