Call for Applications: WRSA Grants
Call for Applications: Graduate Impact Award Program
Call for Applications: Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowships Program
Call for Applications: TechAccel Program Winter 2025
The TechAccel Program is one of the McGill Engine’s key co-curricular/experiential learning programs.
Holiday Closure | Engine Centre
McGill Engine Centre will close at 4:30PM on Monday, December 23, 2024, and will reopen on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Wishing everyone a restful holiday break.
Online Info Session - TechAccel Program Winter 2025
The TechAccel Program is one of the McGill Engine’s key co-curricular/experiential learning programs.
Application Deadline: Graduate Impact Award Program
Application Daedline: TechAccel Program Spring 2025
The TechAccel Program is one of the McGill Engine’s key co-curricular/experiential learning programs.
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101
This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.
Date: Jan. 15th, 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
TechIdea Pitch Competition: Extended Submission Deadline
The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages McGill students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems. This year's pitch competition is taking place on January 30th, 2025 during the John D.
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 – Design Thinking Methodology
The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.
Date: Jan. 22nd, 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 – Introduction to Industry Analysis
This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Application Deadline: WRSA Grants
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at McGill to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 – Foundations of IP and Patent Searching
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.