Teaching for Learning Month

Every day in May 2026

Teaching for Learning Month is presented by Teaching and Academic Programs (TAP) and offered in partnership with The Office of Science Education (OSE). The theme for May 2026 is Fostering relationship-rich classrooms.

Choose from a variety of facilitated events and self-access activities to suit different schedules and ways of participating.

What are relationship-rich classrooms?

PhD Oral Defence; Edward Chernysh

DATE: Monday, May 25, 2026

TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence 10:00 a.m., Conference Room 1010C

Defence 10:15 .am. / BURN 1025

TITLE: A Global Compactness Theory for Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg Problems with Applications

CHAIR: Prof. Rustum Choksi

CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Jérôme Vétois

CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Pengfei Guan

INTERNAL

Catherine Bergeron: Oral Defence ECP

Prof. Annett Korner, from The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, is proud to announce that Catherine Bergeron, a doctoral candidate in Educational and Counselling Psychology, will be defending their dissertation on May 25, 2026, at 1:00 PM in Room EDUC 233 and on Zoom (by invitation only).

Distinguished lectures in applied mathematics and statistics

This series of conferences on topics in applied mathematics began in 2024. Each year, the CRM welcomes one or two distinguished speakers. Each edition is devoted to a different theme. The theme for 2025 was numerical analysis. The theme for 2026 will focus on the statistical science of space and time. 

PhD Oral Defence; Dominic Blanco

DATE: Thursday, May 28, 2026

TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence 11:00 a.m.

Defence 11:15 .am. / BURN TBD

TITLE: Extensions in Computer-Assisted Analysis for Partial Differential Equations Posed on Unbounded Domains

CHAIR: Prof. Brent Pym

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Jean-Philippe Lesard

INTERNAL

MEMBER: Prof. Jérôme Vétois

INTERNAL

EXAMINER: Prof. Gantumur Tsogtgerel

Bob Oliver (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)

Title: The local structure of finite groups and of their classifying spaces.

Venue: Pavillon Président-Kennedy à l’UQAM Room  PK-5115

Education Convocation Ceremony

Education graduands will be walking the stage and will be conferred with their undergraduate and graduate degrees: Let's celebrate their accomplishments and fill them with inspiration and they begin their new chapters!

Visit McGill's Convocation website to find out more about:

SSHRC Insight Grants - OSR Outreach Session

The purpose of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant Program is to provide stable support ranging from $7,000 to $400,000 for research excellence and long-term research initiatives of two to five years, for both emerging and established scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

Outreach Session: NSERC Discovery Grants Program

The goal of this information session is to provide tips on successful Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant proposals. This session is open to Applicants from all Evaluation Groups. Questions and answers will be welcome throughout. You are encouraged to attend this outreach session if you are planning to apply to this year’s competition.

PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Xiao Xiao

McGill University DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Xiao Xiao

DATE: Monday, June 8, 2026

TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence 10:15 a.m. 

Defence 10:30 .am. / BURN 1225

Nandini Bharadwaj: Oral Defence ECP

Prof. Adam Dubé, from The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, is proud to announce that Nandini Bharadwaj, a doctoral candidate in Educational and Counselling Psychology, will be defending their dissertation on June 9, 2026, at 1:00 PM in Room EDUC 233 and on Zoom (by invitation only).

Outreach Session: NSERC Discovery Grants Program - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS)

The goal of this information session is to provide tips on successful Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant proposals. This session is open to Applicants from all Evaluation Groups. Questions and answers will be welcome throughout. You are encouraged to attend this outreach session if you are planning to apply to this year’s competition.

Hughlings Jackson Lecture 2026: Behaviour, Brain Computation, and Evolution

Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty. A reception will follow for registered attendees.

Registration coming soon.