ƬƵ University News - Academic conferences and symposia /channels/news_feeds/all/term/academic_conferences/rss en Victoria Anson wins the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering /channels/channels/news/victoria-anson-wins-lucy-rosato-undergraduate-scholarship-science-and-engineering-358817 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Victoria Anson, a fourth-year Materials Engineering Co-op Program student, received the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering at the 63<sup>rd</sup> Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2024) in Halifax. This is the highest undergraduate student award granted by the Hydrometallurgy Section of the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) under the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/com_2024_photo_1_victoria_anson.jpg?itok=V1wC6dC3" width="160" height="192" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:11:15 +0000 webfull 201669 at /channels Highlights from HBHL Symposium 2024 /channels/channels/news/highlights-hbhl-symposium-2024-357354 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Over 300 attendees gathered on May 8 and 9 at the ƬƵ University Centre for the HBHL Symposium 2024—a two-day event showcasing the latest advances in neuroscience and brain health research. The Symposium featured keynote addresses from Kate Webb (McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School), Alberto Cairo (University of Miami), Gillian Einstein (University of Toronto) and Noah Philip (Brown University), covering topics ranging from data visualization to health equity, PTSD and sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/2024_symposium_9_pic_collage.png?itok=_8x6Fsf_" width="160" height="128" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 15 May 2024 21:06:12 +0000 webfull 200077 at /channels 2024 Annual Lecture of the Yan P. Lin Centre - ‘Is the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?’ by Ayşe Zarakol /channels/channels/news/2024-annual-lecture-yan-p-lin-centre-disorder-our-times-unprecedented-ayse-zarakol-356682 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Lin Centre’s 2024 Annual Lecture, ‘Is the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?’ was delivered by Professor Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge, on March 27<sup>th</sup>. Professor Zarakol’s lecture was exemplary of the kind of cross-disciplinary, cross-era, cross-regional research on social and political ideas, orders and transformation that the Lin Centre seeks to encourage and promote!</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/13jgp_4712.jpg?itok=zEgkJTGl" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:42:57 +0000 webfull 199307 at /channels TREAT-CANADA Teams Unite for First Annual In-Person Meeting /channels/channels/news/treat-canada-teams-unite-first-annual-person-meeting-352587 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In a significant milestone for the Trans Canada Initiative project, 'Overcoming Therapy Resistance in Gastro-Esophageal Adenocarcinoma' (TREAT-CANADA), the project's first annual in-person meeting on October 27th, 2023, brought together professionals, experts and patient advocates in the fight against therapy resistance in gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma. The project has received $7.5 million from the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.</p> <p><strong>TREAT-CANADA's First Annual In-Person Meeting (October 27th, 2023)</strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/img_2688.jpeg?itok=-RMe7TpQ" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:02:53 +0000 webfull 194608 at /channels First Major ƬƵ Manual Engagement Event held in Berlin /channels/channels/news/first-major-mcgill-manual-engagement-event-held-berlin-348921 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On 21-23 June 2023, the Directorate-General of Legal Affairs of the German Federal Ministry of Defence hosted the Conference on the “ƬƵ Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space” (MILAMOS). The three-day event was organised at the Federal Academy for Security Policy (<a href="https://www.baks.bund.de/">Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik</a>, BAKS), and held at the historic Schönhausen Palace in Berlin, Germany.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/milamos_group_photo.jpeg?itok=F0QCG_iL" width="160" height="141" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:29:00 +0000 webfull 190368 at /channels Yan P. Lin Centre 2023 Annual Lecture - C. Thi Nguyen “Value Capture” /channels/channels/news/yan-p-lin-centre-2023-annual-lecture-c-thi-nguyen-value-capture-348688 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>C. Thi Nguyen</strong> gave the 2023 Annual Lecture on <strong>Thursday, March 30, 2023</strong> in the Faculty Club Ballroom on “Value Capture”.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/6-_45c1649.jpg?itok=ADLAVT17" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:37:00 +0000 webfull 190076 at /channels 2023 Edition of the Quebec Symposium for CF Researchers and Clinicians /channels/channels/news/2023-edition-quebec-symposium-cf-researchers-and-clinicians-348362 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/program_2023.png?itok=4z7MOcu1" width="160" height="177" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 May 2023 05:09:24 +0000 webfull 189683 at /channels Thank you to our sponsors for their invaluable support. /channels/channels/news/thank-you-our-sponsors-their-invaluable-support-348361 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thank_you_sponsors.png?itok=B4Pj6FCg" width="160" height="128" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 May 2023 05:05:52 +0000 webfull 189682 at /channels Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program Grants /channels/channels/news/faculty-mobility-partnership-building-program-grants-327645 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Grants available for faculty at Canadian postsecondary institutions<br /><br /> Important</strong>:  Please contact the International Engagement Unit - <span><span>international.provost</span> [at] <span>mcgill.ca</span></span> - to obtain the application form, budget sheet and privacy statement.  </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:11:04 +0000 webfull 166842 at /channels Shastri Institute Golden Jubilee Conference and Lecture Series Grant /channels/channels/news/shastri-institute-golden-jubilee-conference-and-lecture-series-grant-326686 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) is pleased to invite proposals for online <strong>conferences and lecture series</strong> in the priority areas of Government of India from its <a href="https://www.shastriinstitute.org/member-council">117 Indian member institutions and 39 Canadian member institutions</a>. Started in 2018, these grants are a part of SICI’s golden jubilee programme series which aims to encourage its members to build-up bi-national component in collaboration with other institutions.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:57:31 +0000 webfull 165811 at /channels