Media@McGill’s Beaverbrook Lectures never fail to entice and get people talking. On the heels of standing-room-only talks by the likes of investigative journalist Seymour Hirsch and public intellectual Tariq Ali, this year, Media@McGill welcomes political activism and civil rights icon Angela Davis to campus to talk about the complex relationship between media, race and power [...]
Athletics
A dominating performance by Running Back Andrew Hamilton led the football Redmen to a 49-27 win over the Mount Allison Mounties in Sackville, N.B last Saturday. With their second victory in the three weeks, the Redmen improved to 2-2.
Athletics
Veteran team one of McGill’s brightest hopes for national title By Jim Hynes The McGill Redmen lacrosse team is hoping that the third time’s a charm, and that the progress it made over the past two seasons will culminate in a national championship this year.
Kudos
By Pascal Zamprelli “I’ve always loved languages, my whole life,” said Elisa Riveiro-Vazquez, a graduate student in translation at McGill’s Centre for Continuing Education, where she also completed her Certificate in Translation. Recently, that love paid off handsomely when she became the first McGill student to receive the Network of Translators in Education’s Merit Scholarship.
News
By Chris Chipello On Oct. 3, the Dalai Lama will meet with 500 Education students from six Quebec universities in McGill’s Pollack Hall. Prof. Spencer Boudreau, until recently Associate Dean in the Faculty of Education, has coordinated preparations for the visit of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
Around Campus
On Friday, Sept 25, lower campus will host the Eighth Annual First Peoples’ House Pow-wow. A fall tradition at McGill since 2002, the pow-wow celebrates aboriginal culture by showcasing arts, sport, food and crafts.
Other News
Hockey legend turned legislator shares his vision for a global country in a global age By Pascal Zamprelli Ken Dryden was drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1964, and as such could very well have ended up with one of our greatest rivals: Harvard University. Instead, following a trade to the Canadiens, Dryden studied law [...]
Headline News
More than $17 million awarded to 19 Chairs By Mark Shainblum Nineteen McGill University researchers exploring issues from biomaterials to global climate change to advanced mathematics were among the 181 newly appointed or renewed Canada Research Chairs as announced yesterday by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology). McGill received nine Tier-1 [...]
Research and Discovery
By Mark Shainblum We make war, enslave our enemies and police the sexual behavior of others. Are we humans? No, explains McGill evolutionary biologist Ehab Abouheif, we’re ants.
Entre Nous
A lifetime spent promoting lifelong learning By Cynthia Lee When Judith Potter began her mandate as Dean of Continuing Education last September, she came to McGill with a wealth of experience in the field. A chemist by trade, Potter became interested in adult education during a formative period working with First Nations people while at [...]