Students /channels/taxonomy/term/5/all en Cedars CanSupport Spring/Summer Activity Calendar /channels/channels/event/cedars-cansupport-springsummer-activity-calendar-365644 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:09:13 +0000 webfull 209567 at /channels June 9–11 | Temporary Early Closure of Humanities & Social Sciences Library Info Desk /channels/channels/news/june-9-11-temporary-early-closure-humanities-social-sciences-library-info-desk-365643 <p>Please note that due to the STM strike, the <strong>Information Desk at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library</strong> (McLennan Library Building, lobby) <strong>will close early at 5:30 p.m.</strong> from <strong>Monday, June 9 to Wednesday, June 11</strong>. The Humanities &amp; Social Sciences Library remains <strong>open for study until 9 p.m.</strong> on these days.</p> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:39:47 +0000 webfull 209566 at /channels Virtual Exhibition in ɬ﷬ Libraries Featuring Prof. Reznikov’s Research /channels/channels/news/virtual-exhibition-mcgill-libraries-featuring-prof-reznikovs-research-365642 <p>The Department of Bioengineering invites you to come to the ɬ﷬ Libraries and examine digital 3D reconstructions of rare objects preserved in various Montreal museums! Using touch tables the size of a TV screen installed at the Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering, and the McLennan Library Building, you can zoom and rotate 3D models as part of a virtual natural history museum.</p> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:07:34 +0000 webfull 209565 at /channels SBNH at ICN Congress | Présentations de l'ASFF au Congrès du CII /channels/channels/event/sbnh-icn-congress-presentations-de-lasff-au-congres-du-cii-365611 <p>(le français suit)</p> <b>The Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare Advisory Board is pleased to present at:</b> <p><b>ICN Congress 2025 in Helsinki, Finland</b></p> <p><br /> All these events are part of <a href="https://www.icn.ch/events/icn-congress-2025-helsinki">ICN Congress 2025 Helsinki | ICN - International Council of Nurses</a></p> <p> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:45:49 +0000 webfull 209562 at /channels Application Deadline: Quality Improvement Funding Awards /channels/channels/event/application-deadline-quality-improvement-funding-awards-365641 <p>The ɬ﷬ DOM is now accepting applications for funding to support Quality Improvement studies. <b>Applications are due August 25, 2025</b><b>. </b>This program is available to Contract Academic Staff (CAS) Members of the ɬ﷬ Health</p> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:36:40 +0000 webfull 209561 at /channels Office 365 Forms and Surveys /channels/channels/event/office-365-forms-and-surveys-365635 <p class="note"><strong>NOTE:</strong> This course will be held remotely. You will be provided information on how to attend once you register.</p> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:03:39 +0000 webfull 209557 at /channels LTL 13 - MS Booking /channels/channels/event/ltl-13-ms-booking-365634 <p class="note"><strong>NOTE:</strong> Due to the pandemic, this course will be held remotely, via Webex or MS Teams. You will be provided information on how to attend once you register.</p> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:59:40 +0000 webfull 209556 at /channels Leedana is bringing agriculture to the desert--and it got its start at Desautels /channels/channels/news/leedana-bringing-agriculture-desert-and-it-got-its-start-desautels-365633 <p>Egypt’s Nile River Valley has some of the most fertile land in the world. But most of the country is a barren desert where few plants can grow. <strong>Hassan Elrakhawy </strong>(BCom’24) wants to change that. The Egyptian-born entrepreneur founded Leedana, a startup that uses a technique called sandponics, which can reduce the amount of water needed to cultivate crops by up to 90%. The company already has farms in Egypt that grow cherry tomatoes, peppers, kale, lettuce and more. And other farms are under construction elsewhere.</p> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:54:52 +0000 webfull 209555 at /channels Desautels’ valedictorian Grace Singer hopes for carbon-free future /channels/channels/news/desautels-valedictorian-grace-singer-hopes-carbon-free-future-365632 <p>This year, ten valedictorians from across the university shared their reflections and insights with ɬ﷬’s Class of 2025--with an eye cast toward the future. Desautels <strong>Grace Singer </strong>will be among them. The graduating Bachelor of Commerce student hopes to make a difference by advocating for decarbonization from within the business world. “In the long-term I hope to work directly with the adoption and acceleration of sustainable solutions, such as what I did within the cleantech company I interned at during my degree,” Singer says.</p> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:53:16 +0000 webfull 209554 at /channels GCI Partner Expo /channels/channels/event/gci-partner-expo-365631 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:51:35 +0000 webfull 209553 at /channels ɬ﷬ Desautels offices earn new sustainable workplace ratings /channels/channels/news/mcgill-desautels-offices-earn-new-sustainable-workplace-ratings-365630 <p>This winter, three of the ten ɬ﷬ offices awarded new Sustainability Workplace Certifications for their sustainable practices were from the Desautels Faculty of Management. Notably, a collaborative Desautels office, formed by the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity, EDI, the Lewtas Office of Experiential Learning, and TLS Management teams, earned a Platinum certification, the highest possible rating. The Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) advanced to a Gold certification, and Desautels IT achieved Silver.</p> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:37:03 +0000 webfull 209552 at /channels PhD Thesis Defense Presentation: Nymisha Bandi /channels/channels/event/phd-thesis-defense-presentation-nymisha-bandi-365628 <p></p> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:32:30 +0000 webfull 209551 at /channels Touch table exhibit | ɬ﷬ Virtual Museum (McLennan Library Building) /channels/channels/event/touch-table-exhibit-mcgill-virtual-museum-mclennan-library-building-365622 <p><em>La version française suit</em>.</p> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:33:18 +0000 webfull 209544 at /channels Norman Hillmer on Canada’s Efforts to Protect Its Sovereignty | Literary Review of Canada /channels/channels/news/norman-hillmer-canadas-efforts-protect-its-sovereignty-literary-review-canada-365618 <p>June 2025 | At the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, Norman Hillmer gave a stark warning about the threat a second Trump presidency could pose to Canada. He argued that no other American president has been as openly hostile to Canadian sovereignty, describing Trump as uniquely cruel and dangerous. Hillmer reflected on Canada’s long history of trying to assert its independence from the United States—through resisting annexation in earlier centuries, and negotiating free trade on its own terms in the 1980s. While many U.S.</p> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:35:17 +0000 webfull 209541 at /channels Dr. Pengfei Zhao, DISE, Appointed Academic Director for Global Engagement /channels/channels/news/dr-pengfei-zhao-dise-appointed-academic-director-global-engagement-365507 <p>The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the appointment of <strong><a href="/education/pengfei-zhao">Dr. Pengfei Zhao</a></strong>, from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), as the Academic Director for Global Engagement.</p> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:06:04 +0000 webfull 209536 at /channels