McGill Takes Part in 24 Hours of Science
24 Hours of Science—Quebec’s biggest science and technology festival—took place May 5 and 6. McGill’s many science outreach programs joined in on the annual event again this year, with the Chemistry, Physics, Trottier Space Institute, Earth and Planetary Sciences, STEMM Diversity, Science Outreach, and Gault Nature Reserve teams contributing to the fun.
Congratulations to STEMM Diversity@McGill!
The results are in for the 2023 Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media and STEMM Diversity@McGill is among the runners-up recognized in the Group category.
Combining Art with Science
Using real geochemical data from the archaeological site of Itzan, Guatemala, and computer-generated artwork, PhD candidate Benjamin Keenan (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences) has produced a video that brings the ancient Mayan civilization to life. Funded by a FRQ DIALOGUE grant (the first for the Faculty of Science), his video has been shown at over 10 exhibitions and conferences, both locally and internationally.
What's it like to be a Biology student at McGill?
Join five current Biology students as they share their stories of finding their place and pursuing diverse paths within the discipline in this new video: A Glimpse Into Biology at McGill. To learn more about the inspiration for this video, read Video marks launch of Department of Biology outreach campaign.
Science Outreach is hiring!
We're looking for a Science Outreach Educator to join our team. They will assist the Faculty’s Science Outreach unit in promoting and enhancing the visibility of outreach, provide training opportunities to McGill students and staff using evidence-based best practices and assist with the communications and evaluation components of the Outreach program.
The Redpath Museum moves outdoors this summer
Enjoy the beautiful summer weather and join the Redpath Museum outdoors to see and touch specimens from their natural history and world cultures collections. Fossils, skulls, minerals, ancient pottery... you never know what you'll find!
Every Wednesday and Thursday through August 18th: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Different themes each day. Cancelled if it rains.
Outreach skills and entrepreneurship
Wondering how the skills you develop doing science outreach can help with your future endeavours? Read about Dr.
Science students share their passion with school students across Québec
McGill students participated for the first time this year in École en réseau and Cœur des sciences, two programs that provide programming for elementary and secondary school students across Quebec. Read about McGill students Jeremy Dawkins and Kirsten Crandall's engaging collaborations with École en réseau and Cœur des sciences in McGill dans la ville's article
McGill Chemistry Outreach Group founders describe the group's work in new tribute
Founding members of the award-winning McGill Chemistry Outreach program have documented the inception and work of the group in Beyond exploding balloons- bringing the science of chemistry to the public, a new piece in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
Get to know a scientist: Herpetologist Jessica Ford
Watch herpetologist Jessica Ford explain the work she does with the easily overlooked, yet massively important tadpoles.
Office of Science Outreach launches online inquiry-based training
The Office of Science Outreach is excited to take its inquiry-based theory training completely online and asynchronous. Intro to McGill Science Outreach and Inquiry-Based Learning is now available on myCourses, McGill’s learning platform, for anyone interested in participating in the training.
Promoting diversity in science
STEMM Diversity @ McGill co-founders Jessica Ford and Charles Xu detail their paths as scientists and what led them to come together to form STEMM Diversity @ McGill in the new article Promoting diversity in science.
Learn about unEarth , one of McGill's impact200 finalists
unEarth is one of the impact200 Bicentennial Student Sustainability Challenge finalists' and their platform and supplemental educator's manual are designed to reach out and teach youth about sustainability through environmental systems thinking.
STEMM Diversity publishes paper and blog post
STEMM Diversity group members have recently published a blog post with Cell Mentor, and a paper in Trends in Ecology.
Science literacy for everyone: Science Literacy Week and Chemistry Walk and Talk
Science Literacy week is happening across Canada from September 20th to September 26th, and there many activities to participate in right in Montreal. For the seventh consecutive year, McGill Library is planning a range of activities.