By Chris Atack We've all heard the aphorisms, but what role does nutrition really play in keeping the doctor away? Researchers in the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition are delving into communities across Quebec, from First Nations towns on the shore of James Bay to cancer patients in Montreal hospitals, to…
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As migration, a burgeoning ecotourism industry, and even the growing international conservation movement have stepped up pressure on the land and its people, concern over environmental fallout in Zambia and Kenya is increasing—but a solution may lie in a new way of thinking about land tenure. By Andy Blatchford Over…
In Ghana, Grace Marquis is exploring the relationship between infant health, HIV-positive mothers and breast milk. And it's not what you think. By Andrew Mullins When one thinks about infant mortality due to malnutrition, chances are good that archetypal media image of famine spring to mind: the pictures of children…
Interview with the Right Honourable Joe Clark By James Martin Joe Clark's deep relationship with the people of Africa began when, as Prime Minister of Canada, he visited Cameroon while en route to the 1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Zambia. In 1984, as Canada's Secretary of State for…
By Andrea Evans “Morochos! Morochos! Morochos?” Yes, yes, I nod, I am going to the Morochos. He must be no more than 14, this boy recruiting passengers for a bus. Unlike the Greyhound in Canada, the buses in Ecuador are full-service, with freshly made treats delivered to your seat priced…
By Jim Hynes Cue the piper, cue the ceremonial procession, and cue the sunshine. The grey skies that threatened the first (and only open-air) ceremony of Spring Convocation cleared up just in time, bathing the officers of Convocation, the friends and family of the graduating students, and the new Macdonald…