The McGill School of Information Studies (SIS) presents research colloquia throughout the year with Canadian and international guest speakers. These free talks highlight innovative research topics and developments in the field of information studies.
The seminars are open to students, university staff and faculty, alumni, and members of the public. SIS PhD and master's students are strongly encouraged to attend. As seating is limited, please arrive early to secure a seat.
We look forward to seeing you there!
2024/25 seminars and workshops
| January 15, 2025 |
SIS Mansion Room 106 12:00-2:00pm |
Title: Building Your Story: A Guide to UX Design Portfolio Guest speaker: PhD student Hu Chong, School of of Information Studies, McGill University |
| February 26, 2025 |
SIS Mansion Room 106 12:00-1:30pm |
Title: Regrounding the theory of LibQual for mid-century: a qualitative study Guest speaker: Professor Colleen Cook, School of Information Studies, McGill University |
| March 19, 2025 |
Leacock 232 12:00-1:30pm |
Symposium on Information Interaction Guest speakers: Richmond Yeboah, Kartikay Chadha, Bénédicte D'Anjou, Peymon Montazeri, Xiaoqian(Zoey) Zhang, School of Information Studies, McGill University |
2023/24 seminars and workshops
| November 9, 2023 |
SIS Mansion Room 106 11:45-2:00pm |
Title: A Marginal Look at Information Research and Practice Guest speaker: Professor Nadia Caidi, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto |
| February 29, 2024 |
Online (Zoom) 12:30-2:00 |
Archives and disabled people by Gracen Brilmyer and Sam Pappas A human-information approach to creating tools for better sound planning by Richard Yanaky |
2022/23 seminars and workshops
| September 21, 2022 |
SIS Mansion Room 106 12:30-2:00 |
TBC - Prof. Jonathan Lazar from University of Maryland |
| October 19, 2022 |
SIS Mansion Room 106 12:30-2:00 |
Workshop on Rare Books - Jewish Public Library |
Check the SIS homepage for more School of Information Studies events.