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Pursue one’s personal, original, creative ideas by participating in an active scholar community culture

A Unique 3rd Space
Access to Building 21 to work on their ideas

Community
Be part of an interdisciplinary community of scholars who are pursuing independent projects in parallel

Scholar Events
Attend regularly held scholar events that facilitate accountability, feedback, sharing perspectives, collective inspiration, and momentum building

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BLUE Residents receive space, an interdisciplinary community, mentorship, access to networks, and training to develop their research at Building 21.

Current Openings for BLUE (Winter 2025)

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We run multiple events every week, either by us or by communities hosted at Building 21. All are welcome to join.

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Lightning Talks⚡
Eclectic idea sharing with crowd-sourced critique from the interdisciplinary community.
Sparrow Writing Society
McGill's writing collective, a space to stay on track of your creative writing projects.
WWE Whiteboard
A large whiteboard, an inquisitive audience, all to wrestle with your ideas and confront “so what”s.
Soup & PhD 🍲
Are you doing a PhD and finding it hard to meet other students? Find your community over a bowl of warm soup.
Collectif La Collation
Atelier de poésie La Collation; Rejoignez-nous pour un atelier d’écriture poétique avec le Collectif de poésie La Collation!
McSWAY Poetry Workshop
Poetry writing workshops for artists of all levels.
B21 Potluck 🥣
Nothing like catching up with old friends over good food, yes? Join us for our B21 potluck, where everyone brings bits and bites.
Douze à deux
Live co-working session hosted every Sunday in Montréal to work on passion projects
McGill Neurotech
Creating brain-computer interface (BCI) applications from start to finish with a yearly team.
Encode Justice Canada
AI Ethics and Policy. Fighting for human rights accountability and justice in the age of AI
Fireside
Cozy fireside conversations with hackers, builders, and tech entrepreneurs
SNAC (Student Nutrition Accessibility Club)
Reacting to the high cost of food and inaccessibility of healthy eating on campus, SNAC seeks to provide nutritious resources to the McGill community in a sustainable manner.
TOSI Journal Club
We discuss the benefits of open science and discover the big questions about science: how can science improve.

Ways to support Building 21

Here are the main ways you can help enable the next generation of scholars breaking the mold. If you have a proposal, we'd love to get in touch.

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Donate to Building 21
Directly support our mission by providing us funding for our scholars and operations.
Donate to B21
Partner with a program
Provide resources for scholars to pursue impactful topics of your interest.
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Collaborate on research
Build bridges with our scholars to advance knowedge together.
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651 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec

Building 21
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Ollivier Dyens
Co-director, Building 21

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Anita Parmar
Co-director, Building 21

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