Produced by B21 – Building 21

Productions & Ventures

Our Podcast

McGill's Building 21:
Thinking beyond the acknowledged, the recognized and the comfortable

On Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Collaborative Ventures

Partnering with leading researchers, institutions, and Canadian stakeholders to extend Building 21's unique research reach.

Un micro-MBA pas comme les autres

Un micro-MBA unique de cinq jours est offert chaque année à Matane, Québec (2023 - Actuel)

[EN] A micro-MBA like no other‍

A unique five-day micro-MBA is offered annually in Matane, Québec (2023 - Current)

The Future of Cities (2022 - Current)

Reimagining cities that maintain the good

Radical Futures (2019 - 2023)

A desire to re-invent how we interact with the future spanning 4 cohorts

Nigeria Eduhack (2022)

An Educational Hackathon to support transformational ideas in education

Produced by B21

Unique projects conceptualised, prototyped, and created at Building 21.

Poetry and VR: “Scène de la Mer” (2023)

A brief, atmospheric poetry experience in French and English, created by scholars at McGill's Building 21.

The "Matterless Matters" Talks (2022 - 2023)

There are some questions that sound pointless, but aren’t. In the Matterless Matters talks, the answers don’t matter very much – but the questions, surprisingly, do.

The "I'm Not Sure" Talks (2022 - 2023)

What is beauty? What is knowledge? Are there limits to human understanding? Can a machine create moving poetry?

Virtual Open House (2022)

Created as part of a summer research project at McGill's Building 21: "Foundations of a Better World"

Poetry and VR: Ollivier Dyens & John Mac Master (2021)

What are poetry and literature when transformed and modified by technology?

Letters From the Future (2020)

Letters from the Future are archeological fragments of a time to come. The future is like quantum theory, all possibilities existing simultaneously until one collapses into an event. These fragments are both.

The BLUE Magazines (2018-2019)

A review of the Summer '18 & '19 BLUE Programs and scholars' projects, produced by Rebecca Brosseau

In the News

Read about Building 21's features covered in the news.

Building 21 is the future of interdisciplinary education

The Tribune, 2025

Something extraordinary is going on at Building 21

McGill Reporter, 2025

Ôde à la créativité en milieu académique

Le Délit, 2024

Research by Darius Valevicius, a Building 21 alumnus, covered by the Guardian

The Guardian, 2023

Repenser le monde avec Building 21 et Ollivier Dyens

Mon Carnet, 2023

We need boldness and daring in our education system

University Affairs, 2023

Building 21: Make zines, not research papers

Culture Days, 2020

Building 21: An innovative space for academic play

McGill University News and Events, 2019