Borough council approves pedestrian-friendly pilot project By Pascal Zamprelli Great news for anyone looking for a traffic-free stroll. McTavish Street is about to become predominantly pedestrian.
Entre Nous
From heat island to oasis By Neale McDevitt “This isn’t a about fighting against parking lots and plazas,” said Vikram Bhatt in the middle of a fertile patch of radishes, carrots, sunflowers and pumpkins that thrives on the east side of Burnside Hall where but a few short years ago only concrete and a rock [...]
Around Campus
The Redpath Museum’s Summer Science Documentary films series presents writer/director Chris Paine’s award-winning feature Who Killed the Electric Car?, the 2006 study of the history of the electric car in America as well as the rise and fall of the GM EV-1.
Athletics
Four athletes and a builder will headline a new cast of inductees to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame, bringing the list of honoured members to 95 since the pantheon opened in 1996.
Profile
By Daniel Jutras Charles Doherty Gonthier, BCL’51, LLD’90, was known to the legal community as a gentleman, scholar, philosopher and original thinker. To us, at McGill’s Faculty of Law, he was a close friend and a role model.
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Made in 1999, L’Erreur boréale is a hard-hitting documentary that explores the destruction of the Boreal forest, and our collective responsibility for this unique environment. The film cuts through the official discourse, and dispels the silence and ignorance surrounding this precious resource that we have been led to believe is still intact.
Headline News
By Neale McDevitt For astronaut and McGill alum Julie Payette, six is a charm. After poor weather conditions forced NASA to scrub three previous attempts to launch the shuttle Endeavour earlier this week, and hydrogen gas leaks thwarted two other attempts last month, Payette (BEng’86) and her six crewmates finally blasted off just after 6 [...]
Four Burning Questions
By McGill Reporter staff It has been called the greatest technological achievement of all time and a seminal moment in human history. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong disembarked from the Lunar Module and took his “great leap for mankind” on the moon by becoming the first person to ever set foot [...]
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Are you a scientist? An engineer? A non-artist? A “closet artist”? An evening of art making is being organized for July 16 by students and staff in the McGill community to help people discover their inner Rembrandt. Art supplies will be available for drawing, collage and origami.
Other News
By Pascal Zamprelli Two of McGill University’s most iconic buildings are getting a major makeover this summer.