If you're not excited about embarking on your job search, you may not be using the most effective strategies.

The McGill Black Alumni Association is proud to host Priscilla Jabouin, MA'12, CCC, who, with 10+ years in the field of career development, has helped many clients who felt overwhelmed, discouraged, or frustrated by the job search successfully get hired within 90 days. 

This session will help you improve your financial literacy, manage your money more strategically, and build the confidence to take calculated investment risks to build your net worth. Attendees will learn the basics of investing and how to apply this knowledge to create and achieve their financial goals. Keeley will also explain why investing for women is different, review general investment information, and share actionable financial planning strategies.

It's never too soon to start thinking about - and planning for - your dream retirement, no matter how far off that time of life may feel. For retirement-curious women investors, the first step to achieving your retirement goals is understanding the unique risks involved in retirement planning for women. In this session led by Portfolio Manager & Senior Wealth Advisor Keeley Simpson, BCom'09, attendees will learn how to create an investment plan that will help you manage these risks, achieve your goals, and maintain a comfortable lifestyle on a fixed income.

The McGill Women's Alumnae Association (MWAA) invites you to a special online discussion in honour of International Women's Day. Join Dr. Azza Karam, the Secretary General of Religions for Peace, as she discusses with Gawaher Atif, BA'81, how to lead effective multi-stakeholder and multi religious responses to the world's most pressing issues.

McGill experts offer insights into what COVID-19 impacts we may see in the future, from pandemic preparedness, to transport and urbanization, to healthcare professional burnout and staffing issues. Dr. Tim Evans, Inaugural Director and Associate Dean, School of Population and Global Health, moderates the discussion and highlights common threads among these topics.

Honoured guest Imam Yasin Dwyer, together with the MMAS, delves into the importance of "being together" for our wellbeing, the role of chaplaincy and faith-based counselling in universities, and the enriching gift of community in all our lives, as alumni and as students. 

What are the challenges faced by the growing number of women in STEM fields? How can future leaders use transdisciplinary learning to achieve their dreams? The Honourable Eleni Bakopanos, BA'76, moderates an inspirational discussion with Diane Howard, LLM'09, DCL'15, Director of Commercial Space Policy at the National Space Council, who shares the serendipitous journey that led her to become an industry leader and international changemaker. 

Develop the business skills you need to prepare for your entrepreneurial journey, get tools and resources to succeed in all industries, and meet McGill alumnae who know the realities of being a woman entrepreneur.

In this live event, we invite you to join Dr. Brian Koffman as he shares his personal journey with cancer and how he beat the odds of a very aggressive prognosis. Dr. Koffman will also share the lessons he learned along his battle including how to work with experts and how to be strategic in making choices that have direct impact on your health and well-being. 

Introduction to Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Join McGill Young Alumni at this online discussion about blockchain and cryptocurrencies with alumnus Thomas Sinclair, a senior consultant at EY and Certified Bitcoin Professional.

Knowing who we are and how others see us is the foundation for strong leadership and smart choices. Despite the critical role self-awareness plays in our success and happiness, it is a remarkably rare quality. Make the leap from self-blindness to self-insight with Tania Chomyk and gain the rewards of better decisions and stronger relationships.

The founding members of M-GEN: Generation McGill - McGill Global Tech and Innovation Group welcome accomplished McGill alumni in tech and innovation for a virtual conversation on tech disruption and preparing future-ready leaders.

Join us for this year's Toolbox event focused on personal branding, hosted by the McGill Women's Alumnae Association and McGill Young Alumni. Come meet our experts, Derek Burrows, BEng'14, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Unity Technologies, and Sally Clapper, Career Coach at Career Compass Coach, to learn more about the art of personal branding and how to create your own brand to advance your career.

Join the McGill Black Alumni Association for an interactive session that will provide you with insights into financial and tax planning. Presented by Private Banking professionals Jerry Mesidor and Prashant Patel, we will dive into the basics of the Canadian tax structure, learn helpful tips on financial planning, and explore key tax strategies that you can put to work.

Have you ever wondered how insurance factors into financial planning and the key role it plays? Or what details to consider when identifying an insurance plan that fits your needs? Join the McGill Women's Alumnae Association for an online discussion with insurance expert Christine Lengvari, DPA'78. She'll help unravel those questions and share foundational tips and resources on how to make better informed decisions.

Featuring panel of McGill parents, currents students and Student Services staff sharing their perspectives on the McGill experience and resources to navigate the first year.

Are you in a rut? Feeling unmotivated, and unsure of which personal and professional goals are worth pursuing? If you're ready for some clarity and direction, then this one-hour introductory workshop on how to create a digital image of your goals and personal vision is exactly what you need. Think of the concept much like a Pinterest collection illustrating your objectives and capturing your vision in a digital representation of your future.

Join experts Jessica Gillung and Evan Henry, BSc(AgEnvSc)'15, MSc'16, with host Christopher Buddle for a special virtual event exploring the central role that bees play as important pollinators in many ecosystems. They will discuss bee diversity and abundance, and how these species are threatened by human activities - including changes in land use, climate change, and overuse of pesticides.

A conversation on COVID-19 and pandemic research with Dr. Jonathan Kimmelman and Dr. Zeev Rosberger, hosted by the McGill Alumni Association of Latin America group.

McGill Young Alumni (MYA) is excited to present its Financial Literacy Series, a three-part virtual event session designed to equip young alumni with the foundational knowledge and tools to sharpen their financial literacy. MYA is bringing grads this finance refresher, where experts from the industry will share their knowledge on both theory and practice. Sessions will cover topics such as methods of utilizing RRSP and TFSA accounts, ways to save and invest for financial goals, managing credits and debts, insurance benefits, and more!

Join the McGill Young Alumni for a candid conversation with leading professionals about the role of Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on careers in a variety of industries. Hear about the transformational effects of AI, and learn from the speakers' first-hand experiences as they share their advice on this interesting subject.

Is retirement planning on your mind? Watch the McGill Women's Alumnae Association's highly informative session that will provide you with insights into the world of investing and financial planning. Join wealth advisor Keeley Simpson, BCom'09, for the scoop on how develop an investment plan geared towards retirement. Learn about choosing a financial advisor, retirement and estate planning, and the role philanthropy can play in legacy planning.

The McGill Women’s Alumnae Association invites you to a highly informative session that will provide you with insights into the world of investing and financial planning. Join wealth advisor Keeley Doherty, BCom’09, for the scoop on how to define financial goals and start planning for retirement.

Join us for a lively moderated conversation on the ins and outs of Brexit with two of McGill’s experts on the subject, hosted by Jean Raby, former CEO of Natixis Investment Managers. Our speakers, Brian Lewis, Professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies and John A. Hall, Emeritus James McGill Professor of Sociology, will discuss how Brexit came to be despite widely held beliefs that the scenario was largely improbable.

Through this introduction to financial planning, attendees will learn more about why investing for women is different and explore the basic steps to building net worth. Keeley will also explain how to choose an investment advisor, and review tax-planning strategies based on individual objectives.

McGill Young Alumni (MYA) is excited to present its Financial Literacy Series, a three-part virtual event sessions designed to equip young alumni with the foundational knowledge and tools to sharpen their financial literacy. MYA is bringing grads this finance refresher, where experts from the financial industry as well as professors will share their knowledge on both theory and practice.

Co-hosted by McGill Young Alumni and Futurpreneur, this event gave attendees the opportunity to engage in open discussion with Canadian delegates from the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, who shared their entrepreneurial journeys and their stories of resilience in a pandemic.

As vaccine distribution ramps up around the world, our understanding of COVID-19 continues to evolve. For a timely update on where things stand one year into the pandemic, join us for an interactive webinar featuring infectious disease expert Dr. Tim Evans. He will be joined by moderator Dr. Shan Soe-Lin for a discussion on his work as head of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and of McGill's School of Population and Global Health.

Join mother-daughter duo Barbara Anderson, BA'91, BEd'93, and Jackie Graham, BA'16, for a conversation about their popular public arts exhibition in New York City on Columbus Avenue. The McGill alumnae are showcasing the work of 27 artists - all local New Yorkers - in vacant storefronts along the bustling thoroughfare. The goal is to expose local talent, while making use of the currently vacant spaces, beautifying the area and bringing newfound artistic flare to the street.

Join the McGill Black Alumni Association for a panel featuring leaders from a variety of industries, including telecommunications, recruitment, music, and real estate. Learn how these influencers have made their mark, how their civic pursuits have personally impacted them, and why you should get involved in civic engagement.

The McGill Women's Alumnae Association invites you to a special presentation in honour of International Women's Week. Join Kawinzi Muiu, Director for the Gender Office at the World Food Programme (WFP), as she discusses with Gawaher Atif, BA'81, their colossal undertaking to achieve zero-hunger using food assistance to build a pathway to peace and prosperity for 100 million people in 88 countries recovering from conflict, natural disasters, and the impact of climate change.

McGill Young Alumni (MYA) is excited to present its Financial Literacy Series, a three-part virtual event sessions, designed to equip young alumni with the foundational knowledge and tools to sharpen their financial literacy.

Join the McGill Black Alumni Association in collaboration with McGill's First Peoples' House for a community-building conversation on the topic of renaming and reclaiming symbols steeped in a legacy of racism and discrimination.

After what has been a tumultuous year, join us to hear insights from Joel Unruch, BCom'00, BCL/LLB'03, in a conversation moderated by Joydeep Sengupta, BCL/LLB'08, about how the legal world has adapted and the dynamic role played by leadership. The conversation will also explore Joel's career journey, leading in crisis and building a more inclusive work environment.

Holistic Counsellor & Career Coach Priscilla Jabouin and Investment Professional Lionel Nseyep discussed how we can we explore reinvention in the era of COVID-19. They shared how this time can be an opportunity for career transitions, navigating the changing job search landscape and effective job search strategies.

The events of 2020 have demonstrated to us all - now more than ever - the importance of wealth management and estate planning. In this special online event, tailored for a Canadian audience and presented by a panel of legal and financial experts, we'll share strategies on how you can make the most of: tax planning, estate planning and charitable giving.

In conversation with these leading experts, the goal of this webinar is to offer insights into the underlying mechanisms that impact our mental health, and explore the many benefits of practicing mindfulness, particularly during stressful periods. The doctors will also address how to effectively ask for help when in distress, and what types of resources can be most useful.

A growing number of people are choosing to start their own enterprise, particularly enterprises that will create a better world. If you have ever considered becoming a sustainable business entrepreneur or are an entrepreneur struggling to survive against what seem like impossible odds, this presentation will give you some valuable tips and ideas that could fundamentally change your career path and your approach to work.

The events of 2020 have demonstrated to Americans - now more than ever - the importance of wealth management and estate planning.

Join the McGill Women's Alumnae Association for an honest and inspiring fireside chat on "showing up for yourself and your passions". Guest panelists, Nogol Madani and Tami Zuckerman, will discuss with Julie Savaria how they stay resilient in challenging times and how they harness inspiration to advance towards their goals.

You've nailed your interviews, landed the job and are ready to hit the ground running. But now what? Setting yourself up for the most success at the outset of your career is important, especially within the first 90 days.

Dr. Jeffrey L. Derevensky talks about games and gaming addiction covering the good, the bad, and the ugly of gaming. Dr. Derevensky tells parents how to spot signs of gaming addiction in children and provides strategies to lessen problematic gaming behaviours.

Masterclass for parents to help their children live digitally (screen time social media, cyberbullying).

Tips and strategies to help parents facilitate online and remote learning for children from elementary to university.

McGill Graduate, Josephine Nalbantoglu, Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, would like to welcome incoming and returning McGill Graduate Students!

McGill Graduate, Josephine Nalbantoglu, Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, would like to welcome incoming and returning McGill Graduate Students!

Join us for a special virtual event to mark the launch of a new mentorship program for McGill’s Black community.

Traveling between Canada and the United States during COVID? The McGill Alumni Association in San Francisco was joined by Connie Kaplan, an immigration attorney, for a conversation on what your options are if you wanted to temporarily move back to Canada.

Even though we couldn’t gather on campus for our usual fall festivities, the McGill Community came through with a lineup of masterclasses, topical webcasts, and alumni events to be enjoyed from home.

Career experts offer an insider's perspective on how to best position yourself in the rapidly changing labour market.

Professors Adam Dubé and Sam Bruzzese, Educational & Counselling Psychology, discuss how to take advantage of educational technology to facilitate learning for students of all ages.

This year's offering featured a behind-the-scenes look at remote learning with McGill Professors, a webinar on financial wellness, and more.

Dr. John Brownstein, Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, addresses COVID-19 surveillance, symptom tracking, and more.

Professor Karl Moore, Desautels Faculty of Management, shares his research on the leadership styles of introverts, ambiverts, and extroverts.

Featuring panel of McGill parents, currents students and Student Services staff sharing their perspectives on the McGill experience and resources to navigate the first year.

Learn how to upskill and reskill for success in the pandemic labour market with three experts in career coaching and recruitment.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Office for Science and Society deals with the public’s perception of science on topics ranging from nutrition to medicine to cosmetics.

Join a decluttering session with Anastasia Bezrukova, BCom’12, a certified Marie Kondo Consultant.

Join career and recruitment experts to gather all the tools you’ll need to master your online interview.

Professors Karl Moore and Henry Mintzberg, Desautels Faculty of Management, reflect on what we can learn from leaders in a crisis with PhD candidate Susan Mintzberg.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Office for Science and Society highlights the life of this performer extraordinaire and his lesser known career as a nonsense debunker.

Fred Morin, co-owner of Joe Beef, McKiernan, & Liverpool House and Joel Tietolman, owner of the Mile End Deli in New York City, discuss challenges facing the restaurant industry.

Professor Karl Moore, Desautels Faculty of Management, shares his research on the leadership styles of introverts, ambiverts, and extroverts.

Reza Satchu, Alignvest Management and NEXT Canada leads a discussion with fellow McGillians Justin Hunt, Blaise Transit and Jaclyn Ling, Hatchways on the crisis economic impact on entrepreneurs.

Professor Chris Ragan, Economics, banking executive Sylvain Leduc, and economic expert Danielle Goldfarb discuss how complex and challenging economic recovery may be.

Upgrade your online presence and capture recruiters' attention. The rules have changed – so must you!

Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Office for Science and Society shares that while many chemical discoveries have been the result of goal-oriented research, there are a good number that have come about serendipitously.

Former Disney artist Mike Wiesmeier presents a family-friendly virtual event on the creative and experimental world of animation.

Experts shed light on the new normal of career planning and recruitment during the pandemic.

The McGill New York Finance Group answers your questions about the profound financial impact of COVID-19 on global markets.

Professor Richard Koestner, Psychology, outlines a model of effective goal setting and adapting our goal pursuits to cope with disruptions and uncertainty.

Dr. Nasreen Khatri, BA’91, and Dr. Claudia Mitchell, Faculty of Education, discuss the impact of gender on our experiences of the crisis.

Dr. Nasreen Khatri, BA’91, and Dr. Dana Carsley, BEd'12, MEd'15, PhD'19, McGill's Student Wellness Hub, help you move from a "cancel" mindset to a "can do" mindset.

While laughter may not be the only medicine, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Office for Science and Society discusses the serious therapeutic applications of humour and play.

Investment coach Anjali Pradhan tackles pertinent questions on retirement funds and investments in a pandemic.

With the Fall 2020 semester soon to begin – six months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of McGill’s classrooms and research labs – what will campus and academic life look like come September?

Are start-up businesses the key to reviving a sluggish COVID-19 economy? In contrast to traditional business models, start-ups have the ability – and agility – to quickly adapt to changing market conditions by introducing new products, leveraging technological advances and reinventing delivery methods.

What lessons have we learned about the coronavirus and what are the most effective ways to slow down its spread as the world waits for a vaccine? How do we resolve citizens’ pent-up desire to resume social and commercial activities with the need to remain vigilant? Join us for a webcast with four global health experts, who are working with governments and public health authorities to prevent a more devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections.

The pandemic has drastically altered our shopping habits and shaken the retail industry to its core. How can retailers adapt and move forward in these uncertain times? Join us for a special webcast featuring two professors from the Bensadoun School of Retail Management who will discuss the pandemic’s far-reaching impact on consumer behaviour, product demand and retail practice.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the plans of students and recent graduates of McGill’s Faculty of Medicine. Join us for a fascinating conversation with three young women – a medical resident, a nurse and an occupational therapist – who were quickly pressed into service on Montreal’s COVID-19 hospital wards as the city’s healthcare institutions were overwhelmed with a surge in coronavirus patients.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives and ravage communities, scientists in more than 100 labs around the world are working around the clock to come up with a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, and several therapeutic compounds have now made it to the clinical trial stage. Join us for a special webcast featuring two professors from McGill’s Faculty of Medicine who discussed the daunting scientific, technical and bioethical challenges of developing a vaccine that could potentially save millions of lives.

What will be the lasting impact of the pandemic on governments and the private sector? Will the health crisis provide the impetus for building fairer, more sustainable societies? Will the pandemic change how countries are governed and organizations are managed? Join us for a special one-on-one conversation with renowned management expert and acclaimed author Henry Mintzberg, John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies (Strategy & Organization).

Food remains a central concern during the pandemic, from questions about safe grocery shopping and take-out meals, to larger issues about the integrity of our food supply chain as the COVID-19 outbreak strikes meat processing plants and limits the availability of foreign farm workers. Join us for a special webcast featuring two experts from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES) at McGill’s Macdonald Campus, each focusing on a specific aspect of our food from consumer safety to the future of the supply chain. 

Governments are taking unprecedented steps to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, but how far can – and should -- they go to protect us? What is the optimal balance between protecting public health, reacting to rapidly changing scientific knowledge, and maintaining citizens’ trust? Watch this special webcast featuring three experts specializing in public health law who are undertaking research into these questions and other issues, supported by McGill’s MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding.

In a time of great stress and anxiety, music remains a universal source of comfort and strength, and a powerful asset for our mental and physical wellbeing. What is the impact of COVID-19 on our musicians and the music industry? Watch this special webcast in partnership with the Schulich School of Music and get the perspectives of some of McGill’s leading voices as they examined the role of music and musicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In another special webcast with three McGill experts - two scientists on the front lines of COVID-19 research and the development of open science bio banks, and a Law professor who specializes in intellectual property – examined the many ways in which the coronavirus pandemic has changed approaches to scientific discovery and spawned new global collaborations among universities, government and the private sector.

How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting developing countries around the world? Are frontline health workers equipped to deal with the crisis? In this special webcast in partnership with McGill’s School of Population and Global Health, a panel of international health experts shared the perspectives of leaders from the frontlines as well as development institutions like the World Bank.

In this webcast, McGill experts explored the current COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of history, reaching back to past plagues and diseases, as well as more recent challenges, to help us understand how scientists, politicians and the rest of us are responding to the current crisis, and what the past might tell us about what kind of world will emerge.

Watch as three of McGill’s leading experts in the fields of aging, geriatric medicine and caregiving answered your most pressing questions about the challenges of caring for elderly family members during the current pandemic. Learn about the importance of practising self-care and recognizing the symptoms of caregiver burnout.

In this webcast, McGill’s leading cancer experts tackled your most pressing questions about current cancer patient care, the status of research activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and ways in which cancer researchers are lending their support to the global fight for medical solutions.

In the latest edition of our weekly alumni webcasts, McGill astronauts David Saint-Jacques and Dave Williams answered questions about living in isolation, shared their experiences from space and provided tips on maintaining physical and mental health.

How can dental professionals deal with and recover from the effects of COVID-19? What infection control measures will be necessary in the future? Most dental practices are currently required to shutter and others lack the protective equipment necessary to deal with emergency cases. Where do we go from here?

Job losses, layoffs, bailouts and economic uncertainty. COVID-19 is exerting a profound financial impact on individuals, businesses and governments. Join McGill economic experts for a webcast as they assess the global financial situation and answer your questions.

McGill medical experts returned for a follow up webcast to address an ever-growing range of questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on us as individuals and as a community.

McGill experts Dr. Jason Harley and Dr. Tina Montreuil participated in a special webcast to answer a range of questions from the McGill community about the stress and anxiety of living in the shadow of COVID-19, and offered the webcast audience a variety of strategies to support family and friends in difficult times.

Tune in to this webcast with two of McGill’s leading health experts as they tackle your most pressing questions about the COVID-19 pandemic.