THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

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  • By January 31, 2013

    McGill University has filed a motion that would grant it the ability to deny access to information requests from The McGill Daily, The Link, the McGilliLeaked website and anyone associated with them. This comes in response to what the university described as a “complex system of repetitious and abusive requests” for information.

  • Huskies win final round-robin game at University Cup, not enough to land a spot in final

    By March 24, 2012

    A 4-3 win over the McGill University Redmen wasn’t enough for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies at the CIS men’s hockey championship today in Fredericton, N.B.

  • Anonymous group McGillLeaks publishes confidential internal university documents

    By March 5, 2012

    Documents from McGill’s Development and Alumni Relations (DAR), many of which are marked “confidential” or “highly confidential,” were posted online on March 3 by the anonymous group McGillLeaks.

    In a statement on its website, McGillLeaks announced its intention to release hundreds of documents over the next three weeks, starting with the release of DAR documents pertaining to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and defence industries. The documents can be downloaded from the McGillLeaks website.

  • McGill under fire for corporate-funded asbestos research

    By February 22, 2012

    The research work of professor John Corbett McDonald, an emeritus professor in the department of epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at McGill, is now under review after allegations of research misconduct.

    McDonald retired from McGill in September 1988, after more than two decades as a McGill epidemiology professor. According to a recent episode of CBC’s The National, McDonald received at least $1 million between 1966 and 1972 for research into the health effects of chrysotile asbestos from the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association, which received a large portion of its funding from the asbestos mining giant Johns-Manville.

  • Phylo has players around the world compare DNA from different species, improving genetic research

    By January 5, 2012

    Imagine if all the hours you spent moving coloured blocks on Tetris or cultivating wheat on FarmVille actually led to something productive — terminal disease research, perhaps?

    Two McGill University academics are tapping into our appreciation for simple video games in order to further research into illnesses like cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes.