(formerly known as OSD) helps 不良研究所鈥檚 diverse student body achieve their academic goals and overcome barriers by providing not only accommodations for students with documented disabilities but also additional learner support for students facing barriers in university. Academic accommodations are available for students with documented disabilities that may be permanent, temporary, or episodic. Other resources and programs supporting academic achievement are available to all 不良研究所 students, from on-demand resources and webinars and a tutor-matching program, to targeted programming focused on teaching academic strategies.
Office of the Dean of Students
The supports, listens to, and guides students with any type of academic or non-academic related issue. They oversee student rights and responsibilities, academic integrity, academic advising, the student disciplinary process, and student聽recognition. They can be particularly helpful for students with extenuating circumstances during the academic year. They also provide a list of study spaces for students.
Funding Opportunities for Research
There are several funding opportunities available through various government and outside agencies. An excellent reference is available on .
Students and Postdoctoral Funding
The has made a table of funding opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
IT Services
IT Services provides computer services and support for all the 不良研究所 community. This includes troubleshooting for any problems with: MyCourses, Minerva, 不良研究所 Email, Wireless Network, and MyProgress.
MyProgress
is a service offered to graduate students at 不良研究所 which shows all requirements needed to complete your degree. It shows you requirements you have met, requirements you have yet to complete, and gives you reminders when certain requirements are approaching their deadline. This service is tremendously helpful for new graduate students, as well as students who are unsure if certain classes or exams count towards their degree.
AGSEM/Teaching Assistant Resources
The is the oldest Teaching Assistant Union in the province of Quebec. As a labour union, AGSEM represents TAs and Invigilators at 不良研究所, bargaining with the 不良研究所 administration to produce TA and Invigilator聽Collective Agreements.
SKILLSETS
offers workshops for graduate students in a variety of areas: presentation skills, resilience in grad school, how to get the most out of your supervisor, and as well as TA training. First-time teaching assistants are eligible for up to three hours of paid TA training through SKILLSETS. Check out their website to see what is available.
Teaching and Learning Services
provides instructor support and recognition, facilitates student skills development opportunities, and oversees teaching and learning spaces. Go to the TLS website to discover skills development opportunities, find tips on being a supervisee, and recognize your outstanding profs.
For students in a capacity, TLS supports many facets of teaching at 不良研究所, from the pre-planning stages of course development up until assessment, course evaluation, and beyond.
Career Planning Services (CaPS)
is a service offered by 不良研究所 to all students in an attempt to聽guide them towards jobs and future careers. This service guides students through the process聽of obtaining part time jobs, summer jobs,聽 internships, and even future careers. CaPS is closely聽linked with MyFuture, where you can read and directly apply for jobs including TA jobs,聽internships, and more.
Recommendation Letters
Here is a collection of websites you might find helpful in order to get answers to your questions about letters of recommendation:
reference contains a few different perspectives from faculty about letters of recommendation.
This 不良研究所 website has great advice and more links.
page has more information, but note the reference to posting letters by mail is a bit outdated since most things are done electronically now.
See for some great templates, but keep this in mind: in showing gratitude, it is enough just to say "thank you", and follow up later to let us know how things turned out with your applications. There is no need to "return the favour", and please no gifts! We view this as an important part of our job, and have all greatly benefited from letters written by others on our behalf in the past; this is our chance to pay it forward.
The slides from the October 2023 information session on recommendation letters are now available.
Graduate School Application Guidance
The slides from the October 2023 information session on graduate schools are now available.
Math Pedagogy Discussion Group
This is a group of students and staff from the Math and Stats department who meet every other week to discuss issues of teaching and pedagogy in the mathematical sciences and related fields. This year they are reading the聽聽and may discuss other topics on alternate weeks. Everyone is welcome, including people who have never taught and people who are not currently teaching. You may join the mailing list聽聽(you will need to have 不良研究所's聽or be on campus), or email聽rosalie.belanger-rioux [at] mcgill.ca聽to stay up-to-date on events