By Jim Hynes The Vancouver winter Games were barely a day old before a student athlete contributed to McGill’s overall Olympic medals tally. And three more gold medals were added last night courtesy of Canada’s women’s hockey team. The gold medals earned by current student Charline Labonté, a physical education junior from Boisbriand, and graduates [...]
Other News
By Pascal Zamprelli “It is urgent that we, as a global community, begin asking ourselves a few critical questions,” suggested Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, as she addressed a packed Moyse Hall last Thursday.
News
Masi, four Deans reappointed By McGill Reporter Staff Prof. Daniel Jutras, who has served as principal secretary to the highest judge in the country, has been named Dean of the Faculty of Law for a six-year term. Jutras replaced Nicholas Kasirer, who left the faculty to assume a seat on Quebec’s Court of Appeal, the [...]
Around Campus
In a diverse society such as ours, what efforts must be made to accommodate religious and cultural minorities? On March 3, McGill’s Faculty of Law will welcome Gérard Bouchard, the prominent Quebec historian and sociologist who co-chaired the province’s commission on reasonable accommodation, to deliver this year’s Macnaughton Lecture on public policy.
Kudos
Violinist Ewald Cheung and flutist Teddy Brescacin were the big winners in the Schulich School of Music’s recent Concerto Competitions. Brescacin, a student of Prof. Timothy Hutchins, won the 2010 McGill Concerto Competition for Woodwinds and Brass with a performance of Lowell Lieberman’s Flute Concerto in G major, Op. 39.
Research and Discovery
By William Raillant-Clark Although “mastering the universe” doesn’t actually appear anywhere on Matt Dobbs’s CV, his ongoing quest to do just that has earned him a much-coveted 2010 Sloan Research Fellowship worth $50,000.
Point of View
By Neale McDevitt My daughter Charlotte and I are watching the Olympics. She’s seven years old and a pretty good little gymnast and it’s the night before her Défi 3 – a simulated competition that gives kids her age a taste of the real thing.
Profile
Par Julie Fortier Difficile de rester indifférent à la lecture du roman Les murs, qui raconte l’hospitalisation d’une jeune fille suicidaire et anorexique.
Entre Nous
All creatures great and small By Cynthia Lee With the United Nations declaring 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, the Feb. 15 launch of the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) couldn’t have been timed better.
Athletics
By Earl Zukerman Steven Bielby, a 20-year-old McGill engineering sophomore from Pointe Claire, Que., won one gold, a silver and a pair of bronze medals at the CIS swim championships over the weekend, a three-day meet held at U of T’s Varsity Pool.