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Martin Kreiswirth, Associate Provost (Graduate Education) and Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, sent a message to the GPS community Wednesday, delivering the sad news that Charlotte Légaré, Director of Graduate Studies for 20 years at McGill, had lost her battle with cancer. Here is his message:

McGill’s three home pages are a year old, and we want to know how well they’re meeting your needs – and how they might do better. Whether you visit them every day or hardly at all, your input is needed. Take the survey here.

Join BiofuelNet Canada for a free lecture (and live webinar) by Roland Clift, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Technology at the University of Surrey (UK), Executive Director of the International Society for Industrial Ecology, and member of the Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES), on Wednesday, May 8 (10-11 a.m.) at the Macdonald Campus (room R2-045). Prof.

Are you guided by curiosity? Interested in learning about Canadian Indigenous Art? Fascinated by the architecture in Montreal? These topics, in addition to a variety of others, are some the people at the School of Continuing Studies Personal and Cultural Enrichment program (PACE) hope to share with you.

A lively lip-dub video featuring some of McGill’s leading cancer researchers has captured a prestigious journalism prize sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Foundation for Biomedical Research.

Procurement Serviceshas just added WestJet to the list of contracted airlines for University-related travel. Effective immediately, McGill travellers can benefit from contracted discounts – offered at the time of purchase – for travel on WestJet Airlines within Canada and to the USA. For the time being, access to these discounts will be channeled through two McGill preferred travel agencies and are not available online. Click here for more information.

As Budget 2014 will be tabled at the Board of Governors’ meeting on Friday, VP (Administration and Finance) Michael Di Grappa reflects on some of McGill’s growing financial challenges. Where do we stand and what challenges ahead we must overcome?

Award-winning and best-selling author Will Schwalbe will deliver the Council on Palliative Care’s annual Sandra Goldberg Lecture on Tuesday, May 7 as part of the Lessons in Living From the Dying series. Mr. Schwalbe is the highly acclaimed author of The End of Your Life Book Club, an account of conversations between the author and his mother about their favourite books when the latter discovers that she is terminally ill upon her return from a trip to Afghanistan. The free lecture will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Leacock 132.

Don’t miss the third public forum in the spring series of the Goodman Cancer Research Centre. Bone Cancer: Having a Bone to Pick with Cancer will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building (1200 Pine Ave. W.), Martin Amphitheatre, 6th floor. The panel of experts will focus on clinical and research advancements in understanding the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic bone cancer. Admission is free but register soon as seating is limited. All sessions will be delivered in English. Question and Answer period will be bilingual.

With Phase II nearing completion, the City of Montreal is preparing to start work on the third and final phase of the Montreal aqueduct repairs project in the areas surrounding the McTavish Reservoir. Phase III is scheduled to run between April 29 and August 27. Preparatory work for this phase will begin the weekend of April 27-28 with the surface installation of a temporary water distribution system.