Latest information for the GCC summer school
Accommodation
The GCC summer school will be held at the Université du
Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) from 7th to 13th
August 2003. The participants who have received accommodation
scholarships will be housed at the UQÀM residences. The
address of the residences is
303 René-Lévesque Est
Montréal, Québec H2X 3Y3
Phone: (514) 987-6669
Fax: (514) 987-0344
The rooms have been booked under the names of the people receiving
scholarships and will be paid for directly by the GCC summer school.
The reception at the residences is staffed 24 hours a day, but
check-in time is from 4pm onwards.
The closest subway stop to the residences is Berri-UQÀM (click
on the map below for a more detailed location). Montréal train
station is about 10 minutes walk to the west, and the Montréal
bus terminal is about 10 minutes walk to the north-east.
(Please click on map for a more detailed view.)
Getting to Montréal
Most participants will be arriving in Montréal by air or train.
The residences are just a short walk from the train station (see
earlier). From the airport one can take a shuttle bus to downtown
(either the train station or the bus station). The cost is $12 (more
information, including schedules, can be found here). Taxis are also available from
the airports, although these, of course, will be more expensive.
Location
The lectures for the summer school will be held in room DS-R515 of the
UQÀM buildings. This classroom is located in the building at
320 Ste-Catherine Est (at the corner of Sanguinet). On the evening of
the 7th August, the ice breaker reception will be held in room D-R200
which is in the building at the corner of St Denis and Maisonneuve.
Agenda
The agenda for the summer school can be found here. Each morning and afternoon will
consist of 2 one-hour lectures with a 30 minute refreshment break in
between. Before the first morning lecture coffee and tea will be
available outside the lecture room.
Some lecturers are choosing to make their lectures available for download before the summer school begins. Please click on the links below to obtain their slides
Other Activities
In addition to the lectures during the day, there is also the
ice-breaker reception on the Thursday evening and the banquet on the
Tuesday evening. We are also hoping to have some extracurricular
activities depending on the interest. Possibilities include going to
an Expos (baseball) game, going to an Alouettes (Canadian football)
game and rafting down the Lachine Rapids. These are unofficial
activities, which are not part of the GCC summer school.
Last updated: 27th October 2003