In June, four McGill researchers were added to the ranks of the Ordre national du Québec, in recognition of outstanding contributions to Quebec society. Appointed Officers of the Order were: Ratna Ghosh, James McGill and William C. Macdonald Professor in the Faculty of Education. The preeminent Canadian specialist in international and multicultural education, she was [...]
This spring, Margaret Becklake (featured on the following page) was selected by the Montreal Women’s Y as the 2005 Woman of Distinction in Science and Health.
At a gala ceremony in September 2004, McGill researchers took home four of the six research prizes awarded by l’Acfas (l’Association francophone pour le savoir). Alain Beaudet, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery (McGill/Montreal Neurological Institute) and President of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec, won the Prix Adrien-Pouliot, for scientific cooperation with [...]
Graham Bell and Rémi Quirion were awarded the Prix du Québec in sciences, the province’s highest research awards, at a ceremony in the National Assembly in November 2004. Bell, James McGill Professor of Biology, was awarded the Prix Marie-Victorin for pure and applied sciences in recognition of his achievements in the field of evolutionary biology. [...]
This spring, Brenda Milner, recognized as a founder of cognitive neuroscience, was named a 2005 winner of the Gairdner Award. The Dorothy J. Killam Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill was awarded the prestigious international prize for her pioneering research in memory. A few [...]
Three of the five Killam Prizes – Canada’s most distinguished awards for career achievements in research – went to McGill researchers in 2005. Luc Devroye, Professor in Computer Science and associate member of Mathematics and Statistics, won the Killam Prize in Engineering. His research within the field of applied mathematics includes computer science, mathematical statistics [...]
Gaining Brains After years of stories about how Canada’s best and brightest were being lured out of the country, the tide is turning. McGill is helping reverse the brain drain with a 10-year recruitment plan to attract 1,000 professors in strategic areas, thanks in part to programs like the federal government’s Canada Research Chairs. Of [...]
By Jennifer Towell A multi-tasking professor makes connections around the world to foster peace in the Middle East Back in 1983, an undergraduate political science student at the University of Victoria had two choices for his honours thesis: the Falklands War or the conflict in Lebanon. His wife weighed in – the South Atlantic was [...]
Interview with Margaret Becklake by Jennifer Towell As a young physician in her native South Africa, Margaret Becklake began to suspect that pneumoconiosis, a lung disease caused by the inhalation of mineral dust, was not the only chronic lung disease disabling hard rock miners. “I was a young investigator, and I thought I’d find the [...]
By Christine Zeindler A professor sounds the alarm over the crumbling infrastructure in Canadian cities Canada’s cities are falling down – bridges and overpasses are crumbling, water and sewer pipes are leaking and oversized potholes threaten to swallow small cars. McGill civil engineering professor Saeed Mirza is concerned that our children will inherit a country [...]
