All Genders washroom in Thode (basement) is out of order. 


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Thrive Week is held every January at McMaster University.
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It’s not every day you’ll find students putting golf balls in the stacks or poring over rare manuscripts by candlelight. 

This is Thrive Week, a time when McMaster University community members come together to connect and recharge with a lineup of free stress-relieving activities.

As part of the week, McMaster University Libraries are offering a range of activities designed to support well-being and connection.

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Sidney Hubbard, left, and Ola Fakhry, right, with Nancy Waite at Mills Memorial Library.
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Library Accessibility Services (LAS) play a quiet but essential role in helping students overcome barriers and succeed in their studies at McMaster University.

For Sidney Hubbard, a third-year social work student, accessibility at the library is about being able to learn on equal footing.

“It’s being able to feel like you have the same or similar opportunities as everybody else,” said Hubbard. “And even when you don’t, it’s just knowing that there are people around to help make something work, and that it’s not all on you.”  

McMaster will be closed on Jan. 26 due to heavy snowfall

 


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Kevin Andrews has supported teaching and learning technology at McMaster since 1980 — evolving with every era, every upgrade and every new way of learning.

By Allison Mullin, McMaster University

When Kevin Andrews arrived at McMaster on May 20, 1980, classrooms looked — and sounded — very different. Over the next 45 years, he would support McMaster through every major wave of audio-visual technology, from turntables, slide projectors and three-quarter inch videotape to today’s computer-driven classrooms designed to support modern teaching and hybrid learning.

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Jack Young, research impact and bibliometrics librarian, and Carlie King, digital media specialist, showcase a portable podcasting kit in Lyons New Media Centre.
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McMaster University Libraries are expanding its podcast support with new equipment and learning opportunities, thanks to a collaboration between the Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship and the Lyons New Media Centre.

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The Reach Out Project aims to build belonging and support well-being among McMaster students.

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Cathy Grisé is the new academic director of the Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. Photo by Colin Czerneda
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Cathy Grisé is passionate about helping students learn through hands-on, experiential opportunities that bridge the classroom and the world beyond university. 

A medievalist by training and an associate professor in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Grisé has been part of McMaster University since 1999. She is committed to interdisciplinary learning and believes that digital scholarship gives students the chance to develop practical, real-world skills.

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McMaster students meet in the C. Barber Mueller History of Health and Medicine Room at the Health Sciences Library.
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As the fall term comes to an end, Health Sciences, Thode, and Mills libraries will be closed for the winter break from late December through early January.

The libraries will welcome back McMaster students, staff, faculty, and members of the community for the start of winter term classes.

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