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The Birthplace of Hockey Adam Gopnik Traces the Montreal Roots of Our Greatest Winter Sport McG NeALUMw NI MAGAsZINE Moments that changed McGill McGill Daily turns 100 Anne-France Goldwater : arbitre vedette The birthplace of hockey Adam Gopnik traces the Montreal roots of our greatest winter sport FALL/WINTER 20 11 publications.mcgill.ca/mcgillnews “My“My groupgroup ratesrates savedsaved meme a lotlot ofof money.”moneyy..” – Miika Klemetti, McGill graduate Satisfied client since 2008 Insurance program recommended by the SeeSee howhow goodgood youryour quotequote cancan be.be. At TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, we know how important it is to save wherever you can. As a member of the McGill Alumni Association, you can enjoy preferred group rates and other exclusive privileges, thanks to ourour partnership with your association. You’ll also benefit fromom great coverage and outstanding service. 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As the head chef of the revamped 38 Making History version of one of Montreal’s most beloved family restaurants, Guillermo Russo, BA’05, has the notoriously demanding 40 Alumni Activities Gordon Ramsey looking over his shoulder. 44 Alumni Profile BY WENDY HELFENBAUM 45 Alumnotes 56 In Memoriam 16The oldest rabble-rouser on campus 60 Online Offerings Over the course of 100 years, the McGill Daily has launched the careers of many of Canada’s finest journalists. The combative student newspaper might have irritated more than a few McGill administrators along the way, but it’s always been a force to be reckoned with. BY ALLYSON ROWLEY, BA’77 22How Montreal perfected hockey 2011 Massey Lecturer Adam Gopnik probes the origins of Canada’s favourite winter sport and uncovers a unique bit of alchemy involving McGill, French Quebecers and Irish Montrealers that could only have occurred in one city. BY ADAM GOPNIK, BA’80 27Moments that changed McGill The University is celebrating its 190th anniversary this year. Discover some of the turning points that transformed McGill over the course of 19 decades. BY DANIEL M CCABE, BA’89 32Judge Judy n’a qu’à bien se tenir Bien qu’elle ait fréquemment attiré l’attention par son langage coloré ou ses emportements, Anne-France Goldwater (B.C.L. 1980), nouvelle vedette du petit écran, n’en demeure pas moins une avocate redoutable dont les succès ont transformé le droit familial au Québec. PAR DAVID SAVOIE 36Not such a violent world after all As bullets fly in too many parts of the world, and as blood-soaked video games sell in the millions, it’s easy to think we live in the most violent of times, but psychologist Steven Pinker, BA’76, DSc’99, says things are actually getting bette r—and they used to be much, much worse. BY DIANA GRIER AYTON M C GILL NEW S ⅐ FALL/WINTER 2011 1 A Newly Published Treasure of 17th Century Canadian History Part art, part science, part anthropology, this ambitious project presents an early Canadian perspective on natural history that is as much artistic and fantastical as it is encyclopedic. “A treasure trove for a host of readers with wide-ranging inter- ests in the history, culture, and natural history of Canada, or in the makeup of the scientific field in France at the time … the the Codex volume’s mature and insightful scholarship make this a captivat- Canadensis ing, rich, and profoundly knowledgeable text.” –Laurier Lacroix, département d’histoire de l’art, Université du Québec à Montréal the natural history of the new world histoire naturelle des indes occidentales Edited and with an introduction by François-Marc Gagnon, with Nancy Senior and Réal Ouellet 978-0-7735-3876-4 $65.00 cloth Reading the 21st Century Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Volume 2 Newfoundland Modern Georges and Pauline Vanier Books of the Decade, 2000–2009 # $ ! 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Coady dissects two great Liam Kennedy, Queen’s University, Belfast envy of other Canadian cities in terms of souls with delicacy and perception architectural history.” to provide a rich and profoundly “The skilful blend of McGee’s own Peter Neary, University of Western Ontario moving portrait of two extraordinary words and Wilson’s analysis will surely individuals.” make even the most disinterested Adrienne Clarkson, author of Norman Bethune student of history feel at least a tiny (Extraordinary Canadians series) bit prouder to be Canadian.” Quill & Quire McGILL-QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY PRESS www.mqup.ca Follow us on Facebook.com/McGillQueens and Twitter.com/Scholarmqup McG New s EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK VOLUME 92 / NO 2 FALL /WINTER 2011 EDITOR Daniel McCabe, BA’89 SENIOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Diana Grier Ayton Tales from CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Julie Fortier times gone by DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS Derek Cassoff uch of this issue concerns (CaPS) and handed in my draft. A short time PROOFREADING itself with history and later, one of my editors, Melinda Wittstock, Jane Jackel that’s no accident. As I BA’86, summoned me for a chat. She gently Karine Majeau strolled along Peel Street pointed out that my story was awfully similar ADVERTISING M on my way to work this to one the paper had run the previous year, Christina Barile Tel.: 514-398-6043 morning, I walked past several street lamp including almost identical quotes from that EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS banners, heralding the University’s 190th nice fellow from CaPS. Christina Barile anniversary (the banners were designed, I was mortified. I hadn’t plagiarized. I didn’t Niyosha Keyzad coincidentally, by the same talented fellow even know the previous story existed. But I ADVISORY BOARD Bob Babinski, BA’86 (Chair) who helps put together this magazin e— did learn some important lessons: always be Catherine Cunningham, BA’99 Steven McClenaghan). aware of what was written before about your Robert Emblem, BCom’86 To mark this anniversary, I had the idea subject; make the extra effort to be original; David Harpp Siu-Min Jim, BA’03 of polling about 30 McGillian s—some of and do what you can to encourage intervie - Antonia Maioni them historians or history enthusiasts, wees to supply quotes that aren’t the same Olivier Marcil Courtney Mullins, BCom’06 some of them current or former McGill stale, reheated comments they pass along to Donna Nebenzahl, BA’75 administrator s—and asking them to everyone else. That was probably one of the Honora Shaughnessy, MLS’73 choose a moment in the University’s history more valuable learning experiences I had at Dane Solomon, BA’79 Doug Sweet that had a profound and lasting impact on McGill and there are hundreds of Daily alums Derek Webster, DipEd’94 McGill. Often, when you canvass 30 inde - who’ll agree that their time at the newspaper Marc Weinstein, BA’85, BCL’91, LLB’91 pendent-minded people for their opinion on provided an education in itself.
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