B21 Emergences – Building 21

B21 Emergence

Partnerships & Ventures

Partnering with leading researchers, institutions, and Canadian stakeholders to extend Building 21's unique research reach.

Micro-MBA à Matane / Micro MBA Program in Matane (2023 - Current)

Un micro-MBA unique de cinq jours est offert chaque année à Matane, Québec, avec Groupe Rioux & McGill Executive Institute / A unique five-day micro-MBA is offered annually in Matane, Québec, in collaboration with Rioux Group and McGill Executive Institute

The Future of Cities (2022 - Current)

Reimagining cities that maintain the good. Led by Geography PhD candidate, Nakiya Noorbhai.

Radical Futures (2019 - 2023)

A desire to re-invent how we interact with the future spanning 4 cohorts

Nigeria Eduhack (2022)

An Educational Hackathon to support transformational ideas in education

Projects

Unique projects conceptualised, prototyped, and created at Building 21.

Building 21 Program Analysis Report by CLAUDE SAVARD, PH.D., LAVAL UNIVERSITY

An inside look at how B21 participants experience self-directed, interdisciplinary learning—and what it reveals about how people truly learn.

CKUT 90.3FM: All Things Campus featuring Building 21 Fellows

B21 Fellows Firuza, Nina, Annette & Tamara appear on CKUT 90.3FM's All Things Campus, hosted by Karla Stephan

Poetry and VR: “Scène de la Mer” (2023)

A brief, atmospheric poetry experience in French and English, created by scholars at McGill's Building 21.

The "Matterless Matters" Talks (2022 - 2023)

There are some questions that sound pointless, but aren’t. In the Matterless Matters talks, the answers don’t matter very much – but the questions, surprisingly, do.

The "I'm Not Sure" Talks (2022 - 2023)

What is beauty? What is knowledge? Are there limits to human understanding? Can a machine create moving poetry?

Virtual Open House (2022)

Created as part of a summer research project at McGill's Building 21: "Foundations of a Better World"

Poetry and VR: Ollivier Dyens & John Mac Master (2021)

What are poetry and literature when transformed and modified by technology?

Letters From the Future (2020)

Letters from the Future are archeological fragments of a time to come. The future is like quantum theory, all possibilities existing simultaneously until one collapses into an event. These fragments are both.

The BLUE Magazines (2018-2019)

A review of the Summer '18 & '19 BLUE Programs and scholars' projects, produced by Rebecca Brosseau

In the News

Read about Building 21's features covered in the news.

Building 21 Fellows Speak on CKUT 90.3FM

CKUT 90.3FM, 2026

How Interdisciplinary, Collaborative Projects Lead to Scientific and Artistic Growth

The Abstract, 2025

Report: Building 21 is the future of interdisciplinary education

The Tribune, 2025

B21 at the QS Reimagine Education Awards in London, UK

McGill Reporter, 2025

Ôde à la créativité en milieu académique

Le Délit, 2024

Research by Darius Valevicius, a Building 21 alumnus, covered by the Guardian

The Guardian, 2023

Repenser le monde avec Building 21 et Ollivier Dyens

Mon Carnet, 2023

We need boldness and daring in our education system

University Affairs, 2023

Building 21: Make zines, not research papers

Culture Days, 2020

Building 21: An innovative space for academic play

McGill University News and Events, 2019

Introducing Building 21, a building with no structure

The Tribune, 2017