Wednesday-Night

We welcome two new faces this week, guest experts, who bring knowledge of at least three extremely pertinent topics to the table.
Danny van Gelder will introduce his cousin, Mark Kruger, an economist by training, who serves as Minister Counselor/Head of Section (Economics and Finance) of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing and key link between the […]

February 15, 2008
New Executive Director heads Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and Scholars Program
McGill lecturer Désirée Marielle McGraw, who has worked with Nobel Laureate Al Gore to bring his climate-change message to Canadians, has been named Executive Director of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and Scholars Program.
The appointment was announced by Harold (Sonny) Gordon, Chairman, and Jean-François Sauvé, […]

We are very pleased to have Marc Garneau, the Liberal candidate for Westmount-Ville-Marie, with us this coming Wednesday. While it is highly improbable that he is unknown to you, we would remind you that Dr. Garneau holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, and that in addition […]

7 December
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Famous, Should be famous and Infamous Canadians
Marc Garneau graduated from the Royal Military College in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics. Three years later, he received his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England. In 1974, Garneau […]

A wonderful example for Canadian students to follow as a lead-up to the 2010 Olympics. How about Green Voyageurs?
The Green Long March will actively involve over 10,000 students nationwide. Tens of thousands more students will support its infrastructure. It will reach approximately 20 provinces and 500 cities and towns. It will provide awareness […]

Guy Stanley was recently named to the post of Director, Technology and Innovation, at the Conference Board of Canada. He also teaches the NAFTA course and Global Competitiveness at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He is the author or co-author of five business books, three major federal government reports, and many articles in […]

November 23, 2007
Facing mounting pressure from students and faculty, Bishop’s University principal Robert Poupart stepped down yesterday, a year and a half before the end of his term.
Bishop’s has been struggling with falling enrolment and a deficit that could reach $10 million this year. The reasons for Poupart’s departure were not given, but he had […]

OLP’s Raine Maida wants you to save the world
Heather Adler, Dose
November 09, 2007
Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida took a long look in the mirror recently and saw a man who was fed up with the world’s consumer-bred apathy, political corruption, forgotten victims and inability to find passion in the face of celebrity-obsessed culture and […]

Give One Get One
The OLPC project, which we have been following for some time, is dear to our hearts and has been discussed at several Wednesday Nights. While the dream of the hundred-dollar-laptop has yet to be realized, we are happy to publish the news of this program which came to us from […]

We applaud the ideas in this column and hope that our own Wednesday Night School Commissioner and her colleagues will read and think about the recommended approach for all kids - can we call it “benign streaming”? Westmount High, thanks to a dedicated principal, teachers and parents, looks to us like […]