2018 Award for Distinguished Teaching

Each year, the students of McGill’s School of Continuing Studies nominate and award instructors with the Award for Distinguished Teaching. This year, instructors Georges Bryson and Dr. Zachary Abram were awarded the 2018 Award for Distinguished Teaching. Their teaching methods, real-world experience and world-class abilities inspired their students to nominate them for the award, one of the highest honours for instructors at the School.

World Champions in Supply Chain Management

It’s official: our Supply Chain and Operations Management students are a force to be reckoned with on the international stage. A team of four students took first place and a €10,000 cash prize at the Final of the Global Student Challenge in Zwolle, the Netherlands.

J. Archibald appointed to the Advisory Board responsible for the Lingua Traduzione Didattica collection

J. Archibald, senior faculty lecturer in translation studies at McGill University,  has been appointed to the Advisory Board for a collection on language, translation and language didactics, Lingua Traduzione Didattica, published by FrancoAngeli, an Italian academic publishing house.

MACES Health & Dental Plan

New MACES Health and Dental Plan for all qualifying students beginning September 1st, 2017. More information can be found online.

McGill launches new program in legal translation

McGill University’s new Graduate Certificate in Legal Translation is intended to support current or aspiring professionals and paraprofessionals whose work does or may consist in the bi-or multi-lingual drafting and translation of legal documents used in public, private and parapublic organizations.

Prize-winning music producer awarded the McGill Associates Prize in Translation

What range of skills contribute to making a successful translator? According to Jean Massicotte, his understanding of linguistics, science, writing techniques and project management paved the way to success. Massicotte is the 2017 recipient of the McGill Associates Prize in Translation (English-French). He received this distinction at the spring graduation ceremony when he was awarded a Certificate in Translation in the English to French option.

Accomplished historian awarded the McGill Associates Prize in Translation

Mastering documentation is one of the pathways to translation excellence. Mastering it in more than one language is an added value. Such is the case for Cheryl Smeall, who is the 2017 recipient of the McGill Associates Prize in Translation (French-English). Dr. Smeall received this distinction at the spring graduation ceremony when she was awarded a Certificate in Translation in the French to English option.

Bilingual editor awarded the McGill Associates Prize in Translation

What better way to become an experienced translator than to work one’s way up from the bottom. Hélène Roulston is living proof of the adage that one becomes a good translator by producing good translations and having the knowledge base to produce quality work. That sums up Hélène Roulston’s recipe for success. She is the 2017 recipient of the McGill Associates Prize in Translation (English-French).

Graduate Diploma in Translation: Comprehensive Evaluation CCTR 551

Students completing the Graduate Diploma in Translation (GDIT) must sit a comprehensive examination at the conclusion of the GDIT Program.  The examination consists of an oral defense of a best-work portfolio.  This portfolio represents a record of progress made by the candidate throughout his/her studies.  Each candidate prepares a written introduction and comments on selected examples of coursework with a view to demonstrating his/her progress toward greater translation compe

In Support of Elena Avetisian

Our thoughts are with McGill alumnae Elena Avetisian and her family.

Avetisian, a graduate from McGill's School of Continuing Studies, was injured in an attack in New York City's Times Square on May 18 and remains in a coma. A fundraising effort has been established to help provide support to her and her family in the coming weeks. For more information and to donate, please click here.

McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies welcomed into CFA Institute University recognition program

McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies is the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program.

McGill University Contributes to First French Edition of Journal

The International Higher Education (IHE), a quarterly journal published by the Boston College Center for International Higher Education, published a French edition for the first time in January 2017.

McGill University hosts an international colloquium on Gender and Genre in Translation

WHEN: April 27 – 28, 2017

WHERE: McGill University – 688 Shebrooke Street West, room 1041 (10th floor) (metro McGill) FOR COMPLETE PROGRAM: www.mcgill.ca/scs-colloquium

Today's classes are cancelled for the day and evening

Because of the difficult weather and transportation issues caused by the blizzard, classes on both our campuses will be cancelled for the remainder of today, March 15, including evening courses. Tests and exams will be rescheduled as necessary. Managers are asked to understand that some staff who managed to get into work today might have to leave earlier than normal.

Beethoven: Passion romantique, a six-course lecture and concert series

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival and PRIZMA, a program of McGill’s School of Continuing Studies, are proud to collaborate for the first time on a special series of lectures and concerts devoted to Beethoven’s string quartets.