The Institutional Communications team is an experienced and dedicated central resource providing strategic advice for communicating and promoting Â鶹AV’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 Â鶹AV community.
We support Â鶹AV’s academic mission and strategic priorities through effective and impactful external and internal communication outreach initiatives.
We are Â鶹AV’s point of contact with the media. Representatives from the media can gain valuable access to Â鶹AV experts or find newsworthy stories about Â鶹AV’s research discoveries and events in our newsroom.
Moreover, we manage and promote, news, events and announcements, including the Â鶹AV 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