Upcoming Events

• LGBTQ and Friends Faculty/Staff Social Hour
  Starting this year, the SEDE office is pleased to announce the launch of the new LGBTQ and Friends Faculty/Staff Social Hour . This monthly event will provide the opportunity for McGill faculty and staff to eat, drink and socialize informally with colleagues from across the university. This event is hosted by the Social Equity and Diversity in Education office (SEDE) in collaboration with the McGill Equity Subcommittee on Queer People. The next Social hour will take place Wednesday, December 9th, 2009.
  
  What: LGBTQ and Friends Faculty/Staff Social Hour
  Who: LGBTQ Faculty, Staff, Post Docs and their friends and spouses
  Where: the main floor of Thomson House, at 3650 McTavish (come through the front entrance and head for the room straight at the back).
  When: Monthly. Next Social Hour on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 from 5:15 to 6:30PM
  

Past Events since 2001

• "Return to the Rainbow", our eighth wine & cheese reception with music and dancing organized in conjunction with Alumni Homecoming at which McGill's LGBT staff, students and faculty welcome LGBT alumni and friends back to campus for a fun get-together to gab about the past, present and future for queer McGillians. (October 2009)

• "Return to the Rainbow", our seventh wine & cheese reception with music and dancing organized in conjunction with Alumni Homecoming at which McGill's LGBT staff, students and faculty welcome LGBT alumni and friends back to campus for a fun get-together to gab about the past, present and future for queer McGillians. (October 2008)

• "Return to the Rainbow", our sixth wine & cheese reception with music and dancing organized in conjunction with Alumni Homecoming at which McGill's LGBT staff, students and faculty welcome LGBT alumni and friends back to campus for a fun get-together to gab about the past, present and future for queer McGillians. (October 2007)
• "Return to the Rainbow", our fifth wine & cheese reception with music and dancing organized in conjunction with Alumni Homecoming at which McGill's LGBT staff, students and faculty welcome LGBT alumni and friends back to campus for a fun get-together to gab about the past, present and future for queer McGillians. (October 2006)
• "Pink Blood: Homophobic Violence in Canada." McGill grad Doug Janoff talked about his recent book in which he details examples of homophobic violence in Canada and also examines the concepts of homophobia, homophobic legal practices, hate crime legislation, regulation of homosexuality by the state, and more. See book's website for more information. (November 2005)
• "Return to the Rainbow", our fourth wine & cheese reception with music and dancing organized in conjunction with Alumni Homecoming at which McGill's LGBT staff, students and faculty welcome LGBT alumni and friends back to campus for a fun get-together to gab about the past, present and future for queer McGillians. (September 2005)
• Joint Networking Cocktail Event at Thomson House with La Chambre de Commerce Gaie du Québec, Queer McGill, Concordia Queer Collective and Queer Grad Caucus. See the article by Richard Burnett in Hour. (March 2005)
• "Return to the Rainbow", our third wine & cheese reception with music and dancing organized in conjunction with Alumni Homecoming at which McGill's LGBT staff, students and faculty welcome LGBT alumni and friends back to campus for a fun get-together to gab about the past, present and future for queer McGillians. (October 2004)
• "Queers in Academia", our second panel discussion, organized in conjunction with CAPS, led by Dr. Elise Chenier (McGill Centre for Research & Teaching on Women), Dr. Olivia Jensen (Earth & Planetary Sciences), Derek Neal (Ph.D. candidate, History), Dr. Michael Hoover (Educational and Counselling Psychology), Andrew Jarjour (Ph.D. candidate, Neurology & Neurosurgery). (March 2004)
• "Return to the Rainbow", our second queer homecoming event that was attended by alumni and current students, faculty and staff. (October 2003)
• "Queers in Academia", a panel discussion, organized in conjunction with CAPS, led by Dr Lloyd Whitesell (Schulich School of Music), Dr Shari Brotman (School of Social Work), Dr Brian Lewis (Chair, Department of History), and Dr Elise Chenier (Department of History). (February 2003)
• A roundtable discussion about queer equity on campus led by Gregg Blachford, Elise Chenier, Jennifer Drouin, and Brianna Hersey. (January 2003)
• "Return to the Rainbow", a queer homecoming event that was attended by alumni and current students, faculty and staff. (October 2002)
• "The Future of Queer at McGill?", a panel with guests Jude Tate (University of Toronto's Coordinator for LGBTQ Resources and Programs), Ann Kerby (Director of Advocacy and Support Services at Concordia), and Donald Boisvert (Professor in the minor program in Sexuality and Diversity Studies and Dean of Students at Concordia), as well as representatives from Queer McGill and Project Interaction. (February 2002)
• "Homophobia and Transphobia at McGill?", a Town Hall meeting that was attended by 70 students, faculty and staff. (November 2001)
• A staff training day for those working in McGill Student Services where Francoise Susset and Bill Ryan offered an excellent education program on issues of diversity and ways of supporting LGBT students. (November 2001)