A curved paved path winds through a green campus park lined with leafy trees and blooming pink spring blossoms, leading toward a stone McGill University building partially visible in the background, with a McGill University flag flying above the treetops under a bright sky.

A close-up of delicate pale pink spring blossoms on a branch, with soft petals and yellow centers in sharp focus against a dreamy, blurred pastel background.

A concrete McGill University building rises in the background, viewed from below, featuring geometric windows and a bold, modernist design, framed in the foreground by green trees and blooming pink and lilac spring blossoms beneath a clear sky.

Soon enough, April showers will turn into May flowers 🌼

📸: Louis Alson

#McGill #McGillu #McGillUniversity #CampusLife #UniLife #Montreal #MTLMoments

A figure showing gas venting styles and the proposed volcanic conduit geometries responsible. This model is constrained by in situ gas concentrations, remotely sensed SO2 in the plumes, and seismic/infrasound records. Salas-Navarro et al., submitted to JGR.

Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Salas who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, "Advancing Volcanic Gas Monitoring to Unravel Eruption Processes: Insights from Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, Costa Rica" (supervisors John Stix (McGill Univ.) and Maarten de Moor […]

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A figure that shows the documentation of natural metamorphic mineral growth rates that now agree with laboratory experiments; determined using innovative analytical, modeling, and software tools. From: Liu et al (2025) Ultra-fast metamorphic reaction during regional metamorphism. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Pierre Lanari (Univ. Lausanne), a Mineralogical Society of America @mineralsocamerica.bsky.social Distinguished Lecturer, presented advancements in constraining the rates of metamorphic reactions, enabled by clever application of element mapping, diffusion […]

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2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize #MontrealInternationalPoetryPrize #McGillUniversity  The 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize is sponsored by the Department of English at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, the awards issue one prize to a poet for a single poem of 40 or fewer lines. A jury of internationally reputed poets and critics selects a shortlist of approximately 60 poems, from which a judge chooses one winner. The shortlist is published in 

2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize

#MontrealInternationalPoetryPrize #McGillUniversity  The 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize is sponsored by the Department of English at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, the awards issue one prize to a poet for a single poem of 40 or fewer…

Critical solutions for achieving sustainable, net zero energy in Canada
Date: April 13th, 2026 | Time: 4:00 PM (EST) | Location: McGill Faculty Club | Cocktail reception to follow | Register: mcgill.ca/x/5Yj
#NetZero #EnergyTransition #CanadaEnergy #McGillUniversity

Huge petrified wood stump at Redpath Natural History Museum in Montreal

#montreal
#montrealtrip
#redpathnaturalhistorymuseum
#mcgilluniversity

Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have found that microbial fuel cells can turn human urine into usable electricity while also helping treat wastewater.

#McGillUniversity #CleanEnergy #WastewaterTreatment #MicrobialFuelCell #SustainableInnovation

#CIA: 70 years of silence

#MilaMulroney’s #Father:

#DrDimitrijePivnicki was a Serbian-born psychiatrist & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at #McGillUniversity

as in, #BrianMulroney’s #FatherInLaw…

McGill Spent Over $1 Million Fighting Unionization – The Rover Union organizers at the university say this is part of a broader trend towards corporatization of the public institution.

“This is the university going from a public service to being run like a private business,” said Broughton, a graduate student in law. “It doesn’t bode well for anyone who isn’t upper management.” #McGillUniversity
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We’re excited to share MI4’s latest annual report, showcasing the impactful research and activities we were proud to support this past year.

Explore the highlights 👉 www.mcgill.ca/mi4/about-us...

#MI4Community #Infection #Immunity #Research #McGillUniversity

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Open position in Science Communication and Student Recruitment; application deadline 23 Jan 2026 (short notice!)

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#McGillUniversity #McGillU #Montreal #EarthSystemScience […]

❗ 30th Annual McGill Pain Day ❗
Registration is open to attend or present a poster on January 22, 2026

🖼️ Posters: register by Jan 12
🎟️ Attendance: register by Jan 19

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#PainResearch #McGillUniversity #IASP

The engineering side of the McGill campus one past wintery day. Snow is on the ground as well as the dated cars parked along the left. A lone bare bent tree is on the right and there is an iron fence running across the frame towards the camera. City skyscrapers are in the background. The MacDonald Engineering building is on the left side.

Engineer Alley #McgillUniversity #Montreal #photography #UrbanGaze

The McGill University main campus in downtown Montreal. The Falcon statue, created by R. Tait McKenzie, stands watch over the campus. It had just snowed, trees are bare, old buildings round the horizon of the campus. The Arts building in the centre flys the McGill coat of arms on it's rooftop.

From years past long ago the #McGillUniversity main campus after a snowfall. #Landscape #UrbanGaze #Photography #Montreal #Landmarks

Figure 1 from Parazin, B., Gomez, N., Richards, F., Hoggard, M.J., Coulson, S.,& Mitrovica, J. (2025) Icesheets without dynamic topography. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL115332.https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115332 Effect of removing the present‐day predicted signal of the optimal dynamic topography model from Antarctica. Sub-figures (d)The initial ice thickness following the pre-industrial modern spin up, and (e)final ice thickness after isostatically self‐consistent dynamic topography removal.

Early career presenter at #AGU25 Tuesday:
B Parazin
Ice Sheets Without Dynamic Topography
PP23A-03 16Dec, (214 CC) 14:35-14:45
(Natalya Gomez's group at #McGillUniversity)

Dynamic topography is a deviation from isostatic equilibrium driven by mantle flow. The […]

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A non-planar fault geometry model for the Philippine Sea plate, based on seismicity relocation and tomography studies using data from land and ocean-bottom seismometers. From Luhong (Amy) Lu, McGill University, AGU25: T14A-05.

An early career presenter at #AGU25 Monday:
Luhong (Amy) Lu
The influence of the 2011 Mw 9.1 Tohoku earthquake on the Boso slow slip sequence
T14A-05, 353 (NOLA CC) 15Dec, 17:00 - 17:10
(Yajing Liu’s group, #McGillUniversity)

The Boso Peninsula is south of the […]

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Redpath Museum in the snow

The fossils of a dinosaur amid other natural history artifacts in the main room of the Redpath Museum

Stuffed african large mammals in the Redpath Museum

North American stuffed mammals in the Redpath Museum

The Redpath Museum in Montreal is my kind of natural history museum. Old construction with a bunch of things thrown somewhat higgledy piggledy together in cases. Oh and free. #montreal #canada #mcgilluniversity #museums

💡Did you know it can take anywhere from 4 to 6 months to organize a successful event 🎯 with 200 attendees? 🫶A special shout-out to all those who made the MI4 7th Symposium truly one for the book!
#MI4Symposium #supportstaff #scientificevent #mcgilluniversity

Petrolfarbener Hintergrund, darauf in hellgrüner Schrift "Neues aus der Forschung"

Die @dfg.de verlängert zwei Graduiertenkollegs der #FUBerlin 🎉
• „Normativität, Kritik, Wandel“ (mit @humboldtuni.bsky.social & @udkberlin.bsky.social ).
• „Charging into the Future“ zu Polyelektrolyt-Interaktionen in Biosystemen (mit #McGillUniversity & #UBC).

Mehr Infos ➡️ tinyurl.com/dfg-grk-fu

🎓 Virtual TISED’s Master of Engineering Program – Info Session
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST via Zoom
Register: mcgill.ca/x/irN

@mcgillu.bsky.social #Sustainability #EngineeringDesign #UrbanPlanning #Architecture #TISED #McGillUniversity #GradStudies #ClimateAction #MEngProgram

#canadauniversities #studyincanada #canadaimmigrationnews #universityoftoronto #mcgilluniversity #ubc #globalrankings #internationalstudents

A figure from Andrew Fredericksen's presentation showing contours of shear-wave split times for much of British Columbia and Alberta. The dots are broad-band seismometer stations.

Andrew Frederiksen (U. Manitoba) gave us a very clear explanation of a better way to analyze shear-wave splitting as a way to probe the fabric (heterogeneities) of the upper mantle under continents.

The red and orange contours of large split times in British […]

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New CPR guidelines encourage rescue breaths for children and infants The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has released new CPR guidelines, which include a renewed emphasis on providing rescue breaths to children and infants.

New CPR guidelines encourage rescue breaths for children and infants

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#CPR #Guidelines #New #Children #Infants #TheHeartAndStrokeFoundationOfCanada #ECC #EmergencyCardioVascularCare #McGillUniversity #DrFahranBhanji

TISEDTalk: Resilient Energy Infrastructure: Engineering for Climate Adaptation, Reliability, and Sustainability
Presented by Emily Heitman, CEO of Schneider Electric Canada
Register: mcgill.ca/x/izu
@mcgillu.bsky.social #SustainableEnergy #ClimateResilience #McGillUniversity #SchneiderElectric

Morrice Hall building (on the left), circa 1864 (!)

#McGillUniversity

✨Meet Dr. Martin Schmeing, James McGill Professor & Director of the CRBS. His pioneering work on microbial enzymes helps unlock how antibiotics are made — key to tackling #AMR.

👉 Register today: forms.office.com/r/CD5uXhUJmb...

#MI4Symposium #ScientificResearch #McGillUniversity #MI4Community

I shared L'nu knowledge: some if it is ancestral, some is repurposed, but all of it is part of the collective consciousness of my People ~ L'NU'K (Mi'kmaq). It's my PhD. research that I shared at the International Academic Forum (IAFOR) in Barcelona ~ #mcgilluniversity #mikmaq #IAFOR

Hematite from Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec. MinDat photo by Chris Emproto (sampled by Steve Chamberlain) the hematite is on Dawsonite NaAlCO3(OH)2. The small hematite spheres are on the end of the columns of clear dawsonite.

#Hematite is also found on the island of Montreal -here associated with alkali-rich mafic magma intruding into limestone. The Francon quarry was primarily a source of building stone.

In the MinDat photo by Chris Emproto (sampled by Steve Chamberlain) the […]

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🌱 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 TISED Careers in Sustainability Panel!

Special thanks to our incredible speakers who shared their journeys, insights, and advice.

#TISED #SustainabilityCareers #McGillUniversity #GreenFuture #TISEDPanel2025