Teaching & Learning
Practice makes perfect: Training future-ready health professionals
We’re pulling back the curtain on one of McGill’s most unique facilities to give you a peek at the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning and its innovative approach to training future health professionals.
On Campus
Meet McGill’s new provost
Angela Campbell, BA’95, BCL’99, LLB’99, the University’s new provost and executive vice-president (academic), talks about some the challenges facing McGill, why the University’s students are unique, and how McGill has changed (and not changed) since she was a student here.
On Campus
Behind the seams: Inside McGill’s creative costuming course
For nearly 40 years, award-winning faculty lecturer Catherine Bradley has been teaching McGill students about theatre costumes, from research and design to practical skills like machine sewing.
On Campus
Teaching the science of climate change
Leacock 132 is buzzing on Friday nights, when hundreds of students gather to learn about climate change from Professor John Gyakum, an award-winning teacher and an expert in extreme weather.
On Campus
Creating a space for sustainability in the curriculum
McGill’s Sustainability Education Fellows program offers professors the support they need to rethink and reshape their courses by adding a new emphasis on issues related to sustainability.
On Campus
Reimagining how to train engineers
The new Global Engineering Program is a unique partnership between McGill and one of France’s top engineering schools. It takes elements from both the European and North American approaches to training engineers, and its graduates will be equipped to flourish in a variety of environments.
Health
Giving medical students the e-learning advantage
The Office of Ed-TECH at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences develops e-learning and online innovations that are playing a growing role in supporting the Faculty’s teaching programs – but McGill students aren’t the only ones benefitting from the office’s expertise.
Health
A donation like no other
Students in McGill’s Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences learn some of their most important lessons in the Anatomy Lab, thanks to individuals whose names they might never know. McGill’s Body Donor Program plays a vital role in the Faculty’s teaching program.
On Campus
New dean of education a man of many talents
In his academic pursuits, Vivek Venkatesh is just as comfortable on stage with a guitar as he is at the head of a classroom. He uses many methods – some of them unconventional – to explore the roots of violent extremism while promoting pluralism.
Discovery
McGill’s living laboratories
McGill professors and students have access to a unique network of field research stations. These stations, which include the Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados and the Gault Nature Reserve at Mont-Sainte-Hilaire, offer researchers the opportunity to explore the natural world up close.
Culture
From DJing at Gerts to touring with Radiohead
Before he became a pioneer of turntable music and a contributor to Hollywood soundtracks, Kid Koala (aka Eric San, BEd’96) performed at student dorm parties while pursuing an education degree at McGill.
Discovery
Exploring racism, oppression – and grit
Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey is an associate professor of history at McGill and a two-time teaching award winner. His career path has seen him go from working in youth gang prevention to exploring post-Reconstruction U.S. and African Diaspora history as an academic.