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Student Accessibility and Achievement (formerly known as OSD) helps º£½ÇÉçÇø’s 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 º£½ÇÉçÇø students, from on-demand resources and webinars and a tutor-matching program, to targeted programming focused on teaching academic strategies                                                                                                                                                                                                               

The Office of the Dean of Students 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 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.

IT Services provides computer services and support for all the º£½ÇÉçÇø community. This includes trouble shooting for any problems with: MyCourses, Minerva, º£½ÇÉçÇø Email, Wireless Network, and Myº£½ÇÉçÇø.                                                           

For general troubleshooting related to Webwork, please contact webwork.science [at] mcgill.ca (Webwork Science) or jeremy.macdonald [at] mcgill.ca (Jeremy Macdonald). For course-specific Webwork questions, contact your instructor or TA.

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) provides instructor support and recognition, facilitates student skills development opportunities, and oversees teaching and learning spaces. Through activities organized by TLS, students can discover skills development opportunities, find tips on being a supervisee, and recognize their outstanding profs.

Consult the website to learn more about Departmental Program Advising.

There are several funding opportunities available through various government and outside agencies. A list of such funding opportunities is available on .

, commonly called ‘911’, is where math and stats students seek help from their peer tutors. It is located directly across the elevators on the 9th floor. Its operating hours are weekdays during Fall and Winter semesters from noon to 5 pm. During the Summer, reduced hours are available. Outside those hours, there are no official tutor present, however students are still welcome to use the space as a study space. The tutors are managed by the department, and the tutors’ schedule is posted at the door.

The 11th floor lab (Burnside Hall, room 1105) is a study space reserved for math and stats students. It is open Monday to Friday 8AM to 9PM with card access. Breakout rooms with whiteboards and markers are available. During the Winter, students are asked to take off their winter boots to keep the carpets clean.

Career Planning Services (CaPS) is a service offered by º£½ÇÉçÇø to all students in an attempt to guide them towards jobs and future careers. This service guides students through the process of obtaining part time jobs, summer jobs, internships, and even future careers. CaPS is closely linked with MyFuture, where you can read and directly apply for jobs including TA jobs, internships, and more.

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 º£½ÇÉçÇø 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 2024 information session on recommendation letters are now available

is a resource organized by the Department. There is an ongoing Discussion Board, where you can post questions related to Statistics, and there is also the possibility to set up individual appointments with a Statistics TA and/or tutor.

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is a resource which offers online help on statistics courses in the Department. Click on the link above and you will be added to a Microsoft Teams group where the schedule will be announced.

The slides from the October 2024 information session on graduate schools are now available.

This page provides an example of the immediate career / study plans being pursued by some of our recent undergraduate alumni upon their graduation.

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  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  (you will need to have º£½ÇÉçÇø's or be on campus), or email rosalie.belanger-rioux [at] mcgill.ca to stay up-to-date on events