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By James Martin

By McGill Reporter Staff

While McGill remains on track to meeting its $43.5 million cost-reduction target by April 30, 2014, Provost Anthony C. Masi reported to Senate that the cost-saving reduction to McGill’s workforce means the University will need to innovate and do things differently. In an update on McGill’s financial situation at this fall’s first Senate meeting on September 18, Masi also indicated that efforts to stay on track must continue because McGill’s financial situation remains precarious.

By month’s end most coffee, chocolate sold on campus will be Fair Trade

By Victoria Leenders-Cheng

Aficionados of coffee, chocolate, or both – and really, that should include just about everyone—listen up. You can now get your caffeine or chocolate fix on campus while also soothing your conscience.

By Victoria Leenders-Cheng

Following the Summit on Higher Education this past February, the Quebec government established five Chantiers de travail, working groups chaired by high-profile Quebecers, to address the future of higher education in the province. The Government of Quebec is looking at revising the legislation that governs universities, as well as the structures that evaluate the quality of programs and education in Quebec universities.

Event showcases produce grown on Macdonald campus farm

By Victoria Leenders-Cheng

Nothing says community involvement like garlic, basil and fresh tomatoes. On Tuesday afternoon, McGill’s Student Housing and Hospitality Services organized a five-course tomato-themed meal that, true to its name, was an outright tomato fiesta. There was salsa, there was gazpacho, Greek salad, pizza with fresh tomato sauce, and there was even a 500-pound tomato cake.

Zero emission vehicle perfect for sensitive air-quality research 

By Neale McDevitt

This past June, while many Canadians were beating the summer heat with a quick dip in a pool, a lake or the ocean, Ali Najmabadi was zipping up his parka to ward off the -20C temperatures waiting outside the Summit Station on the Greenland ice sheet. “And that’s their summer,” said Najmabadi with a chuckle.

Ah, balmy Greenland.

By McGill Reporter Staff

Following the resignation from McGill of Professor Hélène Perrault to take up duties as Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, the University has appointed Dr. Dilson Rassier as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Education.

Budget-cut target set to be reached

By McGill Reporter Staff

McGill is set to reach its cost-cutting target of a $43.5-million reduction in the operating budget without having to resort to large-scale job cuts, Provost and Acting Principal Anthony C. Masi and Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance) Michael Di Grappa said in a message to the community on Tuesday.

Law professor Daniel Weinstock has been appointed to the position of Director of the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy, an interdisciplinary institute housed within the Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Weinstock, whose appointment takes effect August 1, replaces Professor David Wright who has served in this role on an interim basis since January 2013.

By McGill Reporter Staff

During last week’s Quebec economic and trade mission to Mexico, led by Premier Pauline Marois and which included nearly 60 delegates from Quebec businesses and other organizations as well as a dozen representatives from the province’s research and higher education community, McGill signed collaboration agreements with two Mexican universities.