By Hans Larsson Huge tractors and seeders are parked along the gravel range roads in southern Saskatchewan. It’s the middle of May, the snow is gone except for a few patches left in the valleys, and farmers are getting their crops into the ground for this season’s harvest. I’m doing kind of the same thing. [...]
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By Jim Hynes You may be forgiven for thinking there is more scaffolding than students in sight around McGill these days. Chances are, no matter where you are at the University, something nearby is being built, replaced or renovated.
Kudos
McGill Professor Emerita Jeanne M. Wolfe was one of 60 new appointments named to the Order of Canada, announced by Governor General Michaëlle Jean on July 1. Wolfe, Director of McGill’s School of Urban Planning from 1988 to 1999, was awarded the designation of Member of the Order of Canada “For her contributions as a [...]
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By Neale McDevitt It is a partnership that could redefine the term “brain trust.” Already among the world’s most prestigious institutes of higher learning and centres for neuroscience research, McGill University and the University of Oxford have formed an historic collaboration that promises to expand our understanding of the human brain and vault research to [...]
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Score another win for a Schulich School of Music student. Trombonist Keith Dyrda won the Robert Marsteller Competition at the International Trombone Festival held from June 25-28 in in Aarhaus, Denmark. Dyrda, a second-year undergraduate majoring in performance with Prof. James Box, also won the McGill Concerto Brass Competition 2008 and the OSM Standard Life [...]
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Is there any summer activity that is more quintessentially Canadian than canoeing? In 1978, Outdoorsman Bill Mason set out to film a three-part instructional series on canoeing. Instead, he ended up with a wonderful short documentary that follows Mason and his family as they go canoe camping in the wilderness.
Green corner
OK, OK, so maybe this – the wettest summer in recent memory – isn’t the best time to be harping on about conserving water. But don’t let the wet weather fool you, we all need to do our part. If you try just a few of the following tips each day, you could reduce your [...]
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By Julie Fortier The Conseil interprofessionnel du Québec (CIQ) has awarded one of its 2009 Prix Mérite to Dr. Sharon Bond, assistant professor at the School of Social Work, and Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Director of Couple and Family Therapy, Department of Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital.
Point of View
By Neale McDevitt I am a one-man bucket brigade. Every day, I can be found at my Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue home slogging buckets of used water, also called grey water, from the kitchen to the bathroom and from the bathroom to the kitchen. Water from showers and baths are used to flush the toilet, and water from [...]
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McGill’s downtown campus has been presented with a Certificate of Excellence in geotourism. The campus was recognized by the Geotourism Council of Montreal and the National Geographic Society as a distinct location respecting the values of geotourism, defined as “tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place – its environment, culture, aesthetics, [...]