Are you interested in becoming a better researcher, networking within the growing D2R community, and gaining skills & experience towards building your future career? Sign up to attend this in-person interactive event where you will meet other like-minded trainees from across McGill and D2R's Partner Institutions and learn how the events within the D2R Training Program can help you achieve your goals.


Are you interested in becoming a better researcher, networking within the growing D2R community, and gaining skills & experience towards building your future career? Sign up to attend this online interactive event where you will meet other like-minded trainees from across McGill and D2R's Partner Institutions and learn how the events within the D2R Training Program can help you achieve your goals.
The RiboClub 2026 Annual Conference will take place October 4–8, 2026, at the Chéribourg Hotel in Orford, Québec, bringing together researchers, trainees, and industry professionals from across Canada and around the world to discuss the latest developments in RNA science.

Please join McGill Research + Innovation for the 2026 Gairdner Connects Lecture featuring Gairdner Foundation 2026 Award winners, Dr. Jan Holmgren (John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award) and Professor Rajae Talbi (Early Career Investigator Award). A Q&A period with the Gairdner laureates will follow their lectures, moderated by Professor Dominique Bérubé, Vice-President, Research and Innovation.
Monday, October 19, 2026 | 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Understanding how economic growth occurs—and how societies can sustain it—has been central to the work of Canadian economist and 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences laureate Peter Howitt, who will deliver the 2026 Beatty Lecture at McGill University on October 22 during the University’s annual Homecoming festivities. Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC’s national radio program Ideas, will moderate the event.

In its fourth consecutive year, Cancer Translational Research Horizons 2026 (CTR Horizons) continues to bring together innovators, investigators, clinicians, trainees, and industry professionals working at the forefront of cancer translational research.
The two-day symposium is scheduled for November 25–26, 2026, at the Holiday Inn & Suites Montreal Centre-ville Ouest.