/sustainability/taxonomy/term/5/all en /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-garden-community-planting-359986 <h2>Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at º«¹úÂãÎè!</h2> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3355 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>º«¹úÂãÎè’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond. </p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3032 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/olga-kharlampovich-cuny-grad-center-and-hunter-college-363525 <p><b><u>Title:</u></b> Effective Generalization of Hall's Theorem for Limit Groups and Cube Complexes</p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:56:37 +0000 admin 3585 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/lab-life-science-literacy-week-mcgill-february-363500 <p>Join º«¹úÂãÎè to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From <strong>February 22nd to 28th</strong>, delve into this year's theme, From Lab to Life and explore science in the everyday. Events include a study on the ancient Egyptian animal mummies in the Redpath Museum, a tour of the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, Science History Treasures in º«¹úÂãÎè’s Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more. <a href="https://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/science-literacy">Learn more here</a>. </p> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:47:30 +0000 admin 3584 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/four-mcgill-faculty-science-students-and-graduates-named-finalists-mccall-macbain-scholarships-363436 <p>Faculty of Science students Joshua Cheruvathur (BSc'25) and Elaine Xiao (BSc'25), as well as graduates Antoine Bourdin (BSc'24) and Chanel Perreault (BASc'22), are finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at º«¹úÂãÎè. </p> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:22:39 +0000 admin 3582 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/how-mcgill-students-teenage-curiosity-led-first-megalodon-discovery-canada-363426 <p>Louis-Philippe Bateman’s fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada’s geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada’s Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at º«¹úÂãÎè.</p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000 admin 3581 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/old-books-new-research-uncovering-forgotten-work-mary-hinckley-answer-new-ecological-questions-362855 <p><i>Version française suit</i></p> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:40:52 +0000 admin 3569 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/geography-department-celebrates-80th-anniversary-362910 <p>º«¹úÂãÎè’s Department of Geography turns 80 this year! </p> <p>This milestone marks the anniversary of George Kimble’s appointment as º«¹úÂãÎè’s first Professor of Geography and Department Chair on January 1, 1945. </p> <p>Kimble, who had previously been a meteorologist with the Royal Navy, was allocated two rooms in the Arts Building (rooms 30 and 38) by the Faculty of Arts and Science to lay the foundation for the new department. A few months later, F.K. Hare was appointed as º«¹úÂãÎè’s second Professor of Geography (eventually becoming Dean of Arts and Science in 1961). </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:03:17 +0000 admin 3568 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgills-department-psychology-ranks-21st-times-higher-education-top-50-list-362911 <p>º«¹úÂãÎè provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject">World University Rankings by Subject 2025</a>, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE). </p> <p>º«¹úÂãÎè ranks among the top 90 in the world in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50. The number of institutions of higher education considered varied by discipline, from 389 for Law to 1,488 for Engineering. </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:12 +0000 admin 3567 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/macdonald-grad-studies-office-earns-silver-mcgills-sustainable-workplace-certification-program-362573 <p><i><small>From left to right: Academic Associate </small></i><small><i>Laura Wittebol, Graduate Program Coordinators Maude Bélanger, Erin Minnett, and Simone Clamann, and </i><em>Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Jean-Benoit Charron</em></small></p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:11:20 +0000 admin 3566 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-2-startup-law-101-362799 <p>Led by a team of caseworkers from <a href="http://www.compassclinic.org/">Compass Startup Legal Clinic</a>, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:36:25 +0000 admin 3560 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-3-introduction-industry-analysis-362800 <p>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.</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:37:47 +0000 admin 3561 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-4-foundations-ip-and-patent-searching-362802 <p>This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:39:06 +0000 admin 3562 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-5-market-research-and-analysis-competition-362803 <p>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.</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:40:18 +0000 admin 3563 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-6-customer-discovery-362804 <p>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.</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:41:22 +0000 admin 3564 at /sustainability