Blog

Don’t let the cold bite! From Oct. 1 to 12, check out the Bookstore’s Winter Kick-Off Sale. They’re melting down prices on some amazing winter gear. Save 25 per cent to 75 per cent off select McGill winter jackets, toques, gloves and more. Come while supplies last. For more information about this sale visit the Bookstore’s Facebook page. You can also contact Andrea Choules at 514-398-7410 or by andrea [dot] choules [at] mcgill [dot] ca (email).

Are you travelling for McGill within the Province of Quebec?

Do not miss out on the reduced rates available by booking your hotel through the Quebec Government Hotel Program (for University related travel only).

Food and nutrition historian Dr. Ian Mosby discusses the historical legacies of a series of scientific experiments conducted in a number of Aboriginal communities and residential schools during the 1940s and 1950s.

Friday, Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m; Montreal Neurological Institute – de Grandpré Communications Centre (3801 University). To register for this session, use the online registration form.

There are members of the MUHC and McGill University research communities who are interested in conducting health research with Aboriginal communities, but who are unfamiliar/unacquainted with its critical ethical issues. This interactive event will be a starting point for a discussion on enhancing the protection and well-being of Aboriginal people in health research. The half-day symposium is planned for Friday, Oct. 4, and starts at 8:30 a.m.

McGill will host the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP) on Oct. 3. World leader in pain genetics, Dr. Luda Diatchenko, who recently joined McGill as Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Human Pain Genetics (see full story in the McGill Reporter), will deliver the keynote address.

By McGill Reporter Staff

As promised, McGill’s new Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Suzanne Fortier, has had her contract made public this morning in a website posting. A French-language version may be found here.

By McGill Reporter Staff

McGill will co-host a live televised debate among candidates for Mayor of Montreal on Wednesday, Oct. 9, the University has announced.

The debate, which is being organized in co-operation with Radio-Canada, will be held in Redpath Hall and will be broadcast live on both Radio-Canada and its all-news network, Réseau de l’information (RDI), from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., while the final half-hour, from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., will be aired on RDI alone.

Would you like to improve the quality of your Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)? Would you like to learn how to use MCQs to assess higher order thinking skills such as application and analysis? If so, join a group of fellow instructors for a two hour workshop about the principles of well-designed multiple-choice questions. During this workshop you will have the opportunity to apply these principles to your own course.

Bronfman Building, Room: 179, 1001 Sherbrooke West, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Intended for all members of the McGill University Pension Plan, but of most interest to those members approaching retirement. The following topics will be covered: understanding the importance of planning for your retirement; understanding the retirement options and decisions you will need to make; and determining if you will have sufficient money at retirement.

Tuesday, Oct. 1; 11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m., 688 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1435

McGill IT Services introduced the Drupal-based Web Management System (WMS) about two-and-a-half years ago, giving the University a cleaner, more modern and better structured system to support its 650+ websites. Over the next few months IT Services will be upgrading the software that runs McGill’s websites to Drupal version 7 so people can benefit from advances made by the Drupal open source community.

For additional details see the announcement on the IT Services website.