Why Centraide matters: a first-person account
Point of ViewAndrea Miller-Nesbitt is a Liaison Librarian. At the age of 15, she took a job as a camp counselor at a camp for kids with disabilities, and she’s been passionate about working with people with disabilities every since.
Enough of this five-year tenure nonsense
Point of ViewManagement professor Henry Mintzberg weighs in on the subject of tenure.
A McGill employee at Centraide checks in
Point of ViewOn my first day at Centraide as a Loaned Representative from McGill, I had no idea what to expect. What I did know was that along with an amazing team of people, I’d be supporting an organization that provides the core funding to 360 agencies throughout Greater Montreal that help half-a-million Montrealers living at or below the poverty line. That’s an astounding one-in-10 people who are in dire need of support and who are without the financial means to get them through some exceptionally difficult, and usually temporary, circumstances.
Goodbye to a Jewish kid from The Bronx
Point of ViewWhenever I interview a senior administrator for the first time, I do so with a little trepidation. These are busy people doing important work and, on occasion, some haven’t been too shy about dropping hints that they would rather be tending to their important work than talking to me. Those interviews tend to be short, curt and, safe to say, a relief to both parties involved when they’re over. Few McGillians were busier or doing more important work than David Colman, when I first interviewed him for the McGill Reporter in 2007.
Time for universities to lead the way on sustainability
Point of ViewJonathan Glencross, a fourth-year student at the School of the Environment, one of the architects of the University’s Sustainability Projects Fund, and winner of the Office of Sustainability’s first Emerald Key Award for the student who has advanced and institutionalized sustainability within environmental, social, and/or economic spheres in a meaningful way within the McGill community, reflects on the University’s sustainability efforts.
McGill stands firmly for tolerance – and just as strongly against hate
Point of ViewHelen Keller once said, “The highest result of education is tolerance.” As an institution of highest learning, McGill University stands steadfastly for tolerance, understanding, diversity and community engagement, and resolutely against any promotion of hatred, racism or intolerance. McGill also moves quickly to protect its community when threats, or potential threats, to the safety of individuals or the institution are discovered.
McGill : pour la tolérance et contre la haine
Point of ViewHelen Keller a dit : « Le meilleur aboutissement de l’éducation est la tolérance ». À titre d’institution de haut savoir, McGill appuie fermement la tolérance, la compréhension, la diversité et l’engagement communautaire. En revanche, l’Université s’oppose fermement à toute forme de promotion de la haine, du racisme et de l’intolérance. De plus, elle agit le plus rapidement possible afin de protéger sa collectivité dès qu’est perçue toute menace réelle ou potentielle mettant en danger la sécurité d’individus ou de l’institution.
Getting the genie back into the (water) bottle
Point of ViewOn the eve of Canada’s 2nd annual Bottled Water Free Day, the editor of the McGill Reporter tells readers why bottled water is hard to swallow.
F. Peter Cundill 1938-2011
Point of ViewThe following is an abbreviated version of a statement delivered on Feb. 2 in the Senate of Canada by the Honourable Michael A. Meighen on the passing of F. Peter Cundill. Senator Meighen has graciously allowed the Reporter to publish it.
When the rich and famous get sick, all who are healthy pause and reflect
Point of ViewWhen a celebrity gets sick, it does make you stop and think about the old adages that money can’t buy happiness, that health is more important than wealth and so on. Because cancer doesn’t discriminate, illness doesn’t choose between the rich and powerful and the ordinary and meek.