/global-engagement/taxonomy/term/10/all en /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-eight-mcgill-students-named-mccall-macbain-international-fellows-357977 <h4><em>Award fully funds a year abroad; students learn a new language, study and then work</em></h4> <p>Nineteen undergraduate students, including eight from Ã山ǿ¼é, will form the next cohort of McCall MacBain International Fellows.  </p> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:55:03 +0000 guillaume.cossette2@mcgill.ca 783 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-montreal-named-best-student-city-north-america-357946 <p>QS Best Student Cities report highlights Montreal’s cultural scene, diversity and friendliness.</p> <p>Montreal jumped three places from last year, surpassing both Toronto as the highest-ranking Canadian city and Boston as the highest-ranking North American city. Internationally, Montreal ranked 10<sup>th</sup> out of 150 cities.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/montreal-named-best-student-city-in-north-america/">Read the article in the Ã山ǿ¼é Reporter</a></div> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:37:42 +0000 guillaume.cossette2@mcgill.ca 782 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-conversation-anja-geitmann-interim-vice-president-global-engagement-356530 <p>On December 15, 2023, President Deep Saini announced that Professor Anja Geitmann had been appointed Interim Vice-President (Global Engagement). Her one-year assignment began on January 1, 2024.</p> Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:26:54 +0000 guillaume.cossette2@mcgill.ca 770 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-mcgill-welcomes-its-first-fellows-residence-black-life-and-history-355953 <p>Throughout the month of March, Ã山ǿ¼é is hosting its first two Provostial Visiting Fellows-in-Residence on Black Life and History. The initiative stems from the <a href="/provost/files/provost/action_plan_to_address_anti-black_racism.pdf">Ã山ǿ¼é Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism.</a></p> Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:21:07 +0000 guillaume.cossette2@mcgill.ca 768 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-mcgill-moves-times-higher-education-reputation-rankings-355485 <p>Ã山ǿ¼é has moved up three spots to 47th in the Times Higher Education (THE) <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/reputation-ranking">2023 World Reputation Rankings</a> released on February 13. This ranking is based on the results of the academic reputation survey that was carried out by THE and distributed between October 2022 and January 2023.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/the-reputation-rankings-2023/">Read the article in the Ã山ǿ¼é Reporter</a></div> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:52:11 +0000 guillaume.cossette2@mcgill.ca 767 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-mccall-macbain-scholarships-announce-91-finalists-355484 <p>The McCall MacBain Scholarships at Ã山ǿ¼é has announced its largest-ever group of 91 finalists for the September 2024 cohort.</p> <p>In March, the top 91 candidates will arrive in Montreal for the final round of scholarship interviews. The 37 international finalists hail from 24 countries. Countries represented for the first time include Brazil, Ecuador, Kenya, Mongolia, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia.</p> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:48:14 +0000 guillaume.cossette2@mcgill.ca 766 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-mcgill-graduate-students-expand-horizons-graduate-mobility-award-355471 <p>Since 2016, Ã山ǿ¼é's Graduate Mobility Award has funded over 1,300 students in their travel to over 85 countries around the world.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-graduate-students-expand-horizons-with-the-graduate-mobility-award/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wn_feb15_ENGLISH&utm_source=whatsnewstaff&utm_term=Protecting%20the%20Quebec%20web%20from%20online%20bots">Read the article in the Ã山ǿ¼é Reporter</a></div> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:25:17 +0000 guillaume.cossette2@mcgill.ca 765 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/event/safeguarding-science-against-foreign-interference-event-331007 <h2><a href="https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/index-en.aspx">Public Safety Canada</a> invites you to attend the virtual<strong> Safeguarding Science Against Foreign Interference Workshop</strong> being held for the scientific and academic communities a</h2> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:34 +0000 admin 742 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/2019-20-resident-fellowships-pre-tenure-faculty-centre-fourth-industrial-revolution-world-economic-296394 <p><a href="https://www.weforum.org/">The World Economic Forum</a> is the international Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The Fourth Industrial Revolution – the current period of rapid, simultaneous and systemic transformations driven by advances in science and technology – is reshaping industries, blurring geographical boundaries, challenging existing regulatory frameworks, and even redefining what it means to be human.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:06 +0000 admin 726 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-news-china-tops-international-enrolment-mcgill-first-time-291377 <p>by Brenda Branswell</p> <p>For the first time in Ã山ǿ¼é’s history, students from China make up the largest contingent of international students.</p> <p>American students have always held that distinction at Ã山ǿ¼é, but this year China jumped into the top spot.</p> <p>Final fall enrolment numbers show 2864 students from China at Ã山ǿ¼é, followed by 2412 from the U.S. France rounds out the top three with 1886 students, while India is fourth with 736.</p> <p><a href="http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=2005" target="_blank">Read more</a></p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:06 +0000 admin 721 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/2020-21-resident-fellowships-pre-tenure-faculty-centre-fourth-industrial-revolution-world-economic-324398 <p><a href="https://www.weforum.org/">The World Economic Forum</a> is the international Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The Fourth Industrial Revolution – the current period of rapid, simultaneous and systemic transformations driven by advances in science and technology – is reshaping industries, blurring geographical boundaries, challenging existing regulatory frameworks, and even redefining what it means to be human.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:06 +0000 admin 727 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-reporter-mcgill-world-economic-forum-davos-switzerland-293672 <p>By Neale McDevitt, Editor, Ã山ǿ¼é Reporter</p> <p><em>Ã山ǿ¼é is only Canadian member of the Global University Leaders Forum</em></p> <p>Principal Suzanne Fortier and Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, are in Davos, Switzerland to take part in the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting#" target="_blank">2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting</a>, running from January 22–25.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:06 +0000 admin 722 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/2021-22-resident-fellowships-pre-tenure-faculty-centre-fourth-industrial-revolution-world-economic-331363   <p><a href="https://www.weforum.org/">The World Economic Forum</a> is the international Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The Fourth Industrial Revolution – the current period of rapid, simultaneous and systemic transformations driven by advances in science and technology – is reshaping industries, blurring geographical boundaries, challenging existing regulatory frameworks, and even redefining what it means to be human.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:06 +0000 admin 733 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/forbes-mcgill-parmi-les-10-meilleures-universites-pour-les-etudiants-internationaux-294747 <p>Les universités les plus populaires pour les étudiants des écoles internationales ont été révélées dans une nouvelle étude.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:06 +0000 admin 723 at /global-engagement /global-engagement/channels/news/mcgill-joins-new-university-exile-consortium-333435 <p>Ã山ǿ¼é is pleased to join <a href="https://newuniversityinexileconsortium.org/">The New University in Exile Consortium</a>, a group of universities and colleges publicly committed to confronting today’s surging threats to academic freedom around the world.</p> <p>A group of 31 universities and colleges, the Consortium is a global initiative spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:37:06 +0000 admin 735 at /global-engagement