Drs. Judes Poirier and Philippe Gros were among the Quebecers selected by l'Actualité as personalities of the year for 1995. Poirier, associate director of the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, is one of the world's most cited authorities on genetic links to Alzheimer's disease. Gros, a biochemistry professor, has been instrumental in the cloning of genes which determine resistance to anticancer drugs and susceptibility to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
Terry Bangen, coach of the McGill Redmen hockey team, served as assistant coach on the Canadian junior team which won the world junior hockey championship earlier this month in Boston.
Professor Annemarie Adams, of the School of Architecture, has received the Hilda Neatby Prize of the Canadian Historical Association for the best article published in French in 1994. The article, "Les représentations des femmes dans la revue de l'Institut royal d'architecture du Canada de 1924 à 1973," was published in Recherches féministes and relates to research on women in architecture being carried out at the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women.
Professor Avi Friedman, of the School of Architecture, and a team of McGill researchers and students earned the PA/AIA/ACSA Research Award for their project "Greening the Grow Home." Awarded by the AIA/ACSA Council on Architectural Research and Progressive Architecture magazine, the honour recognizes the Green Grow Home as a remarkable example of affordable home planning with high standards for energy efficiency, indoor air quality and attention to recycling and composting alternatives.
Professor Louise Dechêne, of the Department of History, earned le Prix Lionel-Groulx from l'Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française. The award recognizes outstanding scholarship about the lives of francophones in North America. Dechêne's recent book, Le partage des subsistances au Canada sous le Régime français, was described as an excellent examination of Canadian history before 1760, particularly in terms of the light it sheds on the relationship between France and the residents of New France.
The Montreal Children's Hospital has earned the Persiller-Lachapelle Prize from Quebec's Ministry of Health Care and Social Services. The award recognizes achievements in developing new alternatives to hospitalization, while pursuing high standards in patient care. The MCH has created more than 44 programs designed to reduce hospital stays and admissions, including one-day surgery, the clinical investigation centre, day treatment centres and a 24-hour hot-line.
The McGill News, published by the Alumni Association for McGill graduates, earned a bronze medal from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education in its "best magazine" category. The award honoured the efforts of associate editor Howard Bokser and Victor Swoboda, now communications director for the Montreal Neurological Institute. Swoboda was the magazine's acting editor for a year.
The CCAE also honored Elizabeth Moreau and Cristina Coraggio from the McGill Twenty-First Century Fund campaign office. The Cupola, a newsletter which features updates on the campaign, earned a bronze medal in the "best newsletter" category. Moreau was the editor of the publication and Coraggio the associate editor.