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Differential tuition on trial
ERIC SMITH
Students are suing McGill and the province's education minister and attorney general over the imposition of higher fees for students from out of province. The University opposes the concept of differential tuition, but at hearings last week defended its legality. |
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New VP named
DIANA GRIER AYTON
Music professor Bruce Pennycook has been selected to become McGill's first-ever Vice-Principal of Information Systems and Technology. Trained originally as a classical and jazz saxophone player, he was using a forerunner to the Internet in his music studies as far back as the early '70s. |
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Commissioners were "incredibly naive" admits Desbarats
SYLAIN COMEAU
A former member of the Somalia inquiry, journalist and author Peter Desbarats says the public and the press allowed the government to get away with the "outrageous" act of shutting down the commission. In a lecture at McGill, he says all parties either ignored or lost sight of the moral issues surrounding the government's action. |
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Laval, McGill form national test centre
DIANA GRIER AYTON
Anyone who wants to attend a French university or find work in a French-speaking country must prove competency in the language. Working together, McGill and Laval have become Canada's test centre for the required diplomas. |
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McGill hosts Christian leader
DIANA GRIER AYTON
On his first visit to Quebec, the co-leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, gave a lecture at the University on the interaction between culture and religion. With his church based in Lebanon, Aram I is a key figure in Middle East peace and diplomacy initiatives. |
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