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Montreal philanthropist Pam Dunn dies at 83
Alan Hustak, The Gazette
Published: Wednesday, June 25
MONTREAL - Pam Dunn was the dynamic grand-daughter of Sir Herbert Holt, one Montreal’s richest industrialists. Affectionately known to her family as “Panic” Dunn, she spent much of her substantial inheritance on philanthropy.
She was a longtime supporter of the Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation, […]

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Agriculture & Food
June 03, 2008
ChinaDialogue.net
Different countries have divergent approaches to international trade, and these are changing the way food is bought and sold. As world leaders meet in Rome this week to discuss soaring prices, C Paskal considers China’s approach.
There is global concern over the security implications of […]

This week we welcome two special guests with very different areas of expertise.
Louise Des Trois Maisons will introduce Jean-Claude Marsan, architect, professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Planning of Université de Montréal, writer, city planner, researcher and candidate for Mayor of Outremont in 2007 …, who has […]

 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, ECONOMICS, TRADE AND APPROACHES TO GOVERNMENT

Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour. J.D.
Canadian International Council/Conseil International du Canada, Victoria Branch
Changing Dynamics in Canada – U.S. Relations
Dunsmuir Lodge, Victoria May 12-13, 2008

Published in The MetropolitaIn as International security, trade and governance Vol.I No 3 31 May
According to a legend, in creating […]

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The Métropolitain: A Healthy (Bilingual) Corrective to Self-Censoring Quebec Media on Sensitive Issues
(The National Post Full Comment) As we all are being told, newspapers - the kind that leave your fingers a bit inky, that is - are in decline. Readers and advertisers are […]

A lecturer at McGill in International Development, Desirée McGraw frequently advises students to “take something you love and combine it with what you’re good at.”
More on Désirée McGraw
May 15, 2008
Citizen engagement
By Neale McDevitt, McGill Reporter
At 38 years of age, Désirée McGraw has a CV of someone twice her age. As a high school activist, the […]

Great debates for 2,500 years in Athens
May 03, 2008
Cleo Paskal Special to the Star
Athens–There are some cities that transcend national boundaries.
New York, London, Shanghai, Cape Town, Mumbai, Istanbul, Tokyo and Mexico City, just to name a few, are culturally and economically so dynamic and powerful that in many ways they are essentially modern city-states.
Usually […]

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April 30 marks the hundred-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics - has everyone seen the news that China plans to clear out students and refugees from Beijing before the Games? Nothing being left to […]

BRAVO to Hans and Janet Black, who co-chaired the very successful McGill Chamber Orchestra’s gala evening at Théâtre Maisonneuve on April 15. The performance by 13-year old pianist Jan Lisiecki under the affectionate direction of Boris Brott was brilliant and the entire evening was a triumph. The Orchestra is indeed fortunate to have Hans […]