SASSI Student Fellowships Call for Applications (Jan 15 Deadline)
The Sylvan Adams Sport Science Institute Fellowship applications are now open. There are two Master’s fellowships and one Doctoral Fellowship available. To be eligible the applicant must have applied or been accepted to start a graduate program in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education in 2024.
New Course! Indigenous Education: Ethical and Relational Practices for Equity and Reconciliation
This Special Topics seminar will introduce students to historical and contemporary realities of First Nations, Métis and Inuit and address relevant topics in Indigenous education: What are appropriate ways to bring Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies into classrooms?
TeaTime to Chill, Chat & Connect Dates
Take a study break and come enjoy a cup of hot tea and some free treats while relaxing and connecting your LWA and other students! Date: Tuesday November 7 & 21, December 5 Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm Location: Education Building, room 113 No pre-registration required!
9th Annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Over the past decade, the McGill Engine Centre has been instrumental in fostering innovative technologies. Our annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship highlights and celebrates our emerging technologically-based business ideas and start-ups at the Faculty as well as our technology innovators.
Julie Oh: Oral Defence ECP
The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
Dr. Gigi Luk and Dr. Armando Bertone are proud to announce that Julie Oh, a doctoral candidate in Educational and Counselling Psychology, will be defending their dissertation on December 1, 2023 at 9:00 AM, via Zoom.
The topic of their dissertation is:
PhD Qualifying Examination of Mr. George Orfanides
DATE: Friday, December 1, 2023
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
PLACE: Burnside Hall, Room 1120
PRINCIPAL
EXAMINERS: Topic 1: Prof. Tim Hoheisel, Convex optimization and DC programming
Relevant Literature: Hoheisel, T. (2018). Math 597 lecture notes on Convex Optimization, McGill University
Launch Event: McGill Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS)
The Faculty of Science's Computational and Data Systems Initiative (CDSI) is excited to announce the initial launch event for a new McGill Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS). The event will be facilitated by
Last Day of Fall Semester Classes
For more of McGill's key academic dates, consult the Important Dates for Students website. For B.Ed. and MATL Field Experience and Internship dates, see this page of the Internships & Student Affairs (ISA) website.
Janet Amos: Oral Defence ECP
The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
Dr. Ingrid Sladeczek is proud to announce that Janet Amos, a doctoral candidate in Educational and Counselling Psychology, will be defending their dissertation on December 5, 2023 at 9:00 AM, in EDUC 233 and via Zoom.
The topic of their dissertation is:
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery
This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.
Date: Dec. 5th, 2023 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Fall Semester Study Day
For more of McGill's key academic dates, consult the Important Dates for Students website. For B.Ed. and MATL Field Experience and Internship dates, see this page of the Internships & Student Affairs (ISA) website.
PhD Defence of Zachary Munro
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Zachary Munro
DATE: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
TIME / PLACE: Defense 10:30 a.m. Burnside Hall, Room 1025
TITLE: Cubical groups, random groups, and Coxeter groups
CHAIR: Prof. Rustum Choksi
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Piotr Przytycki
INTERNAL MEMBER: Prof. Joel Kamnitzer
Fall Semester Exam Period
For more of McGill's key academic dates, consult the Important Dates for Students website. For B.Ed. and MATL Field Experience and Internship dates, see this page of the Internships & Student Affairs (ISA) website.
PhD Qualifying Examination of Mr. Fang Hong
PhD Qualifying Examination of Mr. Fang Hong
DATE: Thursday, December 7, 2023
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Burnside Hall, Room 1234
PRINCIPAL
EXAMINERS: Topic 1: ABP method in second order elliptic equations, Prof. Pengfei Guan
Topic 2:Classification of entire solutions to the critical p-Laplace equation, Prof. Jérôme Vétois
TSI Public Talk: The Physics Behind the Nobel Prize
This year, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter". This ultra short timescale physics allows us to understand the behaviour of the smallest particles interacting at the fastest speeds.
