/channels/taxonomy/term/19446/all en /channels/channels/news/mark-your-calendars-family-science-day-september-28th-359770 <p><b>On September 28<sup>th</sup> between 9 am and 4 pm</b>, join McGill’s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ McGill, the Trottier Space Institute and McGill Physics Outreach, for free science activities for families. Activities will be held both indoors and outdoors at the downtown campus and are intended for children ages 6 and up.</p> <p>Registration is required for some activities.</p> <p>For more details and the full schedule, <a href="/science/outreach/upcoming-events">visit this link</a>.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:46:10 +0000 webfull 202777 at /channels /channels/channels/event/experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-morgan-arboretum-359553 <p>Join guide Jacky Farrell (<a href="/science/outreach">McGill Science Outreach</a>), for a bilingual Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk in the Morgan Arboretum.</p> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:44:21 +0000 webfull 202535 at /channels /channels/channels/event/family-science-day-planets-particles-exploration-mini-fair-359464 <p>Are you interested in the mysteries of our planet and beyond? McGill Physics Outreach and TSI Outreach present “From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair”.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:18:55 +0000 webfull 202430 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgills-computer-science-camp-inspires-next-generation-coders-359448 <p>After a hiatus of about a decade, the <a href="https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~summcamp/english/Home.html">McGill Computer Science Summer Camp</a> once again welcomed students from Montreal high schools and CEGEPs to the downtown campus this summer. The camp was a group effort organized by students, staff and faculty across the computer science community. Students participated in four packed days of talks, hands-on activities and coding sessions, to learn about computer science.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:33:26 +0000 webfull 202412 at /channels /channels/channels/event/family-science-day-small-habitats-exploring-nature-around-us-359424 <p>Have you ever wondered what could be living in a little patch of grass, or a small garden?</p> Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:44:02 +0000 webfull 202386 at /channels /channels/channels/event/family-science-day-discovering-secret-stories-trees-life-359382 <p>Join McGill Science Outreach outdoors for our <b>Family Science Day </b>and discover the secret stories of trees’ lives!</p> Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:15:00 +0000 webfull 202339 at /channels /channels/channels/event/2nd-annual-biodiversity-festival-intro-forest-bathing-walk-mount-royal-358896 <p><b>For McGill students</b>.</p> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:06:58 +0000 webfull 202222 at /channels /channels/channels/news/frederic-bertley-receives-honorary-doctorate-degree-his-astounding-work-science-education-359098 <p>Frederic Bertley was amongst a group of leaders to receive an honorary degree from McGill this spring. For the past eight years, Bertley has served as the President and CEO of the <a href="https://cosi.org/">Center of Science and Industry</a> (COSI), which features the largest science outreach program in North America.</p> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:45:39 +0000 webfull 201900 at /channels /channels/channels/event/special-public-talk-virtual-tour-einsteins-universe-357732 <p>Join us on June 17th, 2024 at 7pm for a special public talk "A Virtual Tour of Einstein's Universe" featuring Prof. Matthew Bailes, the Director of the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery!<br /></p> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:45:29 +0000 webfull 200529 at /channels /channels/channels/event/eureka-festival-green-chemistry-unleashed-357418 <p>Green Chemistry McGill (GCM) is collaborating with McGill Chemistry Outreach on a workshop highlighting everyday green chemistry at the upcoming Eureka! Festival on Saturday May 25th from 10:30AM to 12:30PM at Parc Jean-Drapeau.</p> Wed, 22 May 2024 20:46:30 +0000 webfull 200148 at /channels /channels/channels/news/science-fair-fun-kahnawake-357406 <p>Every year in Kahnawà:ke, a Kanien:keha’ka community on Montreal’s South Shore, students present their projects at a science fair organized by the Kahnawà:ke Education Center (KEC).</p> <p>For more than 15 years, KEC Science Curriculum Consultant Kathy Walsh has supported students at schools across the community as they prepare projects in the weeks leading up to the annual fair. This year, she and KEC Science Projects Liaison Mya Bordeau enlisted the assistance of McGill’s Office of Science Outreach to bring McGill students into the classroom as mentors.</p> Wed, 22 May 2024 14:46:38 +0000 webfull 200135 at /channels /channels/channels/event/eureka-festival-mass-extinctions-then-and-now-357339 <h2 style="text-align:center">Eureka Festival 2024</h2> <h3 style="text-align:center">Mass Extinctions Then and Now</h3> <h4 style="text-align:center">Charlotte Spruzen, EPS McGill </h4> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center">Sunday, May 26 </p> Wed, 15 May 2024 13:28:37 +0000 webfull 200062 at /channels /channels/channels/news/outbound-explore-mcgills-stem-outreach-trip-chisasibi-357261 <p>Branches –  McGill’s Community Outreach Program –  along with representatives from several STEM faculties, spent a week delivering workshops in Chisasibi, Quebec.</p> <p>Outbound Explore brings the McGill experience to communities outside Montreal, providing students with access to workshops facilitated by different McGill faculties. The hands-on workshops give students insight into applied sciences, educational resources, and resources offered to Indigenous students at McGill.</p> Tue, 07 May 2024 15:20:33 +0000 webfull 199977 at /channels /channels/channels/event/cancelled-24-hours-science-chemist-day-357049 <p>Chemistry doesn't just happen in the lab, it's all around us, every day! Join the McGill Chemistry Outreach Group during 24 hres de science to participate in some fun chemistry that will change how you see our world.</p> Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:50:54 +0000 webfull 199742 at /channels /channels/channels/news/inspiring-next-generation-scientists-future-innovators-science-fair-357042 <p>On March 2<span>7th</span>, in collaboration with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/realventuresvc/">Real Ventures</a>, McGill's <a href="/chemistry/outreach">Chemistry Outreach Group</a> joined other STEM experts and educators for the Future Innovators Science Fair at the Royal Charles Elementary School for International Women’s Month.</p> Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:05:19 +0000 webfull 199733 at /channels