/arts/taxonomy/term/19/all en /arts/channels/event/2025-beatty-lecture-isabel-wilkerson-366837 <p><strong>2025 Beatty Lecture with Isabel Wilkerson<br /> Followed by a book signing<br /> Thursday, October 23 at 6 p.m.<br /> Tanna Schulich Hall, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building <br /></strong></p> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:23:37 +0000 admin 6724 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-6-customer-discovery-366470 <p>This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:44:07 +0000 admin 6707 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-6-customer-discovery-366479 <p>This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:34:14 +0000 admin 6713 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-1-technological-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-101-366473 <p>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.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:08:47 +0000 admin 6708 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-2-design-thinking-methodology-366474 <p>The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:10:44 +0000 admin 6709 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-3-startup-law-101-366476 <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> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:13:15 +0000 admin 6710 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-4-market-research-and-analysis-competition-366468 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 91Ö±²¥ to perform market research.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:40:18 +0000 admin 6705 at /arts /arts/channels/event/emily-mann-and-annabel-soutar-conversation-368033 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:25:33 +0000 admin 6722 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-4-foundations-ip-and-patent-searching-366477 <p>This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:30:06 +0000 admin 6711 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-5-foundations-ip-and-patent-searching-366469 <p>This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:42:00 +0000 admin 6706 at /arts /arts/channels/event/what-stories-can-menus-tell-366488 <p><strong>Sunday, September 28, 14h<br /> Westmount Public Library<br /> 4574 Sherbrooke W, Westmount, QC H3Z 1G1</strong></p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:03:25 +0000 admin 6721 at /arts /arts/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-5-market-research-and-analysis-competition-366478 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 91Ö±²¥ to perform market research.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:32:18 +0000 admin 6712 at /arts /arts/channels/news/school-information-studies-professors-awarded-56m-grant-propel-canada-forefront-cybersecurity-data-365987 <p>Professor Benjamin Fung, Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity, and Professor Steven Ding, both of the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts, are part of a team that has recently been awarded a $5.6 million grant, funded under the NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE. The project, the only one to receive funding from NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE, will provide a multimodal, comprehensive solution for exploratory analysis of unstructured data, with a strong focus on cybersecurity applications. </p> Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:00:53 +0000 admin 6697 at /arts /arts/channels/news/isabel-wilkerson-deliver-2025-beatty-lecture-366868 <em>Pulitzer-Prize winning American journalist, journalism professor and author will speak Oct. 23  </em>   <p>Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of <em>Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents </em>and <em>The Warmth of Other Suns </em>will deliver the 2025 Beatty Lecture at 91Ö±²¥ on Oct. 23 during the University’s annual Homecoming festivities. Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC national radio program <em>Ideas, </em>will moderate the event.</p> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:49:01 +0000 admin 6694 at /arts /arts/channels/news/provost-honours-31-mcgill-professors-exceptional-research-achievements-365241 <em><strong>91Ö±²¥ announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James 91Ö±²¥ Professors, James 91Ö±²¥ Professors and William Dawson Scholars </strong></em> <br /> Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 91Ö±²¥ professors as Distinguished James 91Ö±²¥ Professors, James 91Ö±²¥ Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:23:55 +0000 admin 6704 at /arts