Events & Activities
Event Calendar
Ollivier Dyens
Co-director, Building 21
Building 21 hosts a variety of events, activities, and workshops, including those by other McGill communities. All events hosted in Building 21 must align with our Vision and Mission statements.
Please write to our Program Coordinator, Alex Nicholas Chen, for any enquiries.
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Core Activities
Ollivier Dyens
Co-director, Building 21
We host weekly events where we foster community, cultivate collaborations, and apply our philosophy. All are welcome to join B21 Programming.
Lightning ⚡
Tuesdays, 12 - 2pm; Fridays, 3-5pm
Eclectic idea sharing with crowd-sourced critique from the interdisciplinary community. All are welcome talk and work with us on unique, original and multidisciplinary questions.
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The "I'm Not Sure" Talks 🌀
Mondays, 3 - 4:30pm
By bringing together insights from different fields, the I’m Not Sure talks explore the fluid and permeable membrane of possibilities and create room for unexpected answers to emerge.
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Potluck 🥣
Wednesdays, 12pm – 1pm
Nothing like catching up with old friends over good food, yes? Join us for our B21 potluck, where everyone brings bits and bites. Hosted by BLUE Fellow Victoria!
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Soup & PhD 🍲
Thursdays, 12pm - 2pm
Are you doing a PhD and finding it hard to meet other students? Find your community over a bowl of warm soup. Hosted by GPS Doctorial Interns Tatiana and Kendra!
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Ollivier Dyens
Co-director, Building 21
We host a variety of communities around McGill at our space to foster ideas, learning, and connections. We invite all to find their niche at B21.
Current Community
CATLAB (Creative Arts & Tech Lab)
Tuesdays, 5 - 8pm
Bringing together artists and creators of different traditional and digital disciplines.
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Sparrow Society
Wednesdays, 4:30 – 5:30pm
McGill's writing collective, a space to stay on track of your creative writing projects.
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WWE Whiteboard
Wednesdays, 6 - 8pm
A large whiteboard, an inquisitive audience, all to wrestle with your ideas and confront “so what”s.
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McSWAY Poetry Workshop
Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30pm
Poetry writing workshops for artists of all levels.
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Collectif La Collation
Thurdays, 6:30 – 8pm
Atelier de poésie La Collation; Rejoignez-nous pour un atelier d’écriture poétique avec le Collectif de poésie La Collation!
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Douze à deux
Sundays, 12 – 2pm
Live co-working session hosted every Sunday in Montréal to work on passion projects
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ENCODE Justice Canada
Event-based
Fighting for human rights accountability and justice in the age of AI
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Fireside
Event-based
Cozy fireside conversations with hackers, builders, and tech entrepreneurs
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TOSI Journal Club
Monthly
We discuss the benefits of open science and discover the big questions about science: how can science improve.
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McGill Neurotech
Pending
Creating brain-computer interface (BCI) applications from start to finish
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McGill Community for Lifelong Learning
Providing learning opportunities for adults as part of the McGill School of Continuing Studies
Intergenerational McGill
Building a university that embraces lifelong living and learning across generations
B21 Art Nights
Bring your supplies for an evening of painting, drawing, making music, and anything else creative
Storytime
Come relax, enjoy a hot beverage, and listen to an incredible story hosted by one of our own Building 21 scholars
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651 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec
Building 21
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Ollivier Dyens
Co-director, Building 21
