Weekly discussion group on issues of pedagogy, teaching and learning in math and stats

Dear all,

This is my once-a-semester email to let you know about the pedagogy discussion group, a weekly reading and discussion group for math and stats people (instructors, TAs, anyone interested really). We meet to discuss issues of teaching and learning, whether in class or in tutorial, or even when doing outreach!

Girls and Girlhoods: A Global Dialogue Webinar

The Participatory Cultures Lab, a sister project of the Institute for Human Development and Well-being (IHDW), invites you to a special dialogue and book celebration during the International Women’s Day events in the month of March! 

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 – Introduction to Industry Analysis

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.

Research Guided by Kinship Teachings and Relational Renewal

Join the Artful Inquiry Research Group as they explore how research commitments are guided by ancient kinship teachings that promote relational renewal. 

With Guests:

Megan Tipler will discuss "Big Auntie Energy" and the role of Indigenous Aunties in reimagining educational practices. 

Karen West will share insights on listening to place, honouring treaty as a living kinship agreement, and its impact on science education. 

Student-Alumni Networking Cocktail

The McGill Alumni-Student Engagement Council (MASEC) and Life After Your Degree (LifeAYD), are excited to announce the return of their successful student-alumni networking cocktail!

2025 Mossman Lecture | Utopia and Tropicality: Ideologies of natures, sciences, people and politics in thinking about and inhabiting Amazonia (hybrid)

Trenholme Dean of Libraries Guylaine Beaudry and the team at the McGill Libraries are pleased to invite you to the Elizabeth B. McNab Lecture under the auspice of the Mossman Endowment of McGill University*.

6th Annual Women in Entrepreneurship Panel

Since 2020, the McGill Engine has co-hosted an annual Women in Entrepreneurship Panel with 

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 – Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

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 with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

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 market research canvas tool.

Megan Per: Oral Defence ECP

The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology

Dr. Bassam El-Khoury is proud to announce that Megan Per, a doctoral candidate in Educational and Counselling Psychology, will be defending their dissertation on April 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

The topic of their dissertation is:

“The Relationship Between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion.”

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: Apr. 8th, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

Application Deadline: Invention to Impact Training Program Spring 2025

McGill graduate students, do you have promising research results to solve real-world problems? Consider applying as a team to our 

McGill Fall Semester Exams Begin

Examination period for Winter term and multi-term courses given by Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts (including Social Work & Religious Studies), Continuing Studies, Education, Engineering (including Architecture), Graduate Studies, Law, Management, Music, Nursing, Occupational Therapy (U1 & U2), Physical Therapy (U1 & U2) and Science (including B.A.&Sc.).

Spring 2025 Faculty of Education Convocation

The Spring 2025 Faculty of Education Convocation Ceremony will take place Thursday, May 29 at 3:00 PM.

McGill Fall Semester Classes End Date

Last day of lectures for Winter term in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts (including Social Work & Religious Studies), Continuing Studies, Education, Engineering (including Architecture), Graduate Studies, Law, Management, Music, Nursing, Occupational Therapy (U1 & U2), Physical Therapy (U1 & U2) and Science (including B.A.&Sc.).

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