The permanent residency packet is assembled and goes out registered mail tomorrow. I even made sure I had my accents right on “Montreal” and “Quebec” (don’t know how to do them in .html yet). Our awesome friend Greg arrives tomorrow.
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Gertrude Robinson
Today, I met Gertrude Robinson, one of the founders of Canadian Communication Studies. A founding mother, really. She was also one of the first tenured women at McGill. Robinson got her PhD from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois and wound up here, in the sociology department. She gave a talk …
Dash for the Finish Line
On Tuesday, the 12th of April I head out of town for a week of work in the midwest — presentations at the U of Chicago and Chicago Art Institute (hey Chicago friends, yes I’ve been lazy and need to email you!) and then back to Pittsburgh for a set of Friday-Monday defenses. Until then, …
More Strike
No time for comment, but a couple links: http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=3893. http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=3894. Carrie was around when the Daily reporter was interviewing students, alas her quote — “this is what democracy in action looks like” — didn’t make it into the article.
Sponsorship Scandal
As you may know, there is currently a federal investigation into approximately $100 milliion dollars in misspent federal money, which went to ad agencies who basically did nothing for the government. Yesterday’s Globe and Mail had the top headline “Firm Got Cash to Attend NHL Games” reveals that the Canadian government spent $133,000 a year …
McGill Smells
I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean, when you walk in the gates and up the path toward the Art Building, it reeks of putrefaction. Julian, my TA, says that it’s just the melting snow and the grass interacting to give off some kind of nasty gas. He says Parc LaFontaine smells the same way. …
In Praise of Dave Noon and His Blog
I am going to start listing some of my favorite blogs here. Eventually I’ll get around to updating the blogroll, but for now this will have to do. Some preliminary facts: I pretty much only read blogs authored by friends. There are a couple exceptions, and I’ll always happily click a link. But I’m the …