Application Deadline: TechAccel Program Fall 2024

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 and entrepreneurship are as well as an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas, and the Lean Canvas.

Date: Sep. 11th, 2024 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

Application Deadline: Invention to Impact Training Program Fall 2024

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

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: Sep. 18th, 2024 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.

MD-PhD Program Open House 2024

McGill MD PhD Program is hosting an Open House via Zoom on September 26th, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST, and we would like to extend a warm invitation to all of you.

Thank you for your interest in medicine. The MDCM PhD program prepares learners for a career as physician-scientists. Students who graduate from the program obtain a combined degree in both medicine and a PhD in their field of research.

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 Emily Jaeger-McEnroe 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.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

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: Oct. 23rd, 2024 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)