Emeritus Wainwright Professor of Civil Law Paul-André Crépeau, a McGill professor for more than 50 years, who La Presse described as one of the most important legal reformers in Quebec history and one of the fathers of Quebec’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, died on July 6 at the age of 85. “A colossus has passed away today,” said Daniel Jutras, McGill’s Dean of Law and Arnold Wainwright Chair...
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A McGill researcher is one of the leaders of a new global health research project seeking to approach the problem of health inequities using child labour as the entry point. Dr. Anne Andermann is one of the two principal investigators in a project attempting to use primary health care to break the cycle of entrenched, multi-generational health inequities by developing interventions to tackle child labour and promote childhood development.
The sun would not shine last Friday, and a cold rain fell steadily on Macdonald Campus. But the smiles on the faces of the new graduates from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences still could have warmed a small planet.
It is an Honorary Doctorate list that is as illustrious as it is eclectic, including, among others, one Nobel Prize winner, Harvard’s Dean of Law, a Canadian jazz legend, an aboriginal leader and an award-winning poet and playwright. McGill alumnus Jack Szostak, who went on to share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, is among a stellar list of scholars and renowned individuals who will be awarded honorary...
Do you sometimes long for a home-cooked meal on campus? Are you trying to develop healthy eating habits to boost your energy? Then you should check out McGill’s Royal Victoria College and Carrefour Sherbrooke dining halls. Both residences have undergone major renovations and developed a new approach to campus food that puts fresh emphasis on locally grown products.
Working dogs help disabled students navigate everyday obstacles By Cynthia Lee Navigating the slippery streets of Montreal in the middle of a January deep freeze is hard enough; imagine trying to do so without the benefit of sight. And working your way through throngs of freshmen to find your class…