For more than 150 years now, McGill’s geologists, earth scientists and alumni have contributed their hard work for the benefit of all Canadians. Last year, Robert Wares, BSc’79, and his company, Osisko Mining Corp., each donated an equal amount of Osisko shares to create a $4.1-million endowment in support of the next generation of Canadian [...]
Winter 2011
For the first time in history, students from McGill will participate in a field study course in Antarctica, led by Earth and Planetary Sciences professor Eric Galbraith. Participants will cross the Southern Ocean from Ushuaia to the Antarctic peninsula, and visit multiple landing sites. The expedition runs from February 12 to 28, 2011. Course projects [...]
Winter 2011
Two years ago, Earth and Planetary Science professor Don Francis made headlines when his team of McGill researchers discovered the world’s oldest known rocks in northern Quebec. Now, Francis is part of a team that has discovered a new window into the Earth’s violent past, through geochemical evidence from volcanic rocks collected on Baffin Island [...]
Winter 2011
In 1960, a research expedition of McGill scientists to Axel Heiberg Island, one of the most inaccessible areas of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, culminated in the establishment of the McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) at Expedition Fiord. Since then, McGill’s northern outpost has become one of the longest-operating seasonal field research facilities in the high [...]
Winter 2010
Just two years after launching the public phase of its ambitious Campaign McGill: History in the Making, the University has surpassed the $500-million point, with the Faculty of Science chalking up more than $50 million in gifts and pledges.
