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M C GILL NEWS •WINtEr 2016/ 17 1 Project : Annonce TDI 2016 Province : Québec Proof # : 1 Publication : McGill News Client : TD Assurance Due date : 08/23/2016 Size : 8.375x10.875 File # : 21-MM9779-16_MMI.AL1.EN•mcgillalumni(8.375x10.875) Color : Quad Designer : Jordane Bellavance Hamelin-Martineau Inc. • 505, boul. de Maisonneuve O, Bureau 300 • Montréal (Québec) H3A 3C2 • T : 514 842-4416 C : [email protected] ATTENTION : MERCI DE VÉRIFIER ATTENTIVEMENT CETTE ÉPREUVE AFIN D’ÉVITER TOUTE ERREUR/PLEASE CHECK THIS PROOF FOR ERRORS We’re going places New name, new location same McGill pride! The inspiration behind our new name comes from our founder James McGill along with a nod to our home, the beautiful city Montreal. Christened LE JAMES, the McGill Bookstore evokes pride-of-place and carries the traditional McGill-branded items and some great new products! FREE SHIPPING Anywhere in Canada with online purchases of $40 or more* before taxes. *Course materials and diploma frames are excluded from this oer. www.lejames.mcgill.ca McG News EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK WINTER 2016/17 Volume 97 / No 2 OWEN EGAN OWEN EDITOR Daniel McCabe, BA’89 A COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR WITHOUT BORDERS Julie Fortier have been a member of the McGill community, as either a student or a staffer, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT for more than 30 years. I have seen people here argue about all sorts of things. Derek Cassoff A lot of spirited debates have bubbled up and petered out. that happens at a university. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT One thing that has never been the subject of serious dispute, though, is the way Christina Barile Iin which McGill reaches out to the world. We think it’s a good thing — no, a great ADVISORY BOARD thing — that our students come from 147 countries. It’s one of the qualities that Courtney Mullins, BCom’06 (Chair) make this University so distinct. Interacting with people who have had different Annmarie Adams, BA’81 experiences in life opens up your mind in a way that no textbook can. Christopher Buddle One of the feature articles in this issue focuses on the role that international Robert Emblem, BCom’86 students play at McGill. It’s more difficult to think of someone from another Carole Graveline, BA’75 Allan Johnson, BA’85 culture or another country as a vaguely threatening “other” when they’re sitting Gabrielle Korn next to you, laughing at the same cheesy jokes from your professor that you’re Adam Muscott, BCom’99, MBA’05 laughing at. As one student quoted in our story puts it, “You get to meet the Andy Nulman, BCom’83 person and not the stereotype.” Marc Weinstein, BA’85, BCL’91, LLB’91 According to recent rankings from Times Higher Education, McGill is among DESIGN the world’s most international universities — we came in 23rd. The rankings look Steven McClenaghan, Graphic Design at the proportion of international students and staff at each institution and the Communications and External Relations number of internationally co-authored publications they produce. In Canada, only the University of British Columbia was ranked higher. MCCGILL NEWS That’s part of the reason why recent events south of the border seem so 1430 Peel Street jarring.