McGill to implement Jutras recommendations, Senate told
NewsThe McGill administration accepts and will implement all six recommendations in Dean of Law Daniel Jutras’s report on the events surrounding the campus protests of Nov. 10, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum told Senate at its meeting Wednesday. Before confirming detailed plans for implementation, however, the administration will take into account the Senate’s discussion of the Jutras Report as well as any additional feedback from the McGill community, Munroe-Blum indicated at the outset of the Senate session – the first since the report was published on Dec. 15.
Instantly alerting the masses via their desktops
NewsWhat would happen if disaster struck McGill? A raging fire, a dangerous intruder – how would the extensive, widely scattered University community be alerted to get out of harm’s way or, if not in the immediate vicinity already, avoid wandering into a potentially dangerous situation? The answer is Alertus, a computer-based emergency mass notification system that can post an immediate message to the desktop of most of the estimated 20,000 computers at McGill at the press of a button.
Un étudiant en médecine nommé « Personnalité de l’avenir » par La Presse et Radio-Canada
NewsLorsqu’ils ont commencé à s’intéresser aux micro-organismes, il y a quelques années, Alexandre Allard et Danny Luong étaient probablement loin de se douter que leur curiosité leur mériterait rapidement un prix international en environnement et une place parmi les personnalités marquantes de 2011.
Four McGill discoveries among Québec Science magazine’s top 10 breakthroughs of 2011
NewsFour of the top ten scientific breakthroughs of 2011 selected by Québec Science magazine were achieved by McGill-led teams. The work of the four teams is featured in the February issue of the magazine, now available in newsstands.
Big boost for study of greenhouse gas mitigation
NewsAn extensive McGill-led study to determine the most effective water management practices to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture is benefitting from the federal government’s Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program, a five-year $27-million initiative that focuses on the development of on-farm greenhouse gas mitigation practices. The McGill project, led by Chandra Madramootoo, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will receive close to $2 million over the next five years. The project was officially announced on Dec. 9 by the Hon. Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister of State for Agriculture.
Jutras Report details events of Nov. 10
NewsThe forceful dispersal of protesters from the McGill campus on Nov. 10 by Montreal riot police was conducted at the initiative of the police, without any request from McGill authorities with regard to the demonstration, according to Dean of Law Daniel Jutras’s report on those events. The report, released Thursday, lays out a minute-by-minute chronology that sheds light on the sometimes conflicting accounts of the turmoil that unfolded in and outside the James Administration building on that November afternoon.
Senate discusses access to meetings, naming of public plaza
NewsMcGill will make Senate meetings more accessible to visitors by increasing the official capacity of its meeting room in the Leacock Building to 165 people from the usual limit of 125, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum told senators at their Dec. 7 meeting.
McGill delivers Chinese-language version of Montreal Charter of Rights
NewsSince Montreal’s Charter of Rights and Responsibilities took effect in 2006, McGill has been instrumental in translating the groundbreaking document into languages other than French and English – making it more accessible to interested cities abroad and to major immigrant communities in Montrea
Steven Blair named inaugural winner of Bloomberg Manulife Prize
NewsDr. Steven Blair, an exercise scientist at the University of South Carolina, has been named the winner of the inaugural Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health – a $50,000 prize awarded annually to a researcher whose work promises to broaden understanding of how physical activity, nutrition or psychosocial factors influence personal health and well-being.
Quebec’s first Chief Scientist maps out vision for the future
NewsRémi Quirion, former Scientific Director of the Douglas Hospital Research Centre and Quebec’s newly appointed Chief Scientist, faced a few tough questions when he spoke to about 60 researchers at McGill last week. As well as being responsible for promoting Quebec’s scientific research, Quirion serves as the president of the board of the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ). And it was in this latter role that he faced the music with questions that ranged in subject from funding for basic research to queries about limits to the number of years post-doctoral students can be funded.