Redpath’s unseen collection a treasure-trove of the weird and wonderful By Neale McDevitt As you enter the basement, a crocodile bares its fangs menacingly from atop a locker. On either side of him, a row of black-eyed creatures, from badgers to razor-toothed fish, grimace and scowl. Nearby, a python squeezes the life out of a [...]
Other News
By Pascal Zamprelli When one thinks of blogs, the word “academic” rarely comes to mind. Scholarly journals, for their part, don’t exactly scream “widely accessible.” A new variety of online publication, the academic blog, attempts to bridge the gap between the ivory tower and the expanding online community, and is gaining in popularity. A group [...]
Athletics
By Jim Hynes Canada Hockey Place will be packed to the rafters and millions of televisions will be tuned-in when the Canadian women’s hockey team faces Slovakia on Feb. 13, the first full day of the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics. But before the puck drops, there are still some smaller barns to play in, Midget [...]
Around Campus
The McCord Museum will open the travelling exhibition Jewish Painters of Montreal – Witnesses of their Time, 1930-1948, comprised of works from the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, to which works from the McCord’s own collection have been added for the Montreal exhibition.
Research and Discovery
Not B-grade science fiction, but A-grade science fact By William Raillant-Clark Of the more than 200 million people infected every year with worm parasites released from snails, 20,000 to 80,000 will eventually die. McGill parasitologist John Dalton and his team have discovered how these killer parasites have managed to live inside our bodies, apparently invisible [...]
Point of View
By Jim Engle-Warnick Esther lives in Carrefour, the epicentre of the Haitian earthquake. She is three. She has been matched to my family for adoption for more than two years. Recently, we received a document with the signature of the President of Haiti, putting the adoption into its end game. It took more than a [...]
Entre Nous
Doing his part for the “great undertaking” By Neale McDevitt Although he grew up just outside of Halifax, N.S., and only assumed his new job as McGill’s Secretary-General on Nov.1, 2009, Stephen Strople was very familiar with Montreal before making a move from the Maritimes. “I had aunts who were living here when I was [...]
Profile
Globetrotting, mountain climbing Brit finds right fit at McGill By Jim Hynes Ernest Ogunleye has been around the world and very nearly to the top of it. And the view from that lofty perch instilled in him an appreciation for what would end up being his career. These days, Ogunleye is more likely to use [...]
Kudos
School of Social Work’s Bill Ryan receives Martin Luther King Legacy Award for community service By Pascal Zamprelli About two weeks ago, Professor Bill Ryan of McGill’s School of Social Work received a phone call that left him “shocked, in the good sense, and surprised. More than anything else,” he added, “I was moved.”
News
By Chris Chipello The Schulich School of Music’s Golden Violin Award for 2009-2010 goes to violinist Aaron Schwebel. The 21-year-old undergraduate is the fourth winner of the $20,000 award, presented annually to a top McGill string player who is close to completing studies and has shown the potential for a successful performing career.