We are all artists … even if we don’t believe it
In FocusAquil Virani’s art is full of unexpected and quirky connection. Converging train tracks plunge into square cows. A milk carton morphs into a whale. That sits beside a church… with cat’s footprints leading towards it. There are stories within stories. And though the connections and convolutions of the images that flow together are Virani’s own, the original drawings which inspired them are all by members of the McGill community.
Giving from the heart
ProfileEnough with the ubiquitous purple and pink hearts of Valentine’s Day. Mélanie Mader wants to talk about the real thing, that four-chambered circulatory organ the size of a fist, composed of striated muscle tissue and responsible for pumping blood through our vessels and veins.
With Robert Leckey, Faculty of Law’s William Dawson Scholar
Entre NousSince same-sex marriage was first legalized in Canada in 2003, more than one-third of the approximately 15,000 same-sex marriages that have taken place here have involved couples from other countries. But early this year, a surprising turn in federal policy emerged in a document filed in a case launched by a lesbian couple seeking a divorce in which the federal government maintained that the marriage, which had been performed here in Canada, was invalid. The Reporter sat down with Robert Leckey, William Dawson Scholar in the Faculty of Law, to discuss same-sex marriage, polygamy and family law in Canada.
Making matters of the heart a top priority
ProfileBy Neale McDevitt Talk to Sharon Bond about love and relationships and she might very well bring up the Four Horsemen of the marital apocalypse. “Criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling,” she says, citing the work of groundbreaking psychologist John Gottman. “These are the predictors of divorce. When there is more negativity than positivity a relationship [...]
The cut that cures
ProfileThomas Schlich, from the Department of Social Studies of Medicine, looks at transpalnt surgery through the ages in his recent book, Origins of Organ Transplantation: Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930.
ARIA creates compelling duets…between Arts undergrads and researchers
In FocusWhen Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi established the Arts Undergraduate Research Awards (ARIA) in 2010, his goal was to enhance the undergraduate experience for his Faculty’s students.The following are brief descriptions of four of the 37 ARIA-funded projects of 2011.
Making the McGrade in Manila
ProfileJoe McGrade is a man of many words. And his verbosity served him well indeed at the recent World Universities Debating Championship in Manila, Philippines, where the member of the McGill Debating Union (MDU) was crowned Top Public Speaker.
With Prof. Gabriella Coleman, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy
Entre NousThe Reporter speaks to Gabriella Coleman, McGill’s Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, in the Dept. of Art History & Communication Studies and a leading authority on the anthropology of digital media, hackers and the law, about the “hacktivists” known as Anonymous and their various activities.
Q & A: Ken Dryden thinks the future
ProfileThis semester, the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) welcomes a Special Visitor, the Hon. Ken Dryden, who will be teaching a new course in Canadian Studies, “Thinking the Future to Make the Future.” A legendary goaltender who won six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens dynasty of the 1970s, a former Member of Parliament, and a best-selling author, Dryden now brings his “A” game back to McGill, where he earned a degree in Law in 1974, to give a course on the issues he feels passionately about – Canada, Canadians and the future.
Freaky Friday: Debunking the dinosaur myths
In Focusmily Bamforth has a bone to pick, and it happens to be hundreds of millions of years old. “People see dinosaurs as nothing more than big monsters,” says the PhD candidate in paleooecology and paleobiodiversity.On Jan. 20, Bamforth will clarify some of the more popular misconceptions about dinosaurs during her lecture “The Misunderstanding of Dinosaurs.” The event is part of the Redpath Museum’s ongoing Freaky Friday series.