Les Pavillons Chancellor-Day prennent du beau

Grâce à la générosité de notre communauté diplômée, les Pavillons Chancellor-Day peuvent s’enorgueillir à juste titre de plusieurs nouvelles œuvres d’art. De plus, redécouvrez la pièce dorénavant appelée le Grand Salon Jordan H. Waxman.

Sitting Woman in Robes IV — Gift of the Estate of Mitzi and Mel Dobrin

This striking bronze statue, which now stands inthe foyer of Old Chancellor Day Hall, was donatedby the Estate of Mel and Mitzi Dobrin, CM, BCL’71,in March 2019.

Lynn Chadwick, “Sitting Woman in Robes IV,” Edition 1/9, 1987. Donated to McGill University by the Mitzi and Mel Dobrin family. Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) was an English artist whose work consisted of semi-abstract sculpture in bronze or steel. His work is found in the collections of the MoMA, the Tate, and the Centre Georges Pompidou. One of his sculptures adorns the entrance to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

The Jordan H. Waxman Common Room

Jordan Waxman, BA’86, LLB’91, BCL’92, has been a loyal McGill supporter since 1994. This year, the founder and managing partner of Nucleus Advisors took his commitment a step further by investing in Chancellor Day Hall’s historic and storied Common Room. For the next 50 years, the Common Room will bear Waxman’s name, and his philanthropy will support the upkeep and renovation of this beautiful space for generations to come.

“It’s an opportunity to give back and to see another generation of leaders come about inside McGill,” Waxman said. “My philanthropy is focused, first and foremost, on finding solutions that can have impact sustained over a generation or more.”

For Waxman, the gift symbolizes change and legacy all at once. As a student, he remembers enjoying Coffeehouse on Thursday nights in the Common Room, when the Cool Monsoons student band would play under the gaze of portraits of legendary jurists and academics.

“I thought, ‘Let’s remember that there is an opportunity for exploration, leadership, curiosity and fun, and also for serious academic pursuits,’” Waxman said. He expects that in McGill’s third century, sparks of ingenuity and thinking outside the box will lead to the best and most innovative outcomes.

Waxman sees philanthropy as an investment in something that impassions him — not only is it fulfilling to see his gifts make a meaningful difference in education at McGill, but he hopes to inspire others to direct their energy, ideas and financial resources to the University.

“If you really commit to something you’re passionate about and you give, there is leverage in that,” Waxman said. “I encourage everyone to give early and often.”

As for the Common Room, Waxman had but one condition for his gift: that among the portraits The Honourable ALISON HARVISON of famous jurists, a photo of the Cool Monsoons YOUNG, BC’83, LLB’83, a judge of the band be permanently displayed. Ontario Superior Court of Justice, was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Justice Harvison Young was a member of the Faculty of Law of McGill University from 1988-1998, teaching in the areas of public, private and family law.

Lithographies inuites — Dons de Bruno Savoie, BCL/LLB’18

Bruno Savoie, BCL/LLB’18, a fait don de deux lithographies d’artistes inuits, qui sont maintenant exposées au 4 e étage du nouveau Pavillon Chancellor-Day.

La première gravure, réalisée par Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915-1982), s’intitule Children Followed by Bird Spirit (1967) et provient de Kinngait, ou Cape Dorset. Dans cette œuvre, deux enfants reviennent triomphants de la pêche, chacun ayant attrapé un poisson à l’aide de son kaviak, ou lance de pêche. Un grand oiseau marche derrière eux.

La deuxième gravure, réalisée par Adamie Alaku Qaqutu (1943-1964), est intitulée Seals/Aquatic Family (1962) et montre cinq phoques se prélassant ensemble. L’inscription en dessous est le nom de l’artiste : Adamie (en haut) Alaku (en bas). Cette œuvre fait partie de la toute première collection de lithographies à émerger de Povungnituk, ou Puvirnituq, au Québec, en 1962.