VRƵ News - Academic seminars and lectures /channels/news_feeds/all/term/academic_talks/rss en First talk of the year, “First Words” by Michael Erard /channels/channels/news/first-talk-year-first-words-michael-erard-345095 <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 January 6<sup>th</sup>, 2023, MoBI started the year off with a bang hosting Michael Erard for breakfast with our PIs followed by an amazing talk about First Words.<br /> We had a great turn out of students, researchers and fellow multilingualism researchers!</p> <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/picture1.jpg?itok=GbvzkyD7" width="160" height="213" 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">18 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:14:24 +0000 webfull 186156 at /channels The 2023 Dr. Donald G. Doehring Memorial Lecture /channels/channels/news/2023-dr-donald-g-doehring-memorial-lecture-344779 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>February 13, 5 to 7 pm</p> <p>Leacock 232*</p> <p>855 Sherbrooke St. W.</p> <h3>Janet Werker, Ph.D.</h3> <p>University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair</p> <p>Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia.</p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <p> </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/janet_werker.jpg?itok=Z-4aem-Q" width="160" height="241" 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">9 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:31:12 +0000 webfull 185860 at /channels iMPACTS director Shaheen Shariff a panelist on informed dialogues in academia /channels/channels/news/impacts-director-shaheen-shariff-panelist-informed-dialogues-academia-334045 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="/dise/files/dise/styles/medium_focal__220_x_220_/public/shariff-ratio.png?itok=WEC0lQbU" style="float:left; margin:10px" />iMPACTS director and James VRƵ Professor <a href="/dise/shaheen-shariff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shaheen Shariff</a> will be sharing her thoughts on informed dialogues in academia as part of a presentation series by the <a href="/maut/">VRƵ Association of University Teachers</a>.</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">8 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:38:23 +0000 webfull 177607 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 VRƵ researchers garner over $7M in SSHRC funding | VRƵ Reporter /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-garner-over-7m-sshrc-funding-mcgill-reporter-323970 <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 Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round of Partnership Grants, including two VRƵ-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round’s Partnership Development Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 VRƵ applicants received over $2 million in funding."</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/sshrc_logo_compact.png?itok=htIWOoRX" width="160" height="160" 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">25 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:40:45 +0000 webfull 162769 at /channels Strength in numbers: Data-driven decision-making for aging societies | VRƵ Reporter /channels/channels/news/strength-numbers-data-driven-decision-making-aging-societies-mcgill-reporter-323969 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Read the VRƵ Reporter's coverage of CAnD3's formation under the leadership of Prof. Amélie Quesnel-Vallée.</p> <p>"The Canadian population is aging. For the first time in our history, people 65 and up outnumber those 14 and under. To adapt to this unprecedented demographic shift, we must reimagine our health and social systems.</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/logo_with_full_name.png?itok=V8FmlKP5" width="160" height="70" 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">25 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:25:14 +0000 webfull 162768 at /channels RGCS Student Fellowship application /channels/channels/news/rgcs-student-fellowship-application-300034 <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 VRƵ Research Group on Constitutional Studies ( <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/" target="_blank">http://www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RGCSVRƵ" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/RGCSVRƵ</a> ) is accepting applications for its 2019-20 Student Fellowship.</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">28 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:43:21 +0000 webfull 152356 at /channels CREPEC - Annual Colloquium /channels/channels/news/crepec-annual-colloquium-283036 <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 11th CREPEC Annual Colloquium will take place at the VRƵ New Residence Hall on December 7th, 2016.</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/crepec.jpg.png?itok=w0OuNTBz" width="160" height="43" 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">23 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 23 Nov 2017 19:12:05 +0000 webfull 133035 at /channels Question and Answer Sessions-Exchange, Independent Study Away and Transfer Credit /channels/channels/news/question-and-answer-sessions-exchange-independent-study-away-and-transfer-credit-270147 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Do you have questions regarding Exchange, Independent Study Away and Transfer Credits, click <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/oasis/files/oasis/poster_qa_sessions_sept_29_2017.pdf">here </a>for a listing of the Q&amp;A sessions with the Study Away Advisor and the Transer Credit coordinator. <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/oasis/files/oasis/poster_qa_sessions_sept_7_2017.pdf"> </a></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">7 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:20:58 +0000 webfull 130912 at /channels