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SUPER HEROES! NASTY VILLAINS! TEEN ANGST! Mcgill Grads Are Hot Talents in the World of Comics alumni magazine spring/summer 2009 SUPER HEROES! NASTY VILLAINS! TEEN ANGST! McGill grads are hot talents in the world of comics PLUS Long-distance doctoring Étudiants francophones à McGill Thinking big in six little words GROUP HOME AND AUTO INSURANCE for members of the McGill Alumni Association ;GK;IJÅ7ÅGKEJ;Å7D:ÅOEKÅ9EKB: PROTECTION MADE EASY... GROUP RATES MADE EASIER! As a member of the McGill Alumni Association, you can SAVE on your home and auto insurance through preferred group rates, while enjoying high-quality insurance products and outstanding service. 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Meloche Monnex® is a trade-mark of Meloche Monnex Inc. TD Insurance is a trade-mark of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, used under license. CONTENTS 03 Editor’s Notebook 07A Voice to Reckon With 04 Letters Baritone Sanford Sylvan recently earned his fourth Grammy 06 From the Desk of the Principal nomination. Awards are nice and all, says Sylvan, but his main focus 07 Newsbites is on developing the vocal talents of opera’s next generation. 11 Insights BY SHELLEY POMERANCE 36 Reviews 38 Campaign Update 40 Alumni Activities 42 Coming Events 15Taking the Pulse of the North 43 Alumni Profiles McGill was recently handed the responsibility of overseeing much of the 45 Alumnotes health care needs of Quebec’s northern native communities—not to 58 In Memoriam mention much of the province. Thankfully, the Faculty of Medicine has 60 Epilogue been building links to aboriginal communities for quite some time. BY MARK ABLEY 21Packing a Literary Punch From the cineplex to the Louvre to bestseller lists, comic books have become a cultural juggernaut. Meet a fantastic foursome of McGill grads who are flying high in the comic world. BY BRAD MACKAY 26McGill en français? Plus que jamais! Près de 6 000 étudiants francophones choisissent McGill. Voyons les facteurs qui ont motivé leur choix et comment ils y perçoivent la vie étudiante. PAR JEAN-BENOÎT NADEAU (B.A. 1992) 31Long-Winded Story Tellers Need Not Apply McGill issued a challenge to one and all to compose stories using only six words. Hundreds picked up the gauntlet. Now learn the stories behind some of those fascinating micro-stories. BY JOEL YANOFSKY, BA’77, MA’81, JULIE MASIS, BA’04 AND DANIEL MCCABE, BA’89 43Adventures in Antarctica Parka? Check. Deep-fried bacon? Check. iPod? Check. For veteran adventurer Kevin Vallely, BSc(Arch’87), BArch’88, breaking the record for fastest unassisted trek across Antarctica means being really prepared. BY MAEVE HALDANE 60The North Becomes Her A city slicker reflects on her new life in the Northwest Territories, hungry bears and all. BY HÉLÈNA KATZ, BA’87 M C GILL NEWS ⅐ SPRING/SUMMER 2009 1 Join a great group! These students are glad to know McGill has special Affinity Partners. And when you take advantage of their group rates, you are helping the McGill Alumni Association raise money for student programs. Whether it’s providing career mentors or team jerseys for soccer players, revenue from our Affinity Partners makes the McGill experience even better. If you’re shopping for a credit card or comprehensive insurance coverage, visit www.mcgill.ca/affinity and make more students happy. mbna® EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK VOLUME 90 / NO 1 SPRING/SUMMER 2009 EDITOR Daniel McCabe, BA’89 Saluting some ASSOCIATE EDITOR James Martin, MLIS’05 colourful characters CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Susan Murley Julie Fortier never did outgrow comic books—as something that McGill’s chancellor-elect Diana Grier Ayton anyone who has glimpsed the collectibles H. Arnold Steinberg, BCom’54, LLD’00, knows PROOFREADING Jane Jackel in my office knows full well (they’re not a thing or two about. Laurie Devine dolls, they’re action figures). I know I’m A widely respected businessman and an Karine Majeau Inot the only one, either. important figure in health care circles, ADVERTISING Some of the most influential writers, Steinberg is a savvy appraiser of modern and Christina Barile filmmakers and TV producers around, contemporary art. He regularly turns up in Tel.: 514-398-6043 people like The Fortress of Solitude author ARTNews magazine’s annual listing of the EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Christina Barile Jonathan Lethem, Buffy The Vampire Slayer world’s top art collectors and has contributed Stephanie Li mastermind Joss Whedon and Lost co-creator his insights for years to the Montreal Museum ADVISORY BOARD Damon Lindeloff (whose own works have of Fine Arts as a member of one of its Ann Vroom, BA’67 (Chair) been heavily influenced by comics), happily acquisitions committees. Bob Babinski, BA’86 accept big pay cuts for a chance to script comic Robert Rabinovitch, BCom’64, the chair of Vaughan Dowie David Harpp book tales about some of their own favourite McGill’s board of governors, describes Steinberg Siu-Min Jim, BA’03 caped crusaders. as “a force of uncommon integrity and grace.” Antonia Maioni One of the most critically acclaimed graphic While there is little doubt that Steinberg will be Jean-Louis Roy, PhD’72 Honora Shaughnessy, MLS’73 novels to be published in recent years is Skim, a splendid chancellor, he certainly does have a Doug Sweet a sensitive portrayal of how the teen years, like hard act to follow. Tom Thompson, BSc(PE)’58, MEd’78 old age, aren’t for the faint of heart. The book’s Richard Pound, BCom’62, BCL’67, has held Derek Webster, DipEd’94 Marc Weinstein, BA’85, BCL’91, LLB’91 author, Mariko Tamaki, BA’98, is one of four just about every senior position at McGill that’s DESIGN grads profiled in our cover story about McGill not associated with a paycheque—president Steven McClenaghan alumni working in the comics field. She and her of the McGill Alumni Association, chair of the Content and Collaboration Solutions cousin, illustrator Jillian Tamaki, have been McGill Athletics Board, chair of the McGill ONLINE EDITION earning armfuls of prizes and award nomina- Fund Council, chair of the board of governors, Content and Collaboration Solutions tions for Skim—the most recent being the chancellor. There is ample evidence that he MCGILL NEWS Doug Wright Award for Best Book. has distinguished himself in each of these roles. 1555 Peel Street, Suite 900 Montreal, Que.,Canada H3A 3L8 Truth to tell, we could have run a much For one thing, McGill is always quick to find Tel.: 514-398-6043 longer story featuring many more grads. another gig for the guy once he steps down Fax: 514-398-5293 Like John Rogers, BSc’90, for instance, a from one of these positions. Pound will Email: [email protected] Web: www.mcgill.ca/news screenwriter (Transformers, TV’s Leverage), soon receive an international honour, the who co-created the Blue Beetle, a young McGill News is published Ernest T. Stewart Award for Alumni Volunteer by McGill University Hispanic superhero who appears regularly in Involvement, in recognition of his many Circulation: 185,000 copies. comics and on television. Or Kid Koala contributions to McGill. Printed in Canada ISSN 0709 9223 (known as Eric San, BEd’96, while he studied He might not wear a cape, but the former Canadian Publications Mail Product here), one of the music world’s most celebrat- president of the World Anti-Doping Agency Sales Agreement No. 40613661. ed DJs and turntablists, who will soon be pub- never ducked a fight while trying to stamp out lishing his second graphic novel, Space Cadet. cheating in international sports. And journal- Illustration of James McGill by Tzigane Or Evan Goldberg, BA’06, who is using his ists across the country and around the world recently acquired Hollywood muscle (he and would quickly confirm that Pound is every writing partner Seth Rogan penned the bit as colourful as any member of the Justice scripts for Superbad and Pineapple Express) League—many reporters will be seriously to pursue several comics-related projects. bummed out now that they’ll have one fewer As a tip of the pen to the comic book’s reason to interview the always quotable ongoing infiltration of popular culture, cover soon-to-be ex-chancellor. illustrator Peter Mandl presents James McGill One thing is certain. Pound will continue to as sixties pop artist Roy Lichtenstein might contribute to McGill. Dr. Doom couldn’t pry have imagined him. Lichtenstein, of course, him away from his alma mater. became famous for repurposing comic book imagery as fine art—and fine art is certainly DANIEL MCCABE M C GILL NEWS ⅐ SPRING/SUMMER 2009 3 LETTERS a writer and an artist among them — I would on occasion sit down at the piano who struggled at first to make a living to play some quiet jazz and I had the OWEN EGAN and then to make a decent living, I have opportunity to meet William Shatner at learned that versatility, fearlessness and one of the rehearsals.
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