/oss/taxonomy/term/3593/all en /oss/channels/news/family-science-day-mcgills-family-friendly-foray-science-360559 <h4><strong>by Phuong Hoang, Faculty of Science Communications Associate</strong></h4> Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:14:40 +0000 admin 10120 at /oss /oss/channels/event/chemistry-outreach-group-10th-anniversary-mcgill-open-house-360512 <p>The Department of Chemistry will be open to the public for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Open House on Sunday October 27<sup>th</sup> from 10AM to 3PM.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:05:59 +0000 admin 10116 at /oss /oss/channels/event/experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-morgan-arboretum-360463 <p>Join guide Jacky Farrell (<a href="/science/outreach">ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Science Outreach</a>), for a bilingual Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk in the Morgan Arboretum.</p> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:11:21 +0000 admin 10113 at /oss /oss/channels/event/full-experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-gault-nature-reserve-360306 &²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;Ìý&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;/±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù; Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:36:12 +0000 admin 10107 at /oss /oss/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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, the Trottier Space Institute and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 admin 10080 at /oss /oss/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">ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 admin 10067 at /oss /oss/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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 admin 10052 at /oss /oss/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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Office of Science Outreach to bring ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students into the classroom as mentors.</p> Wed, 22 May 2024 14:46:38 +0000 admin 9952 at /oss /oss/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>, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ'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 admin 9924 at /oss