Description

McGill University is one of Canada’s best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. With students coming to McGill from over 150 countries, our student body is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country.

McGill is recognized around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs. Ernest Rutherford’s Nobel Prize-winning research on the nature of radioactivity was conducted at McGill, part of a long tradition of innovation on our campuses that includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas. Today our professors are building the new field of epigenetics, developing alternative energy sources from crop plants and driving human achievement in every field imaginable.

In addition to a stellar faculty, McGill is known for attracting the brightest students from across Canada, the United States, and around the world. McGill students have the highest average entering grades in Canada, and our commitment to fostering the very best has helped our students win more national and international awards on average than their peers at any other Canadian university. The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship has gone to a nation-leading 145 McGill students.

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Region

Northern America

location

Montreal, QC, Canada

Type of Organisation

Organisation/University

Focus Area / Approach

Arts & Science, Formal Science Learning

Impact Towards SDGs

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being, Goal 4: Quality Education

Main Target Group

Adults (>18 Years Old)

Active Since

1821

What This Organisation Can Offer

We invite you to join our university community and learn more about our research strengths.

What This Organisation Is Looking for

In the laboratory and beyond, McGill is committed to groundbreaking research and cutting-edge programs. Our interdisciplinary programs cut across academic boundaries to provide students and researchers with the opportunity to research in a truly integrated way. McGills strong sense of community and global perspective provide the ideal setting for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Promoting inclusion and increasing the diversity of voices in the field of Science Engagement and communications remains the Hub Canada’s central priority. In addition, the team has a long-term goal of becoming a valuable resource through networking, training, and relationship-building for Canadians changing their communities through their innovative outreach initiatives in support of science and science-based policymaking.

Contact Person

McGill University
2022 Science Engagement (Falling Walls Engage)

Robin Koning is a Communications and Marketing Officer for Research and Innovation (R+I) at McGill University, a position she has held since 2018. She has a Master of Archival Studies degree from the University of British Columbia, which she now applies to her role managing a variety of special projects at R+I, including the Beatty Lecture and the units involvement in McGills bicentennial in 2021-2022. She has also worked on archive-related contracts based in Canada and the USA, including for the United Nations Multimedia Unit and the human rights organization WITNESS. Prior to her MAS, she held a variety of communication roles in the Canadian documentary film and television industry.

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