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and the services of a part-time librarian, or “ documentalist,” who is responsible for lending and catalogu ing the documents. While Maclachlan feels that the possibilities of a grant from the University are slim, he remains hopeful that a short-term loan can be arranged. “ A grant would establish a dangerous precedent. Other departments would come to us and say, ‘Look, you funded them when they were frozen.’ It would open us to a deluge of requests.” Any loan from University research funds would have to be approved by the Social Sciences Resarch Commit tee. Committee Chairman Michael Smith refused to comment, saying he hadn’t yet received an application for funding. ‘ ‘This isn’t the sort of thing we normally deal with, but I think we’re a pragmatic committee and we’d look at the application in its own light. The fact that it would be a loan is cer tainly attractive.” However, Maclachlan points out that a loan would only be acceptable if renewed external funding can be found for the future. “ We’d be going out on a limb. If they don’t get the grant (next
P rosp ects for reopening the documentation library at the Centre for Developing Area Studies are good, according to Dean of Graduate Studies, Gordon Maclachlan. Dean Maclachlan, who is also Vice Principal for Research, said in an inter view that interim funding for the Cen tre’s library, which closed after exter nal funding was cut off last July, could probably be found to make the resources available for the remainder of the academic year. The Documentation Center is a repository for over 80,000 academic journals, reports and official publica tions. The Centre maintains contact with over 270 other institutions in the Third World, Europe and even North America. In the past, the library has been funded by a grant from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Recently, CIDA imposed a one-year moratorium on all grants. CIDA will be reviewing the Centre’s new grant application, but no money will be available until next Spring. The CIDA grant was devoted primarily to paying for subscriptions
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the boulevard, McGill University’s Roddick Gates and Place Vill Marie On the 6th of July, Cadillac Fairdon’t line up; extension of Montréal’s continued on page 5 view agreed to delay construction of underground pedestrian network from the project for one year because “ con Place Ville Marie to the proposed com frontation and controversy” made it plex; the structuring of the hall with a impossible to proceed. Jamed Bullock, distinct design reflecting its function. president of Cadillac Fairview, re The only concession by Cadillac Fairquested mayor Jean Drapeau to delay view was to accept a recommendation vote on the project for two months to widen McGill College Avenue. The while the company holds consultations rest of the recommendations would be with a committee of the affected studied carefully and according to groups. That decision meant that start Alan Saskin, they “ were willing to con of construction was to be pushed until sider anything as long as ... we’ll have next summer and completion delayed a project that is economically viable” . “ at least” one year from 1986, accorA few days later, Jacques Parizeau b ding to Alan Saskin. The groups that reaffirmed the government’s grant of © were to be consulted were the Montréal $30 million for the concert hall in the ^ Symphony Orchestra, COPEM, the cicomplex. He also added that the 8 ty’s commission d’iniative et de government would like to study the deveolppement economiques de Monrevised jobs because the project must >> tréal (CIDEM), Heritage Montréal and create jobs. c owners of properties bordering the Nearly two weeks later, James o Cadillac Fairview project, Bullock who is also a member of the a. On the 11th of August, the commit committee studying the project’s ef tee made public its interim report fects said his company would consider At McGill, encouragement from her which proposed guidelines for a revised eliminating its planned glass-covered design, including: the widening of students has provided Dr. Christensen walkway over Mansfield St. if the McGill College Ave. to 108 feet from with added incentive to establish a Committee’s final report recommends much needed course in human sexuali its present 60 feet including the doubl it. The comment was made as the ing of the width of its sidewalks from ty and to create the popular course McGill College Urban Design Con its present 10 feet; abandoning the idea “ Cross-cultural Perspectives in Social sultative Committee staged the second of a 120 foot wide boulevard as ex Work” . Not only have these courses round of public consultations, where isting buildings were arranged created awareness and understanding haphazardly and the two anchors for of important issues amongst students continued on page 3 in the School of Social Work, they have also provided a forum for discus sion on topics not adequately ad T h e I n s i d e S to n y dressed elsewhere in the university. Despite a busy schedule of teaching S p a n is h P h ilo s o p h e r s L e c t a r s e s . . ' ...............................................................3 and research, Dr. Christensen finds the * time to respond to the growing demand H o o t t o p i c k a p G i r I s ................................................................................................................................5 for cross-cultural workshops both in P a R t T t o o o f M e h t a I n t e R o i e c o ................................................................................6 the local community and abroad. In this year of the Women’s Centen A S o l ô i e R ’ s S t o R t / R e o i e t o e ô . . . s ......................................................................8 nial, Dr. Christensen’s appointment to R e à r a e n F o o t b a l l V i c t o R i o a s .................................................. * .................................. 9 the Order of Who’s Who has bestowed W e e k e n d R a g b y R e s a l t s ...........................................................................................................1 1 yet another honour on women at McGill and on the University itself. by K enneth K o
One W om an A t M cGill by G race P erm au l
It seems only fitting that in the year of the Women’s Centennial at McGill University, Carole Christensen, Pro fessor in the School of Social Work, has been recognized as an outstanding individual to be honoured in this year’s publication of The World W ho’s Who o f Women. Dr. Christensen received her B.A. sociology/psychology from Howard University. As one who excelled in all aspects of university life, she was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship in 1960 at the University of Copenhagen. She then attended the University of Michigan where she received the degree of Master of Social Work. In recogni tion of her academic standing in the top five percent of her class, she was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi na tional graduate honours society. Upon graduation, Dr. Christensen returned to Copenhagen where she served as a mental health counsellor at the Danish Women’s League Counsell ing Services and, as a supervisor at a Child Guidance Clinic, she was invited to initiate family counselling courses at the Danish School of Social Work. However, she was determined to receive her doctorate and proceeded to do so while continuing to lecture and raise a family. In addition to being awarded a Canada Council Fellowship, Carole received the Biennial Award from the Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association for the sub mission of the most outstanding doc toral dissertation.
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