Special Neuro Epilepsy Lecture: Predictive Brain Image Computation for Epilepsy Research
The 2024-2025 Neuro Epilepsy Lecture Series will include eight lectures covering hot topics in basic and clinical epilepsy research. Speakers will include distinguished leaders and rising stars, with the goal of bridging basic research and clinical perspectives.
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iPSC Seminars: Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU)
THE NEURO'S EDDU iPSC SEMINAR SERIES
Human Conditions: Brain Organoids, From 'Disease Avatars' To 'Evolution Avatars'
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Cedric Boeckx, PhD
Research Professor, ICREA Catalan Institue for Advanced Studies and Research, Spain
Open Code Badge Workshop
Open to all McGill Trainees doing research.
What? A hands-on workshop to guide participants on using open code in their own projects: Introduction to GitHub and other code sharing platforms Best practices for code documentation Licensing and data sharing Improving code reusability
When? Monday, April 28th 2025 at 4:30 pm
Engaged in learning? Two undergraduate students weigh in
Have students’ perceptions of engagement changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? Is it harder to focus on lectures in the “attention economy”? Are students engaging with learning in ways that are more autonomous—such as watching recorded lectures? Listen in to this podcast to hear Kai Gutteridge and Lavínia Travassos speak about engagement and learning at McGill today.
Using neuroscience for student engagement
This workshop will introduce neuroscientific concepts that students and instructors can use to enhance teaching and learning in different disciplines. Data from McGill research will be shared, along with best practices from the literature. Instructors will consider how to apply these neuroscientific concepts in their own course design.
MS Connect | In-Person & Guided Tour
MS Connect 2025 | In-Person & Guided Tour
Join us for MS Awareness Month at The Neuro!
This MS Awareness Month, we’re inviting individuals interested in MS research to MS Connect 2025 - an event designed to share the latest in MS research and strengthen connections within our community:
Quick quiz: Promoting student engagement
Take this quick quiz to get ideas for engaging your students in learning; then challenge yourself to try at least one new one!
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Inspire students to engage with primary resources
Interested in learning how your students might engage with historical documents, eye-witness accounts, images, and early printed maps, or modern archival papers and digital collections? Join us to learn more at this hands-on interdisciplinary workshop on how to identify, find, interpret and contextualize the extensive range of primary sources available at the McGill Library.
Feedback strategies: Engaging students in dialogue - Part 1: Annotating writing submissions
Part 1: Annotating writing submissions
26th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture
The 26th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture honours the career and achievements of Professor Brenda Milner, an eminent cognitive neuroscientist and pioneer of the discipline of neuropsychology.
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Use your voice to engage students in learning
Can you imagine enhancing students’ engagement in class by increasing the vitality of a single sentence? Join voice and presentation skills coach Sanders Whiting for a workshop where you will practice pausing, word emphasis, rate of speech, and gesture to communicate more effectively with your students.
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Sustainability Education Resources
This TL KB article is intended to support instructors with integrating dimensions of sustainability into their courses. The resources provide background information and are intended to encourage reflection, inform instructors’ pedagogical decisions, and advance sustainability in curricula in meaningful ways. Reflection questions to get you started and guide your reading …
HBHL Symposium 2025
Held at New Residence Hall in Montreal on May 6-7, 2025, the HBHL Symposium offers two days of talks and networking opportunities, bringing together McGill's brain health research community.
Focused on innovation and impact, the HBHL Symposium 2025 programming includes:
Teaching strategies to engage students in learning
Wondering how to enhance student engagement, promote discussions, and encourage deep learning? Join us for a session where you will experience several strategies through demonstrations and peer sharing. You will leave with concrete ideas for planning your classes.
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EDI statements to welcome students and set the tone
An EDI statement in course outlines and/or on myCourses lets you share with students your values, understandings, commitments, and pedagogical actions relating to EDI. It can also describe how students might engage with one another and with the course material. See sample EDI statements and a template to help you customize a statement. Get started with reflection questions: