Les Forces canadiennes en formation au Centre de simulation médicale Par Julie Fortier Deux membres de l’équipe médicale des Forces canadiennes traitent un patient présentant de multiples blessures subies lors d’un échange de coups de feu. Un adolescent fait soudainement irruption dans la salle portant un bébé en pleurs, blessé lui aussi. Il est suivi [...]
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Expert in human rights becomes first Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law By Pascal Zamprelli In 1948, McGill Law professor John Humphrey penned the first draft of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dec. 10 marked the 60th anniversary of the Declaration’s adoption, and McGill still finds itself at the forefront of human-rights [...]
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Université du Québec President will join McGill in 2009 McGill University Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierre Moreau to the position of Executive Director, Planning and Institutional Analysis (PIA) and Senior Advisor (Policy Development), effective February 11, 2009.
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Current practices could lead to serious public health problems While late preterm deliveries have become more common in the industrialized world, the long-term consequences on the health of newborns are still not well understood. Recent evidence indicates that these consequences are far from negligible, according to an editorial by Dr. Michael Kramer of McGill University [...]
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Learning to Teach Workshop gives crash course in classroom basics By Ryan Badecker For McGill’s current and future Teaching Assistants and the world’s apprentice academics, the initial transition from student to teacher in the university classroom can be a nerve-wracking experience. Time may be a great teacher, but support, good preparation and solid advice from [...]
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Oversees communications, government relations Vaughan Dowie, who has served as Interim Vice-Principal (Public Affairs) since former V-P Michael Goldbloom left in the summer to take up duties as Principal of Bishop’s University, will continue to oversee the university’s communications and government relations apparatus.
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By Chris Chipello While the turmoil in global financial markets has caused some major universities to warn of budget cuts next year, the picture appears less bleak at McGill. There are no plans to trim the amount coming from McGill’s endowment for the year starting next June, Provost Anthony Masi told the Senate at its [...]
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Money remains the outstanding issue The McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) voted late last week to reject the University’s latest offer in continuing bargaining toward a new contract and voted in favour of adopting pressure tactics up to and including a strike.
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Event introduces high schoolers to career options in health sciences By Jim Hynes They may not know it themselves yet, but part of the solution to the shortage of health-care professionals in Canada may be sitting in a high school classroom near you at this very minute.
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Grade 4 ECS students learn about muscle function during lab visit By Jim Hynes In a group of six students, six hands shoot up immediately at the question, “Who wants to go first?” This display of academic eagerness is easier to comprehend when you know the students are from a visiting Grade 4 class from [...]