A hoop dancer performs at the 2008 Pow Wow organized by McGill’s First Peoples’ House.
Irrigation-based entertainment on the lower campus field, September 2003.
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler takes aim during the first POP vs. Jock charity fundraiser basketball game, September 2011.
Dominique Chabot launches a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) as part of a habitat-mapping project started by David Bird, Director of McGill's Avian Science and Conservation Centre. May 2008.
Justin Trudeau visits the lab of McGill Professor David Juncker, October 2011. At the time he was MP for the Montreal-area Papineau riding.
Professor David Bird wrangles a peregrine falcon chick on the roof of a skyscraper in 1996. (Google “david bird chicks” and read the story in the Reporter archives…)
Peregrine falcon chicks express dismay at their temporary removal from a nest atop a Montreal skyscraper. They were banded then promptly reunited with their concerned parents. July 1996.
Katisha (Christina Holmes), either making evil plans or playing an invisible oboe. A scene from the McGill Savoy Society's production of The Mikado, February 2008.
A Canadian Forces medical team working on a simulated patient at McGill’s Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, December 2008.
Shovelling the lower-field rink, January 2000.
Springtime under the trees. Macdonald campus, May 2001.
Richard Branson, February 2010
A fan-dancing troupe gets set to take the stage at the “Korean Night 2000” gala. February 2000.
Trouble brewing at the 2008 First Peoples' House Pow Wow.
A Remembrance Day ceremony in the lobby of the Arts building, Nov. 2008.
Lower-campus field, March 2008.
A Faculty of Science “Dean for a Day” contest found Dean Alan Shaver and student Jason Parente trading places for a day. Each arrived at a new-found appreciation for the challenges faced by the other. One assumes. March 2000.
Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet made headlines in 2017 when the press got wind of his article “Poutine Dynamics”, part of his thesis for his MSc in Food Systems at the University of Vermont. No McGill connection here, but it was a fun shoot during which we ordered and ate three poutines. June 2017.
The view from the cupola of the Arts building, June 2003.
The “3rd Floor Tea Club” is a ritual that began in the 1940s or 50s at the Pulp and Paper Institute. Here, Maggie Weller distributes Earl Grey to the assembled from the “tea infusion device.”
Organic food arrives on McTavish Street, August 2006.
Another cheerful scene from The Mikado, February 2008.
Famous Brazilian singer and politician Gilberto Gil lectures at the Annual Conference of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. February 2008.
Gregory Charles and Serge Savard laugh as Canadiens legend Chris "Knuckles" Nilan relates one of many colourful war stories at “Hockey911”, a fund-raiser for the Montreal General Hospital Foundation. October 2019.
Inside a watusi ribcage, an anthropology student puts the finishing touches on a reconstructed skeleton. The watusi’s remains were excavated from a burial site at Parc Safari. April 2008.
The McGill-Harvard rugby game is a yearly tradition between the schools' management faculties. Here, McGill’s Lukas Grinder makes a move. October, 2008.
Lukas Grinder in a lower-intensity moment after the McGill-Harvard rugby match.
Thomasina Phillips performs at the 2008 First Peoples' House Pow Wow. September 2008.
David Suzuki, January 2008.
An elementary school student has a contemplative moment at the MyDay@McGill event, April 2018.
MyDay@McGill students measuring the voltage of tasty vegetables. April 2018.
Kids like robots. MyDay@McGill, April 2018.
Learning the ropes at the CKUT studios, two MyDay@McGill kids communicate through the glass to a radio producer. April 2018.
Founder's Day celebrations at the Macdonald Campus, October 2008.
Quidditch at dusk. November 2008.
MBA students at the Desautels Faculty of Management, September 2019.
A scene from a production of The Importance of Being Earnest, November, 2008.
Professor Sylvain Coulombe, December, 2008.
Professor Masad Damha wonders whether joining Patch Adams on stage was, in fact, a good idea. Trottier Symposium, October 2017.
Graduates-to-be line up just before crossing the Convocation stage, May, 2010.
Thao Nguyen is off-the-ground happy. She got her B.Sc. in Biology May 31, 2010.
Professor David Harpp warms up the crowd at the Bell Centre before a Convocation ceremony, June 2012. The proceedings were moved from their traditional outdoor location due to the possibility of disruption by protests.
A forklift deftly dodged, Principal Heather Monroe-Blum and Chancellor Arnold Steinberg proceed towards the Convocation stage at the Bell Centre. June, 2012.
In a corridor backstage at the Bell Centre, Morton Mendelson makes some last-minute notes as he hurries towards the Convocation stage. June 2012.
Professor James Coulton is surrounded by happy graduates and an equally-enthused bronze Rocket Richard. June 2012.
A young well-wisher hugs Aldo Bensadoun after the 2012 Faculty of Management Convocation ceremony where he received a honorary doctorate. June 2012.
Sylvain Dansereau has his eye on you. First Peoples' House Pow Wow, September 2018.
John McCall MacBain clasps hands with Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante at the announcement of his and Marcy McCall Macbain’s $200-million gift to McGill. February 2019.
Students join John and Marcy McCall MacBain in a well-synchronized expression of enthusiasm after the announcement of their historic gift to the University. February 2019.
