The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.
Date: Mar. 10th, 2026
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
This event is part of a series of workshops, see the complete Winter 2026 schedule here!
Join the Department of English and the Department of Philosophy for a talk by Dr. K.M. (Katie) Ebner-Landy on her latest book The Character Sketch as Philosophy: Manners, Mores, Types.
16 March 2026, 4 p.m.
Leacock 738
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.
Date: Mar. 17th, 2026
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Patrick Anderson (UC San Diego) will discuss his most recent book, The Lamentations: A Requiem for Queer Suicide, and the intimate, sometime impossible-to-bear relationships between queer archives and mortality.
The Department of English Students Association is launching its first installment of regionally specific African and diasporic literatures. This first installment will focus on Nigerian and Yoruba traditions. DESA is pleased to welcome Titilope Sonuga—former Edmonton Poet Laureate and first poet to perform at a Nigerian presidential inauguration—as this year’s keynote speaker.
March 18, 5:30 - 7:00 pm: Seminar, location TBA
March 19, 6:00 - 9:00 pm: Public Lecture with Titilope Sonuga, Leacock 232
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn all about the research that animates the Department of English at McGill!
When: March 23, 2026, 2:30-4:30 pm
Where: 3475 Peel Street, Rm. 101 (ground floor)
Speakers:
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 using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Date: Mar. 24th, 2026
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
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 will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool.
Date: Mar. 31st, 2026
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.
Date: Apr. 7th, 2026
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)