Dr. Armando Bertone, ECP, was recently interviewed by Sid Lee Montreal's Sid Stories, discussing Neurodiversity, Creativity, Education and Research.
Dr. Bertone and his colleague Jesse Heffring, Director of Development of Summit School, talked about the different programs and creative outlets available to neurodivergent learners attending Summit School, a place where research and creativity co-exist.
Branches – McGill’s Community Outreach Program – along with representatives from several STEM faculties, spent a week delivering workshops in Chisasibi, Quebec.
Outbound Explore brings the McGill experience to communities outside Montreal, providing students with access to workshops facilitated by different McGill faculties. The hands-on workshops give students insight into applied sciences, educational resources, and resources offered to Indigenous students at McGill.
McGill’s 2024 Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative (ISCEI) Writer in Residence is Billy-Ray Belcourt, PhD, from the Driftpile Cree Nation in northern Alberta. His five books encompass poetry, memoir, and fiction, and explore topics such as decolonial love, grief, intimacy, and queer sexuality.
For the full article with the McGill Reporter, click here.
Karen Martin and Dane Malenfant have been named Rathlyn Fellowship recipients for the 2023-24 year. This fellowship of $12,500 is awarded yearly by the Indigenous Studies Program to support Indigenous graduate students in their pursuit of excellence in research.
For the full article with The McGill Reporter, click here.
Montréal, 7 mai 2024 — Aujourd’hui, dans le cadre du Sommet Climat Montréal, huit institutions universitaires montréalaises — l’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), HEC Montréal, l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Polytechnique Montréal, l’Université McGill, l’Université Concordia, l'Université de Montréal (UdeM) et l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) — s’engagent à collaborer pour accélérer l’action climatique de la collectivité montréalaise en partageant leurs savoirs et leurs pratiques, tout en faisant preuve d’exemplarité dans la réduction d
May 7, 2024 | We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction are now transpiring into our reality. Machine Like Us is a technology show where every other Tuesday Taylor Owen sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future.
These innovative companies are revolutionizing industries such as education, beauty, fitness, knowledge sharing, and airport services, among others. They are enthusiastic about the opportunity to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs and industry leaders in New York City.
May 2, 2024 | In Policy Magazine’s Emerging Voices series each year, Max Bell School MPPs are asked to write articles on issues important to them. In the fourth article for 2024, Ian Lupton explains the need for a Canadian National Infrastructure Assessment for strengthening the nation’s housing crisis, by supporting a broad range of economic, social and environmental policy objectives. Ian has experience in legislative, provincial, and municipal governments in Canada and the US, and is passionate about utilizing public policy to enhance citizens' daily lives.
It is with great pride that the Faculty of Law has learned that the McGill Law cohort earned top place at the École du Barreau’s exams for 2022-2023. A remarkable 97.3% of McGill Law graduates without preparatory courses passed the assessments, as did 100% of the graduates who took preparatory courses. This outstanding result was achieved in a particularly strong year, in which all law schools saw increases to their pass rates.
RNA Medicine and Innovation Symposium
May 23-24, 2024
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES CLINIQUES DE MONTRÉAL (IRCM)
110 avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, QC H2W 1R7
The Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and Sidney-Altman RNA Therapeutics Hub, in collaboration with McGill’s Center for RNA Sciences and the Université of Montréal, invite you all to attend this symposium, which will bring together participants from academia and industry to discuss the latest advances in RNA biology and its transformative applications in therapeutics.
Check out our interview with Justin Lessard-Wajcer and Saba Saremi Co-founders of Nurau.
From left to right: Roseann O’Reilly Runte (Director of CFI, Government of Canada), Hugo Dionne (Québec government representative), Marie-Claude Bibeau (Minister of National Revenue and MP for Compton—Stanstead), Peter Moffett (Director of CORSÈVE), Sébastien Roy (Professor of Biology, Université de Sherbrooke), Anja Geitmann (Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill), Carole Beaulieu (Dean of Science, Université de Sherbrooke), Pierre Cossette (Rector, Université de Sherbrooke), Catherine Latendresse (Head of Communications, METRO).
On May 1, McGill University's 6th annual Black Grad Gala, hosted by the Black Students’ Network, honoured the Class of 2024's Black graduates. Approximately 50 graduates from various faculties were celebrated on stage, each receiving Kente stoles in recognition of their achievements. Notable speakers included Associate Professor Momar Ndao and Black Grad Valedictorian Yasmine Elmi, a McCall MacBain Scholar in the Faculty of Science and incoming McGill medical student.
Please be advised that McGill University has mandated St‐Denis Thompson Inc. to carry out the following project: 22-035 MNI (B159) & Duff (B169) – Envelope repairs
The scope of work includes repair of the foundations, replacement of stones and replacement/addition of handrails to the exterior stairs of the main entrances to the Lyman Duff Building and the Montreal Neurological Institute, located on University Street.
Construction start date: May 13, 2024
Planned construction end date: June 30, 2024
