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

17 Jan 2025 14:00
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11 Apr 2025 15:00

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!

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 – Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

12 Feb 2025 12:00
13:00

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.

Email address:

Chemistry Teaching Assistant Program (Chem TAP) February Workshop: Effective Questioning Skills to Engage Students

12 Feb 2025 12:00
13:00

Host: Department of Chemistry & Office of Science Education

Facilitators: Danielle Vlaho, Chemistry, and Véronique Brulé, Office of Science Education

In this workshop we'll cover how to respond to student questions without giving away the answer and share questioning strategies for engaging students in the learning process.

Dean's Speaker Series: Professor Manu Kapur on Productive Failure and Rethinking How We Learn

18 Feb 2025
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19 Feb 2025
RSVP for the Dean's Speaker Series (You may choose to attend a single session or both.)

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

19 Feb 2025 12:00
13:00

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: Feb. 19th, 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

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Black History Month's º«¹úÂãÎè Black Community Gathering

19 Feb 2025 12:00
15:00

2025's º«¹úÂãÎè Black Community Gathering, taking place on February 19 from 12 PM to 3 PM and organized by the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) in collaboration with the Black Students' Network of º«¹úÂãÎè (BSN) and the º«¹úÂãÎè African Students Society (MASS) with the support of the Students' Society of º«¹úÂãÎè (SSMU), will bring together students, staff, and faculty members to enjoy a catered lunch and to connect, celebrate and create comm

Course or University Withdrawal without Refund Deadline

25 Feb 2025

Deadline to web withdraw from courses (grade of "W") or University withdraw (grade of "W--") from Winter 2025 courses (with no fee refund) for students 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, Physical Therapy and Scie

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

25 Feb 2025 13:00
14:00

This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.

Date: Feb. 25th, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

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º«¹úÂãÎè Winter Reading Break

3 Mar 2025
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8 Mar 2025

READING BREAK. Classes cancelled for all faculties except Continuing Studies non-credit courses.

NOTE: Student Teaching is not interrupted for Education students.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 – Startup Law 101

11 Mar 2025 13:00
14:00

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.             

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

18 Mar 2025 13:00
14:00

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.

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

25 Mar 2025 13:00
14:00

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.

Email address:

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

1 Apr 2025 13:00
14:00

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at º«¹úÂãÎè to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.

Email address:

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

8 Apr 2025 13:00
14:00

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)

Email address:

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