Students face long delays between downtown and Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue
Students who commute between McGill's downtown campus and its Macdonald campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue have found themselves left in the dust at the 690 Sherbrooke Street W shuttle stop. Demand for inter-campus transportation has outstripped the capacity of the current shuttle bus program, leading to overcrowding and long delays.
Three-day symposium brings together experts from around the world
McGill's Global Food Security Conference began last Wednesday in the Mount-Royal Centre ballroom with a public lecture that included a speech by Dr. Kanayo Nwanze, the vice-president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. According to the mission statement on the website, the conference aims to "bring together leading international experts in agriculture, food and nutrition policy, and development to discuss a framework for long-term solutions to declining food stocks and rising prices.
Leaders attend concert at Club Soda in unconventional campaign stop
Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe and New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton let the artists take centre stage last Tuesday when they appeared at Club Soda. The concert-Artists Against the Cuts-was held to protest the Conservative government's recent $45 million cut to Canadian arts programs.
Following renovations this summer, a Tyneside pub has had bid farewell to one of its favourite customers. Peggy, a 12-year-old mare, has enjoyed a daily pint and pickled onion crisps for many years. The pub upgrade, which included new carpets, forced the horse outside.
McGill Tories promote QPIRG, Radio CKUT opt-outs Conservative McGill sent a clear message to the approximately 350 people on their ListServ mailing list last week: opt-out of fees paid to CKUT radio and the Quebec Public Interest Research Group. Specifically, Conservative McGill's mass email took issue with QPIRG's campaigns against free trade, their opposition to the gentrification of various Montreal neighbourhoods, and their funding of "controversial causes" such as the School Schmool campaign.
MP candidates hail from McGill, Concordia
These days, Montreal students are not just voting-students from the University of Montreal, Concordia, and McGill are running in the upcoming federal election. Tyrell Alexander, a 29-year-old McGill graduate student is the Green Party candidate in the Montreal constituency of Mont-Royal.
Former prime minister emphasizes need to put a face on the crisis
For a man who left the Prime Minister's Office nearly three decades ago, Joe Clark is astonishingly active in both Canadian and international politics. A member of the McGill faculty since 2006, as well as a member of the Global Leadership Foundation, Clark co-chaired last week's McGill Conference on Global Food Security with McGill Chancellor Richard Pound.
Madramootoo cites "decline in investment" as a factor in crisis
Key experts and representatives from around the world gathered in McGill's New Residence ballroom last Thursday and Friday for the McGill Conference on Global Food Security. Academics, representatives from the food industry, governments, and non-governmental organizations came to Montreal to develop potential solutions to a food crisis now considered to be of "emergency proportions" by the United Nations.
Carl Wieman discusses science education
If you've had a class in Leacock 132 recently there is a good chance you have used McGill's nascent student response system of interactive clickers. Introduced last year, the system encourages students to interact with the professor by answering questions placed on the overhead using handheld devices.
Gold criticizes old model
McGill law Professor Richard Gold called for less aggressive patenting and a more collaborative effort in the biotechnology and health care industries in a conference held last week in London, England. Gold and his research group warned that a patenting surfeit, during early stages of research, would suppress innovation and limit biotechnology's potential to address the world's hunger problems.
Student president Gooch says that strike "isn't a vacation for us"
Classes were cancelled last week at the University of Windsor due to a faculty strike that started on September 17. Negotiations to establish a new collective bargaining agreement between the university's administration and the Windsor University Faculty Association were deadlocked on Wednesday after a final offer from the administration.
Mayor Gerald Tremblay presents BIXI project during Car Free Day
Following the example set by European cities such as Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen, the city of Montreal is launching BIXI, a public bicycle rental program. The concept is quite simple: you rent a bicycle, ride to your destination and then leave it at another station.