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Shapiro, Martin face off
DANIEL McCABE
McGill principal Bernard Shapiro told federal finance minister Paul Martin that government support for universities in Canada was inadequate and that one result is an academic brain drain. |
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Three Networks lose funding
DANIEL McCABE
Three McGill-based research networks have just been cut from the Centres of Networks of Excellence program, and one scientist calls the competitive approach to funding "wrongheaded." |
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Big payoffs possible from new foundation
DANIEL McCABE
McGill stands to attract as much as $100 million from the recently-announced Canada Foundation for Innovation. But any grants would come with strings attached. |
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From McGill to Mexico: Grow Home heads south
SYLVAIN COMEAU
The School of Architecture's Affordable Homes Program may have spawned another international success. The latest version of the Grow Home takes Quebec building products into the huge Mexican housing market. |
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Getting high on gambling
SYLVAIN COMEAU
Attracted by the risks associated with gambling, young people  some not yet in their teens are becoming hooked on the habit. Why are there so many young gamblers? |
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Convocation honorees
DIANA GRIER AYTON
This fall, four distinguished individuals will be give honorary degrees at ceremonies on October 30. Governor General Romeo Leblanc will be the speaker. |
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OPINION:
Immigration and the political dilemma
JAMES ARCHIBALD
Quebec has just announced an ambitious immigration policy. The director of the Department of Language and Translation in the Centre for Continuing Education tells why the PQ's vision may be impossible to achieve. |
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Bookstore again dominates senate discussion
KARL JAROSIEWICZ
The Bookstore Committee attempts to defend its stand against outsourcing; the 1996-97 Financial Report to the Board has some good news; sexual harassment regulations finally pass. |
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At Issue
What is the value of the Maclean's ranking of universities? |
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