Science Literacy Week @ McGill: Events

Tour of the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning (SCSIL)

11:00am to 12:00pm

In person

Osler Library Drop-In

11:00am to 1:00pm

In person

An up close look at books and manuscripts at the heart of the history of medicine and science.

[No registration required]

Tour the Rutherford Museum and McPherson Collection with Curator, Professor J. Barrette

2:00pm to 3:00pm

In person

Rutherford Physics Building, Room 110.

[Register]

Osler Library Drop-In

11:00am to 1:00pm

In person

[No registration required]

Prepping for your Data Analysis Project: Finding and Understanding Canadian Datasets

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Virtual

[Register]

Introduction to Working with Data in Excel

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Virtual

[Register]

Working with satellite and drone images at McGill

2:30pm to 3:15pm

In person

Geographic Information Centre, 5th floor, Burnside Hall

[Register]

What Every Montrealer Should Know About Earthquakes

In person

Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 232

2:30 to 3:30

[Register]

The Art of Explaining Science to Non-Specialists

10:00am to 11:00am

Virtual

[Register]

Introduction to Research Data Management

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Virtual

[Register]

Osler Library Drop-In

11:00am to 1:00pm

In person

[No registration required]

Repair as Culture: Why Newer is Not Always Better

3:00pm to 4:00pm

In person

McLennan  e-classroom - McLennan Library Building, M1 (main floor) [floor plan]

[Register]

Montreal's Urban Heat Island: Tour of Climate Sensors on Campus

10:30am to 11:30am

In person

Meet outside the entrance to Burnside Hall

[Register to receive a reminder]

Osler Library Drop-In

11:00am to 1:00pm

In person

[No registration required]

Sense, Nonsense, and Science with Dr. Joe Schwarcz

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Virtual

[Register]

Crochet a Keychain: Create Your Keepsake from Science Literacy Week 2023

1:00pm to 2:30pm

In person

Macdonald Campus Library eZone, Barton Building

[Register]

Intermediate Data Analysis in Excel

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Virtual

[Register]

Science History Treasures in McGill's Rare Books & Special Collections

Drop in anytime from 3:00pm to 5:00pm

In person

4th floor, McLennan Library Building, Visual Arts Collection hallway.

[No registration required]

LaTeX with Overleaf

10:30am to 12:00pm

Virtual

[Register]

Osler Library Drop-In

11:00am to 1:00pm

In person

[No registration required]

Crochet a Keychain: Create Your Keepsake from Science Literacy Week 2023

12:00pm to 1:30pm

In person

Room M5-37A, 5th floor of the McLennan Library Building

[Register]

“I paint birds and I don’t care where they come from”: A peek into the depictions in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Indian bird paintings

12:00pm to 1:00pm

In person and virtual

Colgate Room, Rare Books and Special Collections, 4th floor, McLennan Library Building

[Register]

Energy/Labour/Climate: Thinking Across the History and Future of Computation in a Warming World

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Virtual

[Register]

Discovering the secret stories of a tree’s life (English Workshop)

9:30 to 10:30am

In person

Meet outside Redpath Museum

[Register]

Découvrir les histoires secrètes des arbres (Français)

11am to 12pm

In person

Meet outside Redpath Museum

[Register]

The diversity of science and scientists

10am to 1pm

In person

Outside near the Redpath Museum

[Registration is optional]

Life Finds A Way

1 to 4pm

In person (suggested age range: 6-12)

Rutherford Physics Building

[Register]