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CEEB Retreat

Hi all,

This is final call for registration for anyone interested in Conservation, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour to join us in Mont St-Hilaire for the annual McGill CEEB retreat. It will be taking place on Friday 17th – Saturday 18th April.

We need to know final numbers so please register by the end of Thursday 26th March.

On the Friday, we will car pool to Mont St-Hilaire in the morning for a series of talks from grad students and profs (there will be prizes for best talk!). We’ll have some activities and workshops in the afternoon and dinner in the evening followed by trivia, drinks, games and other merriment! On Saturday morning we will have a nature walk around the station and leave back for Montreal around noon. You have the option of staying overnight ($25 plus gas) or just for the Friday ($15 plus gas), meals included.

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13bh9csdCIUu1Nw7gaechT6nwozMfpHnl1SP8_o2RoYs/edit#gid=0

If you have any ideas for workshops or would like to run a workshop, please let us know!

For more information, don’t hesitate to contact us, we hope to see you there!

Cheers from the CEEB student organisers,

Nikki Craig

Léa Blondel

Dylan Schneider

BGSA Room Ribbon-Cutting!

Dear BGSA,

We would like to cordially invite you to the inauguration of our new BGSA room!

We are still in the process of deciding how it will be best used, and this depends both on access and your feedback. In the meantime, we’re hoping you will come take a look, and submit your opinions on how you want to see the space used. Join us for our official ribbon-cutting event, accompanied by coffee/tea and doughnuts. Here are the details:

When: Friday, February 6 at 2:00PM

Where: BGSA Room, Stewart Biology N2/5

What:

  • Ribbon-cutting ceremony
  • Coffee/tea and doughnuts
  • Check out our room!
  • BGSA member photo exhibition

Calling All BGSA Photographers!

The walls of the new room are depressingly bare, and there must be some great field and lab work photos just sitting on your hard-drives Here is your chance have them immortalized on the walls of the new BGSA room. They will be displayed at the inauguration, and as many as we have room for will stay up.

We would prefer high resolution images, so ideally send them via email or dropbox to dustin.raab_ com

Lastly, call for couches!

Are you moving away and looking for a new home for your gently-used couch? Feel like doing a good deed and donating something for future BGSA members? In order to reduce the amount of your BGSA money we spend on the room, we’re looking for any couches in good condition that would help make our room feel more homey. We will come pick it up! Send an email to mcgillbgsa_ com if you are interested!

See you there!

The BGSA Execs