Career Fairs

1 Sep 2023
to
30 Jun 2024

Career fairs are organized by the Career Planning Service, often in collaboration with faculty associations and student groups. These events offer students an excellent opportunity to connect with company representatives across various industries.  

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 – Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

2 Apr 2024 13:00
14:00

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.

Startup Skills: Part 1 – Financing My Early-Stage Innovation-Driven Venture

3 Apr 2024 12:00
13:00

In this workshop, you'll learn how VC's typically value an early stage innovation driven venture. To do that we'll go through and give examples on how to forecast sales and how to set pricing, how to forecast expenses and how to figure out the amount of capital needed to finance your business. We'll also explore some of the more common sources of cash from both public institutions and private organisations.

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[Online] Info Session - TechAccel Program Summer 2024

4 Apr 2024 17:00
18:00
Come to the info session and learn about the program benefits, application process and much more! Register Now!

The TechAccel Program is one of the McGill Engine’s key co-curricular/experiential learning programs.

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Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

9 Apr 2024 13:00
14:00

This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.

Date: Apr. 9th, 2024 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

Startup Skills: Part 2 – Venture Capital Funding

10 Apr 2024 12:00
13:00

Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal". You'll learn what is a venture capital fund, its structure and how they operate, and what VCs look for in an early stage innovation driven venture. You'll also learn about the typical elements of a term sheet in connection with equity investments and SAFEs, and caveats when raising money.

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Application Deadline: TechAccel Program Summer 2024

14 Apr 2024
Application Deadline: April 14, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET - Apply Here.

The TechAccel Program is one of the McGill Engine’s key co-curricular/experiential learning programs.

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Application Deadline: Invention to Impact Training Program Spring 2024

14 Apr 2024
Application Deadline: April 14, 2024, 11:59PM ET - Apply Here! 

McGill graduate students, do you have promising research results to solve real-world problems? Consider applying as a team to our 

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Course Outline Template and Guide – ready for PASL

1 May 2024

The Course Outline Template and Guide includes a checklist of required items and a template with instructions for creating or revising your course outline. Check it out to see what changes you might need to make in light of PASL.

Using self-reflection to engage students in the assessment of participation

1 May 2024 13:00
15:00

When it comes to class participation, how well do our students know what is expected of them? How can we help students understand that participation can enhance their learning?

Obstacles to promoting student mental health through assessment practices, with Kira Smith

2 May 2024 13:00
14:00

In its inaugural miniseries, the Teach.Learn.Share podcast asked members of our community to weigh in on the connections between assessment, learning, and student well-being. The conversations centred on how to leverage learning-focused assessment practices to potentially improve students’ well-being.

Feedback strategies: Engaging students in dialogue

3 May 2024 10:00
10:30
Part 1: Annotating writing submissions

How can we engage students with feedback and encourage them to take greater responsibility for their learning before, during, and after assignments? The goal of this 4-part webinar series is to address these concerns with feedback strategies that engage students in dialogue. We will present several strategies suited to writing assignments such as essays, research (term) papers, and lab reports.

 

Assess class participation

6 May 2024

In-class participation should be tied to students’ achievement of course learning outcomes. You may want to signal that connection to students and motivate them to participate by assigning a grade. This TL KB article offers strategies for assessing class participation that support students’ learning, are equitable for students, and manageable for you.

Peer assessment and FeedbackFruits

7 May 2024 13:00
14:00

Have you tried using peer assessment in your courses? Peer assessment can help students reflect on their work and learn to provide constructive feedback. This webinar will introduce you to key parameters for designing peer assessment activities and get you started with FeedbackFruits - a tool to manage peer assessment online.

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Assessment for learning to support well-being: Listen in!

8 May 2024

To spark much-needed discussions around assessment for learning and its potential to foster healthier learning environments for both students and instructors, we invite you to listen to the Teach.Learn.Share podcast on assessment and well-being where members of the McGill community offer their perspectives on a range of topics.

After you listen, consider these questions intended to help you bring healthy learning environments to the fore in your courses:

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