Law professor and chair of the Towards a New McGill task force Rod Macdonald released the group's report this week. The task force had the mandate to significantly advance discussions on the future of McGill by evaluating "the academic and financial feasibility of a range of models" and suggesting how one or more of these models might actually come into being. [Full text of report]
McGill teaching assistants voted to give a strike mandate to their union, the Association of Graduate Students Employed by McGill (AGSEM). Talks between the University and AGSEM are ongoing.
Philippe Simon developed a prototype for a device to control the flow of air into canisters designed to analyze air quality. Four of his prototypes were launched on Soyuz to be used in the Russian space station Mir.
Political science professor Blema Steinberg used psychoanalytic theory to understand the behaviour of political leaders. Her forthcoming book Shame and Humiliation applies her research to U.S. presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixons responses to pivotal events in the Vietnam War.
With the departure of the Winnipeg Jets and the Quebec Nordiques, and with Patrick Roy in the Colorado Avalanche's nets, is hockey going to remain Canada's national sport?
