The Willy Wonka of denim
Posted on Monday, June 17, 2013 at 3:54 pmRaspberry-scented scratch-and-sniff jeans? Going the unconventional route has been the key to success for Naked & Famous jeans founder Brandon Svarc, BCom’04.
The bilingual globetrotter
Posted on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 11:10 amHeidi Hollinger, BA’90, visits the world’s great port cities and shares her adventures with TV viewers in both of Canada’s official languages on Ports d’attache and Waterfront Cities of the World.
New CRTC chair is no pushover
Posted on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 5:54 pmJean-Pierre Blais, BCL’84, LLB’84, the new chair of the CRTC, vows that Canada’s communications companies will be under pressure to prove that their activities serve the public interest.
The street kids’ champion
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 5:13 pmLife is rough and frequently dangerous for homeless youth. Montreal’s Dans la rue, led by Aki Tchitacov, BA’82, offers a ray of hope for those in desperate straits.
Sharing her passion for science
Posted on Monday, December 10, 2012 at 4:24 pmZiya Tong, MA’99, co-host of the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet, loves exploring the weird and wonderful world of science for her TV viewers.
The transformative power of sports
Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 4:45 pmby Mark Reynolds Even after you strip away the jingoism and the sponsorships and—heaven forfend—the Spice Girls, the Olympic ideal of humanity coming together in sport remains as appealing as it was when the modern Games began in 1896. Lindsay Glassco, BA’87, wants everyone in withdrawal from the highs of the London Olympics to know [...]
Tales from the (not so) dark side
Posted on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 3:46 pmJon Asher, CertPRMgmt’07, says the death metal bands he helps promote are often misunderstood. Opera can be pretty violent too, you know.
From worst to first
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 4:09 pmHer McGill master’s thesis explored how coaches build winning teams. Chantal Vallée, MA’02, has followed that blueprint to two consecutive national championships.
The consummate concierge
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 4:00 pmby Wendy Helfenbaum Once a month, 40 influential Montrealers meet behind closed doors to exchange inside information that will affect many local businesses. Nope, it’s not the city’s executive committee, but rather the concierges at Montreal’s poshest hotels. They share secrets of the trade – which florist didn’t deliver? Which limo driver didn’t show up? [...]
A man of the world
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 11:16 amby Sheldon Gordon When Morris Rosenberg, BA’72, was appointed Canada’s deputy minister of foreign affairs in 2010, Embassy, the Ottawa-based newspaper that covers foreign policy, wondered about “his apparent lack of international experience.” True, the Montreal-born lawyer was the first non-diplomat ever to be put in charge of the foreign service officers at Ottawa’s Lester [...]
