- Sustainability
270 000 tonnes de plastique dans les océans
Le Devoir | le 10 décembre 2014
par: Alexandre Shields
La pollution provoquée par le plastique a pris de telles proportions au cours des dernières décennies que près de 270 000 tonnes de ce matériau flotteraient à la surface des océans, selon une étude internationale publiée mercredi.
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The climate is changing, and so are Arctic berries
Nunatsiaq Online | Dec. 10, 2014
By: Sarah Rogers
McGill University Researcher Anna Bruce explores how Iqaluit women are adapting to "bad" berry seasons
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Bhatt wins national prize for urban living ideas
McGill Reporter| Nov. 28, 2014
by: McGill Reporter Staff
Architecture professor Vikram Bhatt has won the 2014 Margolese National Design for Living Prize, the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture announced this week.
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McGill Prof. Chris Ragan chairs high-profile group on economic and environmental fiscal reform
Montreal Gazette | Jan 25, 2015
BY: Rene Bruemmer
The Canadian committee of economists headed by McGill University economics professor Chris Ragan, are looking at ways Canada can follow the lead of other countries and start taxing pollution instead of jobs and profits, without hurting taxpayers or Canadian firms’ ability to compete internationally.
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The McGill Space Race
The McGill Tribune | Nov. 26, 2014
By: Remi Lu
Alan Chen didn’t know it at the time, but one afternoon three years ago in Lev Bukhman marked the start of a multi-year project that would reduce the gap between students and administration, and re-envision the entirety of McGill’s downtown campus.
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Opinion: What it means to be an 'Aboriginal student' today
Nov. 18, 2014 | The Gazette
by: Stephanie Willsey
First of all, I should introduce myself: I am a First Nations Canadian, of the Chippewa, or Ojibwe, community of Rama, Ont. I was raised off the reserve, but only a short drive away, and I am there often.
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McGill to study shared-space model for cycling
McGill Reporter | October 14, 2014
by: McGill Reporter Staff
McGill will conduct research on the concept of adopting a shared-space model that could pave the way to allow cycling on the downtown campus under certain conditions, after the senior administration accepted the recommendations put forward by a Working Group tasked with addressing the question of cycling on campus.
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McGill renews its approach to sustainability with Vision 2020
The McGill Tribune | Oct. 21, 2014By: Victor Tang
...Imagining a sustainable future for Canada
LaNouvelle.net | October 17, 2014
by: Jean-Olivier Goyette
This initiative for sustainable development is in collaboration with researchers and citizens who wish to express an idealistic vision for a sustainable future in Canada.
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University students help youngsters learn to enjoy homework
Montreal Families.ca | October 2014
by: Kamila Hinkson
The SEDE Homework Zone program sees McGill students helping to instill good study habits and a love for learning in younger pupils.
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550 volunteers pitch in for Community Engagement Day
McGill Reporter | Oct. 9, 2014
by: Neale McDevitt
On Oct. 2, Marie-Gil Fabris, a 2nd-year Management student, played hooky from school, but instead of sleeping in, going to a movie or just hanging out with friends, Fabris rolled up her sleeves in the kitchen of the Benedict Labre House, a resource centre for homeless people.
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Community Engagement Day looks to foster lasting relationships
The McGill Daily | Oct.6, 2014
by: Jill Bachelder
From September 29 to October 9, workshops and volunteering opportunities were hosted by forty different organizations based throughout the Montreal community, with the majority of events happening on October 2.
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McGill Spaces Project: Kicking out the cars
PARK(ing) Day turns Montreal parking lots into creative spaces
The McGill Daily | Sept 29, 2014
by: Siobbhan O'Connell
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World-renowned green chemist joining McGill
McGill Newsroom | September 29, 2014
Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world’s most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at McGill University. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.
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UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2
Radio Canada International | Oct. 9, 2014
By: Marc Montgomery
A new report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in South Korea says that ocean acidification has risen alarmingly from absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere.
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