Ryan Reisert / McGill Tribune On March 1, McGill University held the inauguration ceremony for the Alphonse-Desjardins trading room on the second floor of the Bronfman Building. The event drew McGill students, McGill alumni who work for Desjardins, senior McGill administrators, and Desjardins employees who were either directly involved with[Read More…]
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Event addresses McGill’s impact on environment
Victor Temprano / McGill Tribune On Feb. 16, McGill’s Office of Sustainability held the third of four Sustainability XChange sessions, discussing the McGill community’s impact on climate change and ways to reduce its overall carbon emissions. Jerome Conraud, an Energy Manager at McGill, opened the session with a presentation on[Read More…]
McGill announces internal investigation on asbestos
In a letter sent to McGill University on Feb. 10, a group of 32 individuals called on McGill University to perform an independent and transparent investigation into the influence of the Quebec asbestos industry over Professor J. Corbett McDonald’s epidemiological research on the health effects of chrysotile asbestos. This[Read More…]
McGill research sheds light on hidden genetic potential
Groundbreaking research at McGill is shedding light on the importance of environmental stress on evolution. Researchers led by Professor Ehab Abouheif, a Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, recently created “supersoldiers” of the ant genus Pheidole morissi in the lab. The “super” ants sport huge, oblong, heads and ultra-sharp[Read More…]
Towards an unlimited student strike at McGill
McGill Tribune The Quebec student movement is gearing up for a winter of action against the government’s proposed tuition hike. In coming months, an unlimited general strike will play an essential role. McGill can and must be a part of it. The Quebec government seeks a $1,625 raise in the[Read More…]
McGill teams sweep UQAM in playoff push
Alexandra Allaire and Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Martlets On Thursday Jan. 26, the annual ‘Pack the House’ basketball double-header took place at McGill’s Love Competition Hall, with both the Martlets and the Redmen emerging victorious over UQAM, with scores of 77-52 and 71-61, respectively. Lately the Martlets have been[Read More…]
McGill reveals more about future Quartier d’Innovation
Kyla Mandel / McGill Tribune) During a report to Senate last Wednesday, McGill University revealed the details of its plan to develop the Quartier d’Innovation (QI), a research and entrepreneurship-driven innovation hub. The QI is intended to be a dynamic neighbourhood driven by research and innovation coming from the university,[Read More…]
McGill Living Library brings books to life
Alexandra Allaire / McGill Tribune Have you ever wondered what it would be like to talk to someone busted for dealing pot, a struggling single mom, a concert pianist, or a disabled person who grew up in “the place of the
From Montreal to Washington Washington: A McGill grad runs for Congress
Since Ilya Sheyman graduated from McGill in 2006, he’s returned to his home state to run for Congress as a Democrat in Illinois’s 10th district. The district, which encompasses the northern suburbs of Chicago, elected Republican Robert Dold in 2010. An immigrant from the former Soviet Union, the 25-year-old Sheyman[Read More…]
Reforms to McGill’s structure discussed
Ryan Reisert / McGill Tribune On Nov. 24, McGill’s Mob Squad held a communal assembly to discuss McGill’s governance and to propose changes to the way the university is run. Democracy and accountability were the major topics of the night, held at Café Alternative on Parc Ave., where the newly[Read More…]
