Academic/Employment

Student Accessibility and Achievement (formerly known as OSD) helps McGill’s diverse student body achieve their academic goals and overcome barriers by providing not only accommodations for students with documented disabilities but also additional learner support for students facing barriers in university. Academic accommodations are available for students with documented disabilities that may be permanent, temporary, or episodic. Other resources and programs supporting academic achievement are available to all McGill students, from on-demand resources and webinars and a tutor-matching program, to targeted programming focused on teaching academic strategies.

The Office of the Dean of Students supports, listens to, and guides students with any type of academic or non-academic related issue. They oversee student rights and responsibilities, academic integrity, academic advising, the student disciplinary process, and student recognition. They can be particularly helpful for students with extenuating circumstances during the academic year. They also provide a list of study spaces for students.

There are several funding opportunities available through various government and outside agencies. An excellent reference is available on Professor Archer Yang’s Website.

The McGill Office for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has made a table of funding opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

IT Services provides computer services and support for all the McGill community. This includes troubleshooting for any problems with: MyCourses, Minerva, McGill Email, Wireless Network, and MyProgress.

MyProgress is a service offered to graduate students at McGill which shows all requirements needed to complete your degree. It shows you requirements you have met, requirements you have yet to complete, and gives you reminders when certain requirements are approaching their deadline. This service is tremendously helpful for new graduate students, as well as students who are unsure if certain classes or exams count towards their degree.

The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) is the oldest Teaching Assistant Union in the province of Quebec. As a labour union, AGSEM represents TAs and Invigilators at McGill, bargaining with the McGill administration to produce TA and Invigilator Collective Agreements.

SKILLSETS offers workshops for graduate students in a variety of areas: presentation skills, resilience in grad school, how to get the most out of your supervisor, and as well as TA training. First-time teaching assistants are eligible for up to three hours of paid TA training through SKILLSETS. Check out their website to see what is available.

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) provides instructor support and recognition, facilitates student skills development opportunities, and oversees teaching and learning spaces. Go to the TLS website to discover skills development opportunities, find tips on being a supervisee, and recognize your outstanding profs.

For students in a teaching capacity, TLS supports many facets of teaching at McGill, from the pre-planning stages of course development up until assessment, course evaluation, and beyond.

Career Planning Services (CaPS) is a service offered by McGill to all students in an attempt to guide them towards jobs and future careers. This service guides students through the process of obtaining part time jobs, summer jobs,  internships, and even future careers. CaPS is closely linked with MyFuture, where you can read and directly apply for jobs including TA jobs, internships, and more.

Here is a collection of websites you might find helpful in order to get answers to your questions about letters of recommendation:

This reference contains a few different perspectives from faculty about letters of recommendation.

This McGill website has great advice and more links.

This page has more information, but note the reference to posting letters by mail is a bit outdated since most things are done electronically now.

See here for some great templates, but keep this in mind: in showing gratitude, it is enough just to say "thank you", and follow up later to let us know how things turned out with your applications. There is no need to "return the favour", and please no gifts! We view this as an important part of our job, and have all greatly benefited from letters written by others on our behalf in the past; this is our chance to pay it forward.

The slides from the October 2023 information session on recommendation letters are now available.

The slides from the October 2023 information session on graduate schools are now available.

This is a group of students and staff from the Math and Stats department who meet every other week to discuss issues of teaching and pedagogy in the mathematical sciences and related fields. This year they are reading the MAA Instructional Practices Guide and may discuss other topics on alternate weeks. Everyone is welcome, including people who have never taught and people who are not currently teaching. You may join the mailing list here (you will need to have McGill's VPN or be on campus), or email rosalie.belanger-rioux [at] mcgill.ca to stay up-to-date on events

Math Pedagogy Discussion Group Website