Peer Leader Program
The Peer Leader program includes a volunteer opportunity, scheduled professional development and connections to your peers. Browse all the appointment...
Get the one-on-one support you need this year
Types of appointments and support Browse all the appointment types to find out how you can access support. Then, book...
Showcasing McMaster’s commitment to global learning and engagement
This November, McMaster’s commitment to making a global impact, as outlined in the Model for Global Engagement, is on the minds of students, staff and...
Fostering global entrepreneurship at McMaster
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a collection of activities, competitions and events aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere...
Stories for a global community: “Motherland, Fatherland and New World”
My first home is Nigeria, a juxtaposed hub of wealth and poverty yet amassed with ingenuous citizens and colourful cultures....
Stories for a global community: “The Journey”
It was my university graduation day. The last two years I spent 1,000 miles away from home studying in Bhopal,...
Stories for a global community: “We Are Not So Different You & I”
At the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), I worked as a casework intern helping migrant workers win salary, abuse,...
Stories for a global community: “Sneeze”
Clouds of dust spring up as we slide to a stop on the side of a major road in a...
McMaster Global 2020 explores how higher education can address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
What role can universities play in advancing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? That’s the question that McMaster Global...
SSC wins silver: Prix d’Excellence Awards
The Student Success Centre is thrilled to announce that “Encouraging Students to Think Global,” which included 2019 global initiatives such...
Golden Week travels: a new era to explore with friends
Before exchange, I found it difficult to find people I could relate to and found it difficult to even talk...
Adjusting abroad
Struggles with transition aren’t only reserved for the beginning of an experience as grand as studying abroad; the end is...
Familiarity and community: the makings of a second home
For me, knowing my way around an area is what makes me feel at home and less like a tourist,...
Learning and exploring Australia’s natural gifts
Exchange is a great way to learn more about your host nation and even have the opportunity to go visit...
Changing the course of my future through exchange
It was a higher grade level, a subject I had never taken before, and my whole mark depended upon one...
Perspectives from across the Pacific (OJS Summer Research Program)
Now that my research placement has come to an end, I am really thankful that I had this opportunity. Though...
Finding a home away from home on exchange
This past semester has meant so much to me because I have built lifelong relationships with people from all over...
An unexpected beginning to my exchange
It was so scary feeling sick and being by myself without any family. You don’t expect to get sick when...
Helping Mac students develop a global perspective
In alignment with the strategy, the Student Success Centre has expanded its International Student Services division and developed a new...
Ontario-Baden-Württemberg Summer Research Program
Under the Department of Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital, my lab did work in osteoimmunology. My research project was...