We increasingly hear of a coming “Asian century” that will be dominated by the economic strength and political power of countries like India. But some, given the deep fault-lines within Indian society, politics, economics, and culture, suggest that talk of Indian superstardom is highly premature.
Entre Nous
By Cynthia Lee With more than 20 years experience in the realm of student affairs, Kathleen Massey, McGill’s Registrar and Executive Director of Enrolment Services, is looking forward to the moment she opens up shop at the new Student Service Point at McTavish and Sherbrooke this summer.
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Prentice gives keynote at annual MISC conference By Pascal Zamprelli “What better time to discuss Canadian water,” asked Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice as he addressed the packed Faculty Club, “because water will become a key issue for decision makers, and it deserves to be near the top of the policy agenda.”
Athletics
By Jim Hynes It started with a heartbreaking loss, the kind you struggle to put behind you. Then it ended so much sooner than it should have.
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Video celebrating Mike Babcock’s McGill tie a hit on YouTube By Jim Hynes The greatness of Sidney Crosby is as good a place as any to begin the legend of the Babcock tie. For without Sid the Kid’s gold medal-winning shot through the pads of Team USA goalie Ryan Miller, there would be no lucky [...]
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By Cynthia Lee Aside from its name, McGill’s Trading Spaces initiative shares very little in common with the 1983 Hollywood classic starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. Although, both do play on the fish-out-of-water theme.
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Packed agenda includes preliminary 2010-2011 budget report By Neale McDevitt The March 24 sitting of Senate was long – at times lively – and touched upon cornerstone issues such as research, ethics and of course, finances.
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By Pascal Zamprelli Can the global health community meet the needs of the world’s most disenfranchised people? Global health law and policy expert Lawrence Gostin believes it can, through an international convention focused on the least healthy among us.
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By William Raillant-Clark. As the Arctic melts and the petrodollars roll in to Alberta, scientists, politicians and big business are increasingly finding themselves in a policy face-off – and the researchers usually lose, according to Nathan Cullen, the NDP’s deputy environment critic. “These guys suck at this – they’ve come into politics from academia, and [...]
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By Neale McDevitt This past weekend at the Stoneham resort, the McGill ski team broke a 19-year-drought by winning its first overall Quebec University Alpine Ski Championship since 1991. Led by a record-breaking performance from Sophie Splawinski, the ski team edged out perennial powerhouse Université Laval au Québec for the title combining men’s and women’s [...]