This year we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th against a backdrop of war – yet again unfortunately. This time, women are on the frontlines in Ukraine, making up between 10% and 15%...
“Teach thinkers to think, – a needed knowledge in a day of loose and careless logic; and they whose lot is gravest must have the carefulest [sic] training to think aright.” In 1903, in a collection...
January! The start of a new calendar year! A time of new year’s resolutions and new beginnings…or so we all hoped. The latest variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has added some new twists and turns to...
Just recently, many of our learners celebrated their graduation from the School of Continuing Studies in person. While it was not quite the same experience as before the pandemic — and a much...
On July 15, 2021, the McGill School of Continuing Studies and the Translation Bureau of Canada finalized an agreement that aims to reinforce standards of excellence in the field of translation and...
The Oxford Dictionary defines the term “belonging” as “the feeling of being comfortable and happy in a particular situation or with a particular group of people.” Lately, I have been thinking a lot...
July 1st marked not only a holiday that is observed as Canada Day, but also my third anniversary in Canada, in Montreal and at McGill University. I arrived on the shores of the St. Lawrence River...
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