The Institutional Communications team is an experienced and dedicated central resource providing strategic advice for communicating and promoting ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s leading institutional and academic research initiatives to the general public, partners, stakeholders and media all over the world, as well as to the entire ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ community.
We support ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s academic mission and strategic priorities through effective and impactful external and internal communication outreach initiatives.
We are ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s point of contact with the media. Representatives from the media can gain valuable access to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ experts or find newsworthy stories about ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s research discoveries and events in our newsroom.
Moreover, we manage and promote, news, events and announcements, including the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Reporter online newspaper and What’s New e-newsletters, Alnotes mass email, The President’s Prize for public outreach, as well as via our @mcgillu main university social media channels (, , , and ). We provide direction and guidance in social media as well as media training to faculties, administrative units and graduate students.
Sylvie Babarik
Director
sylvie.babarik [at] mcgill.ca