The Mossman Endowment at McGill University presents the D. Lorne Gales Lecture in the History of Science. On Friday, Dec. 4, Mario Biagioli, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, will lecture on Environmentalism and the rethinking of intellectual property.
Green corner
By McGill Reporter staff Even the groggiest morning people among us immediately wake up when they set foot outside each morning these days. There’s no escaping it…winter is just around the corner! Get your house ready for the cold by following these tips:
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McGill student group wins Forces AVENIR prize By Neale McDevitt The kids don’t have much in common. Ranging in age from three to fifteen, they go to different schools and live off Island, around the block and anywhere in-between. And while they are all special needs children, the individual challenges they face range from autism [...]
Around Campus
Enjoy an evening of bold Big Band sounds and help raise funds for this year’s Centraide Campaign while you’re at it. On Monday, Nov. 23, the McGill University Jazz Orchestra and the Université de Montréal Big Band swing into Pollack Hall. Broadcast by CBC Radio 2, this promises to be a bold and brassy Big [...]
Green corner
By McGill Reporter staff A student referendum on the proposed Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) passed resoundingly last week, with 79 per cent of voters downtown voting to adopt the fund. Some 5,300 students voted, the second-highest total in SSMU history.
Four Burning Questions
By Pascal Zamprelli A renowned and respected journalist and author with close to 40 years of journalistic experience, Graham Fraser was appointed Canada’s Commissioner of Official Languages in 2006.
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Axworthy cites power of ideas in inaugural speech By Pascal Zamprelli Ideas matter because they can change the world, and universities matter because they are the birthplace of ideas. That was the principal message delivered on Monday by Lloyd Axworthy, Canada’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and a global leader in human security, as he [...]
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By Neale McDevitt You’ve got to be quick on your feet for one of these things. In Tuesday’s semi-annual Town Hall meeting, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum fielded questions ranging from H1N1 policies and infrastructure renewal to international student tuition fees and the revenue-generating potential of our sports teams. She even plugged her annual skating party.
Point of View
By Nigel Roulet In February 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its fourth assessment of the Science of Climate Change and concluded that human activity was changing Earth’s atmosphere and, as a result, its climate. It said there was a 95-per-cent chance our mean global temperature would be, by the end of the [...]
Entre Nous
“I’m not afraid of risks. I manage them.” By Neale McDevitt Toward the end of his interview with the McGill Reporter, Wayne Wood stops in mid-sentence, leans acutely to his right and peers out the window of his office at 3610 McTavish. “Is that a kestrel?” he asked, pointing to a tiny dot perched atop [...]