NICKEL VIII Conference
August 8-9, 2023, Montreal, QC
Join NICKEL VIII at McGill University on August 8-9th, 2023!
NICKEL is a close, supportive, and collaborative community of faculty, staff and instructors interested in furthering engineering students’ leadership capabilities. This community gathers to learn from each other, share insights and wisdom from teaching practice, and build our capacity to support our students. Through enhancing our students’ leadership, we enable them to increase their positive impact on the world.
NICKEL VIII will involve in-person workshops, classroom simulations, reflective activities, and great conversation!
This conference is designed for university faculty, staff and instructors from Canadian universities with a personal interest in, and passion for engineering leadership education. If you are interested in joining, and learning with this welcoming community of educators, you should attend NICKEL VIII. No experience in teaching engineering leadership necessary — just an interest to learn and share your perspectives with others.
Objectives for NICKEL 2023:
- Build relationships between individuals engaged in engineering leadership education.
- Form a network of learning and action.
- Demonstrate and experience active-learning activities with a leadership theme.
- Share best practices and greatest challenges.
- Integrate new ideas into university programs.
- Stimulate interest in research on engineering leadership and its pedagogy.
Program
The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday August 8th and conclude at 3:00 pm Wednesday August 9th. There will be a conference dinner on Tuesday evening. Details to follow.
How to Register:
Registration can be via the registration form.
Cost:
The conference fee is $287.44 ($250 CAD + $12.50 GST and 24.94 QST) which includes light breakfasts, lunch and a conference banquet. Accommodations may be booked separately with details that will be provided after registration. Payments can be made by e-transfer (Preferred) or by sending a check by July 28th.
Send Interac (e-Transfer) payments to: nickel.conference [at] mcgill.ca
NOTE: we are unable to accept Interac payments from accounts held at Desjardins; if you have a Desjardins account, please send a check.
If you are unable to do an e-transfer, please make checks payable to “McGill University” and send them to:
Nate Quitoriano
3610 University St.
Montreal, QC H3A 0C5
More Information:
If you questions about the venue or accommodations, please reach out to Nate Quitoriano (nate.quitoriano [at] mcgill.ca). If you have questions about the programming please reach out to Jonathan Verrett (jonathan.verrett [at] ubc.ca) or Grant McSorley (gmcsorley [at] upei.ca).
Conference Committee:
- Co-Chairs
- Grant McSorley, University of Prince Edward Island
- Nate Quitoriano, McGill University
- Jonathan Verrett, University of British Columbia
- Representing the NICKEL Steering Committee
- Patricia Sheridan, University of Toronto