Jacob Levy on ‘The Sovereign Myth’

Published: 26 July 2017

What explains the populist moment in politics? A common explanation is that “people are frustrated that they’ve lost democratic control of their lives and their economies.” This would seem to...

McGill students, including West Islander, win architecture competition

Published: 25 July 2017

A team of architecture students from McGill University, including a West Islander, have won a Canada-wide competition to design and build a pavilion for a new community garden to be constructed at...

What a New York Times columnist learned from interviewing CEOs

Published: 25 July 2017

This interview has been condensed and edited from The CEO Series on CJAD, hosted by McGill University Associate Professor Karl Moore and produced by Sara Avramovic. The full interview will be heard...

Canada letter: Summer advice from librarians, American friends

Published: 24 July 2017

For summer, in what is perhaps not a widely shared taste, I prefer thick biographies. This weekend I’ll be cracking open the 863 pages of “Marconi: The Man Who Networked The World,” a detailed look...

You (probably) don’t need to worry about the chemicals in your macaroni and cheese

Published: 19 July 2017

“Those worried about the ridiculously low levels of ‘chemicals’ in this product should spend their energy encouraging people to eat more fruits and veggies.” Joe Schwarcz, a chemist at McGill...

John Dobson Foundation makes its largest donation to McGill to support X-1 entrepreneurs

Published: 19 July 2017

The John Dobson Foundation has announced a donation of $2 million dollars – its largest gift to McGill yet – to fund the McGill X-1 Accelerator program run by the McGill Dobson Centre for...

McGill entrepreneurship program gets $2-million donation

Published: 18 July 2017

A McGill University program aimed at helpings students get businesses off the ground has received a $2-million donation from the foundation that helped launch the university’s first...

Charting literary greatness with Jane Austen

Published: 17 July 2017

TxtLAB, at McGill University, had mapped her novels along with those of other female 19th-century novelists “on a sliding scale of sociability vs. interiority.” Read more: New York Times

McGill grad Julie Payette to be named Canada's next Governor General

Published: 13 July 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appoint former astronaut Julie Payette as Canada’s next governor-general, picking the prominent Quebecker for the high-profile position rather than a number of...

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