External /sustainability/taxonomy/term/4/all en Sustainable Futures Festival /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>McGill’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 Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, 51Թstudy finds /sustainability/channels/news/climate-change-could-result-contaminant-spread-high-arctic-mcgill-study-finds-368766 <p>Warming temperatures and increased precipitation in the Canadian High Arctic are mobilizing new pathways for subsurface contaminants to spread from more than 2,500 contaminated sites associated with industrial and military sites across the region.</p> Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:51:59 +0000 admin 8833 at /sustainability Ancient mammoth tooth offers clues about Ice Age life in northeastern Canada /sustainability/channels/news/ancient-mammoth-tooth-offers-clues-about-ice-age-life-northeastern-canada-368746 <p>A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.</p> Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:54:09 +0000 admin 8829 at /sustainability Seminar with Dr Eric J Nelson MD /sustainability/channels/event/seminar-dr-eric-j-nelson-md-368706 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:42:16 +0000 admin 8827 at /sustainability Karen Yeats (University of Waterloo) /sustainability/channels/event/karen-yeats-university-waterloo-368700 <p><br /> ✒️ <strong>TITRE / TITLE</strong></p> <p>Combinatorics of causal set theory</p> <p> </p> <p>📄 <strong>RÉSUMÉ / ABSTRACT</strong></p> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:21:24 +0000 admin 8826 at /sustainability Experts: Social prescribing /sustainability/channels/news/experts-social-prescribing-368699 <p>As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.  </p> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:34:12 +0000 admin 8825 at /sustainability Vincent Painchaud (51Թ) /sustainability/channels/event/vincent-painchaud-mcgill-university-368692 <p><strong>Title</strong>: Operator level edge to bulk transitions in beta-ensembles via canonical systems.</p> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:29:06 +0000 admin 8811 at /sustainability Hughlings Jackson Lecture 2025: The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act /sustainability/channels/event/hughlings-jackson-lecture-2025-basal-ganglia-and-motivation-act-362529 <p>Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000 admin 8815 at /sustainability Tianshu Yu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen) /sustainability/channels/event/tianshu-yu-chinese-university-hong-kong-shenzhen-368694  Title: Towards Efficient and Reliable Generative and Sampling Models Abstract: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:38:34 +0000 admin 8813 at /sustainability PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Ndiamé Ndiaye, 51Թ, Dept. Mathematics and Statistics /sustainability/channels/event/phd-oral-defence-mr-ndiame-ndiaye-mcgill-university-dept-mathematics-and-statistics-368568 <p><b>PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Ndiamé Ndiaye</b></p> <p><strong>DATE:</strong> Tuesday, November 25, 2025</p> <p><b>TIME / PLACE:</b> Defence 10:15 a.m. / BURN 1025</p> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:46:56 +0000 admin 8821 at /sustainability SciLearn Instructors Workshop - Using Neuroscience for Student Learning /sustainability/channels/event/scilearn-instructors-workshop-using-neuroscience-student-learning-368633 <p>This workshop will introduce neuroscientific concepts that instructors can use with students to enhance teaching and learning. Data from 51Թresearch with students will be shared along with best practices from the literature.</p> Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:55:13 +0000 admin 8818 at /sustainability PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Gabriel Duchesne, 51Թ, Dept. Mathematics and Statistics /sustainability/channels/event/phd-oral-defence-mr-gabriel-duchesne-mcgill-university-dept-mathematics-and-statistics-368569 <p><b>PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Gabriel Duchesne, 51Թ, Dept. Mathematics and Statistics</b></p> <p><b>DATE:</b> Friday, November 14, 2025</p> <p><b>TIME / PLACE:</b> Defence 2:00 p.m. / BURN 1025</p> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:56:03 +0000 admin 8816 at /sustainability Impactful Connections: Celebrating Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs /sustainability/channels/event/impactful-connections-celebrating-women-innovators-and-entrepreneurs-368634 <p>Join us for a networking event dedicated to women innovators &amp; entrepreneurs looking to forge meaningful connections.</p> Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:15:21 +0000 admin 8820 at /sustainability 11th Annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship /sustainability/channels/event/11th-annual-celebration-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-368602 <p>Over the past twelve years, the 51ԹEngine Centre has been supporting entrepreneurially-minded 51Թtechnological innovators. Our annual <a href="/engine/events/celebration-innovation-and-entrepreneurship" rel="noopener n&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;"></a></p> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:19:21 +0000 admin 8823 at /sustainability TISEDTalk: Bridging the Gap Between the Environmental Impacts of Tyre Particles, Tyre Recovery and End-of-Life Solutions /sustainability/channels/news/tisedtalk-bridging-gap-between-environmental-impacts-tyre-particles-tyre-recovery-and-end-life-367018 Date: September 29th, 2025 | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Macdonald Engineering Building- MD 267 <p>Tyres keep the world moving—but at a cost. From microscopic wear particles to end-of-life waste, the environmental footprint of tyres spans their entire lifecycle. In this eye-opening seminar, Dr. Linda Mitchell, Science, Research and Innovation Manager at Tyre Stewardship Australia, will unpack the complex challenges and emerging solutions across the global tyre value chain.</p> <p>🌍 <strong>What to Expect:</strong></p> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:08:50 +0000 admin 8798 at /sustainability