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Special Centenary Events: 2006 - 2007
FOOD FOR THOUGHT PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
September 19 - December 7, 2006
The Food for Thought Lecture Series kicked off its 5th year on September 19 with the theme “100 years of ...”, in honour of Macdonald’s Centenary.
CENTENARY SYMPOSIUM
November 3, 2006
As Macdonald looks to its past with Centenary Celebrations, a special Symposium entitled A Biorevolution in the Next 100 Years looks into the future.
The webcasts of the Symposium are available. Click on the title of each talk to watch the recording.
Program:
Introduction by Dean Chandra Madramootoo
Impact of Genome Science on Plant and Animal Agriculture
WES WARREN
Genome Sequencing Centre, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA
Researching and advancing functional foods and nutraceuticals: A multidisciplinary approach
RICKEY YADA
Department of Food Science, University of Guelph
Scientific Director AFMNet (Advanced Foods & Materials Network)
Emerging parasitic zoonoses: national and international perspectives
PETER SCHANTZ
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Global Water Issues and Challenges: a United Nations Perspective
GORDON YOUNG
Former Coordinator, United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO
Beyond “An Inconvenient Truth”: How we can control rising CO2 and global warming?
BERT DRAKE
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland USA
Biofueling the Future
ARTHUR RAGAUSKAS
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia USA
HOMECOMING 2006: GREEN AND GOLD REVIEW
You can watch a video of the Green and Gold Review. Click here
REMEMBRANCE DAY WAR MEMORIAL INSTALLATION CEREMONY
November 9, 2006
On November 11, 1931, students at Macdonald College dedicated 44 oak trees – on what is now the John Abbott College athletic field – to the memory of those who served and died in World War I.Seventy-five years later, many of the oak trees still stand. The Macdonald Campus of McGill University and John Abbott College added to them a new, permanent commemorative monument unveiled November 9.
Of the 357 Macdonald students and staff who fought in WWI, 34 lost their lives. The oak trees and the permanent monument are a tribute to them and to all who served in defense of our country, said Lou Chapman, a member of the commemoration organizing committee who has done his part to keep alive the memory of Macdonald’s fallen soldiers.
On hand to help unveil the new monument were veterans from the Sainte-Anne’s Hospital, and more than 1500 students, faculty and staff from John Abbott College, the Macdonald Campus of McGill University, and Macdonald High School, which was a part of Macdonald College until 1947, as well as local dignitaries.
A CELEBRATION OF RESIDENCES
November 16, 2006
On November 16, Macdonald celebrated 100 YEARS OF RESIDENCES AT MACDONALD CAMPUS. More than 400 previous residence directors, students, staff, alumni and friends joined together for a great evening.
A bedroom was set up in Laird Hall Lobby with furniture from the Stewart and Brittain Hall residences.
DIP/FMT REUNION
November 25, 2006
An all-year DIP/FMT Reunion and Banquet was held with more than 200 alumni participating.
SAINTE-ANNE'S CHRISTMAS PARADE
November 25, 2006
The Macdonald Community participated in the Ste-Anne's Christmas parade. Sir William Macdonald's sleigh was all decked out on a float and accompanied by students and staff as well as returning DIP/FMt alumni.
MACDONALD CAMPUS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
December 2006
Our Centenary Festival of Lights is now in full array. Stroll through the Campus as it lights up in winter splendor, celebrating Macdonald’s green and gold and McGill’s red and white.
A CELEBRATION OF SPORT
January 26-February 1, 2007
McGILL MARTLETS HOCKEY GAME
January 26, 2006
The McGill Martlets donned the Macdonald jersey and played an exhibition game against the St. Mary's Huskies. More than 600 spectators cheered on as the Martlets defeatted the Huskies 6-3.47th ANNUAL WOODSMEN COMPETITION
January 27, 2007
More than 200 competitors from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Maine, and New York, competed in 14 events including Sawing, chopping, pole climbing, log-rolling, snowshoeing, axe throwing, and water boiling. The men's team upheld their 1st place standing; the women's team placed 3rd.
CLANSMEN CHALLENGE
Students and staff participated in the Clansmen Challenge - 12 athletics challanges over a 3-day period.
57Th ANNUAL MACDONALD INTERCOLLEGIATE JUDGING COMPETITION
February 3 2007
Over 100 students and alumni from Universities, ITAs, and 4-H groups competed in the Macdonald Judging Competition. The competitors judged a variety of live animals and crops in an all-day event. The day ended with an Evening Banquet where awards were announced.
CENTENARY FOUNDER'S DAY CELEBRATIONS
A celebration of our history, our strengths and our promise for the future
Each year, Macdonald staff, students, alumni and friends celebrate the birth of our Founder, Sir William Christopher Macdonald. This year’s celebration was a day-long event, commencing in the morning with the traditional Founder’s Day Lecture, Awarding of Gold Keys for student excellence and the first Macdonald Centenary Award of Excellence for Administrative and Support Staff.
This was followed by an afternoon of activities as a lead-in to an evening Gala which was held in the Centennial Centre.
FOUNDER'S DAY LECTURE
This event is available on webcast.
Gold Key Award recipients: Hamilton Bennett, Maryse Bourgault, Lise Cobitz, Marie-Anne Hardy, Andrée-Michelle D'Aoust-Messier and Nick Patoka.
Peter Knox, Property Maintenace Supervisor for Facilities Management at Macdonald, was the first recipient of the Macdonald Campus Award of Excellence for Administrative and Support Staff, given in recognition of his outstanding performance and contributions to the Macdonald Campus and community as demonstrated both in the execution of duties and in the effort and commitment towards service. Peter Knox has been part of Macdonald since 1968, first as a student then as a staff member. He has always gives more than 100% to his job, and is truly at the heart of the Macdonald community.
A CELEBRATION OF THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Spring, 2007
Green and Gold are the official Macdonald Campus colours. In the fall of 2006, as part of Macdonald Centenary celebrations, students in the “Landscape Design” course (FMTP 097) planted shrubs and bulbs to show off the “green-and-gold”. On October 20, the students planted hundreds of flower bulbs: daffodils, crocus and tulips. In the spring, these yellow-flowered beauties will embellish the front of Laird Hall - the student residence – and the walkway east of the Centennial Centre, the student society building. Then on November 10, the same class planted trees and shrubs in three clusters in a location north-east of the Macdonald library. They planted cedars, mock-orange, dogwood and other flowering shrubs, both native and exotic. All of these trees and shrubs have either green or golden foliage or yellow flowers in the spring or fall.
CONVOCATION
May 25, 2007
HOMECOMING 2007
October 20, 2007