The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.
Date: Nov. 4th, 2025
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 Fall 2025 schedule here!
Date: November 7, 2025
Hours: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: McGill Downtown Campus, room 650, 2001 McGill College.
Instructor: Florian Carichon & Ali Ekber Cinar, Department: School of Computer Science at McGill University
Overview:
Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.
Date: Nov. 11th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Registration for the 2025 SCERT Conference on Neurodevelopmental Conditions is now open, including for the poster session.
The conference will take place on Friday, November 14th, 2025, at the Plaza Centre-Ville in downtown Montreal. Please feel free to share the news with your colleagues, students, and community!
Date: November 14, 2025
Hours: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: McGill Downtown Campus, room 650, 2001 McGill College
Instructor: Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, Faculty & Department: Philosophy Department, Faculty of Arts
Overview:
Join Mark and Mindy* for yoga and meditation in the Creative Arts Lab (EDUC-115) to bring some calm and balance into your day! Sessions are free (donations welcome to support local charities) and are
open to the whole Faculty of Education community. mark_silverberg [at] cbu.ca (subject: Yoga) (Contact Mark) if you have any questions.
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: Nov. 18th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Join us for a networking event dedicated to women innovators & entrepreneurs looking to forge meaningful connections.
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: Nov. 25th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Over the past twelve years, the McGill Engine Centre has been supporting entrepreneurially-minded McGill technological innovators. Our annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship highlights and celebrates our community of students, researchers, and faculty that are developing technologically-based solutions and new ventures to solve real-world problems. A number of awards will be announced, the year’s projects will be highlighted, and our inventor
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: Dec. 2nd, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
DATE: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
TIME: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: 3rd Floor Ballroom, University Centre, McGill University, 3480 McTavish