Please note: All reports, project descriptions and news items are published only in the original language, unless a second-language text is supplied by the author.
27 May 2010
Israeli Sauvé scholars grateful for ‘amazing’ year
By JANICE ARNOLD, Staff Reporter, The Canadian Jewish News
MONTREAL — The two Israeli Sauvé Scholars, Amnon Shefler and Yaniv Rivlin, who have endeared themselves to a wide spectrum of Montrealers during their nine-month sojourn here, threw a party to thank everyone who has helped make their stay memorable. ...Shefler and Rivlin were often invited to speak about Israel in different milieus. For example, they toured different Montreal area schools to talk about captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit and his dream of peace, using an illustrated book he wrote as a child entitled When the Fish and the Shark First Met.
“Amazing” is the word both of them repeatedly used to describe their time in Montreal. They are especially thankful for the warmth and hospitality that was extended to them by the Jewish community.
20 May 2010
Malcolm Moore (2003-2004) has written the introduction to a new photography book, Shanghai Right Now , by Kim Laughton. The publication date of May 20th coincides with the opening of the Shanghai expo. Malcolm has been the Telegraph's Shanghai Correspondent since July 2008.
28 April 2010
Gabriel Bran Lopez (2009-2010) received the Public Policy Forum 2010 Emerging Leaders Award, granted in recognition of "the contributions of young Canadians who personify leadership in the area of public policy and civic discourse. Recipients of the Emerging Leaders Award are in the early stages of their career and demonstrate exceptional initiative and commitment to the principles of public service."
Announcing the award, David Mitchell, President and CEO of the Forum, noted that “Gabriel Bran Lopez has worked to help at-risk youth at home and abroad.His work with Youth Fusion encourages young people to stay in high school through unique partnerships with Universities and the private sector. His efforts certainly fall in the category of ‘making a difference.”
23 April 2010
Philip Osano (2006-2007) recently won the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Doctoral Research Award, an event that was highlighted on April 23rd by the Member of Parliament for the electoral district in which Sauvé House is located.
Speaking in Parliament during Question Period, Mr. Garneau congratulated Philip, commenting that "His research is focused on producing a qualitative analysis of poverty-reduction programs aimed at protecting conservation zones in Kenya.
"His work will provide an invaluable contribution to understanding development programs in rural Africa, which hope to balance nature conservation, use of land for conservation and the economic life of nomadic herders.
"Mr. Osano's research inspires talented Canadian students to travel to Africa to participate in field work in programs like McGill's African field studies semester program."
15 March 2010
Clarice Reis (2008-2009) has received an exceptional Merit Award from the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund in “recognition of her ongoing work for the benefit of women and children, and aspirations in this regard”.
21 December 2009
Social entrepreneur alum elected as a Senior Ashoka Fellow
Farouk Jiwa, 2004-2005 Sauvé Scholar and adviser with the humanitarian organization CARE USA, has been elected a Senior Ashoka Fellow, a lifetime honour awarded by Ashoka, a global organization of social entrepreneurs. The Ashoka distinction, to be bestowed on Jan. 14, 2010, recognizes Jiwa's work integrating market-driven business processes with community-based development approaches to create a secure and sustainable means of improving the livelihoods of rural farmers in the apiculture sector.
The organization is comprised of men and women with system-changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. Senior Ashoka Fellows are advanced Fellows who have created change and are recognized as leaders in their fields.
14 December 2009
Guillaume Lavoie wins the grand finale of La joute (Télé-Québec)
Guillaume Lavoie during Round 1 on September 25, 2009
Guillaume Lavoie, 2007-2008 Sauvé Scholar, won the grand finale of La joute, which aired Friday, December 11, 2009, on Télé-Québec. He was opposed to Ms. Suzanne Coté, a renowned lawyer associated with the firm Stikeman Elliott and Ms. Myriam Ségal, a radio host on 98.3 FM, the talk radio of Saguenay-Lac St-Jean.
Based on the Croatian Piramida concept, La joute is a weekly game show hosted by Stéphan Bureau. A trio of media personalities compete in time-limited discussion about four subjects picked from the news and representing the current concerns of Quebecers. The debates are lively, funny, sometimes serious and engaging, but always entertaining. Recorded in front of a live audience and broadcasted live, the game allows the spectators in the studio to encourage the guest they support. At home, the public plays a vital role by voting online or by phone for the person who best defended his point of view. The game lasts sixty minutes.
27 October 2009
Emerging Leader discusses GEG on Kenyan TV Show
Philip Osano [Sauvé Scholar 2006-2007], a Doctoral Candidate at McGill University, and one of the GEG Emerging Leaders, was a special guest for “Eco Show”, a TV program on the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) on September 20, 2009. Eco Show is a weekly one hour live program that engages politicians, researchers and NGO officials, as well as communities, on environmental issues. Speaking on the topic “Global Environmental Governance and its implications in Kenya”, Philip articulated the need for urgent reforms in environmental governance by highlighting the local implications of environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, chemical management and desertification. While fielding questions from viewers, Philip pointed to the challenges faced in GEG reform, spoke of the role of citizens, civil society and elected leaders, and also addressed the opportunities for local communities in the current climate change negotiations: “Individuals must now demand reforms that will realize a healthy and sustainable environment now and for future generations.”
The show is now online in two parts at Global Environmental Governance Project
Philip’s participation in “Eco Show” was part of his commitment to promote public awareness for the GEG process in Kenya.
8 October 2009
Maathai helps conservation take root
Concordia University Journal
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai addressed the crowd at Concordia University on September 28, before joining David Suzuki for a cocktail reception at the Maison Jeanne Sauvé.
"[T]he world-renowned environmentalist shared her vision of change with an audience in H-110. She inspired students with stories of personal sacrifice and stressed that every single person can make a difference."
See the full video webcast of her Concordia Lecture here.
5 March 2009
Writing in the National Post, Tomer Avital describes his Sauvé Scholar project:
‘Networking the gap’ is a series of workshops for journalists from conflict areas who cover non-war topics such as culture and education. ... Reporters will establish contacts which they will then draw upon when writing human-interest articles, thereby transforming the foreigner into a more rounded character - a neighbor. The program stems from the idea that journalists on either side of any conflict have the power to communicate on a mass scale, and a dialogue between them would help enhance durable peace.” Tomer Avital: Ignorance about the Middle East, even among bright Canadians
4 March 2009
Idowu (Jola) Ajibade featured in the McGill Reporter
Sauvé Scholar committed to positive change for fellow Africans
By Jim Hynes
Idowu Ajibade’s newfound passion for enlightening her fellow Africans on the perils of climate change has earned the 27-year-old social activist from Lagos, Nigeria, admittance into Bill Clinton’s university. No, not Yale, where the 42nd president of the United States earned his law degree in 1973, but the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U).
4 November 2008
La Tribune de Sherbrooke features a photo of Sauvé Scholars lending a hand in the final hours of the Obama campaign.
Des étudiants de l'Université McGill, Marta Massi, d'Italie, Clarice Reis, du Brésil, et Evgeny Pak, du Kirghizstan, prêtaient main-forte à l'organisation démocrate.
9 October 2008
Pyone Kyaw writes in the McGill Reporter
How the global food crisis devastates families and communities
15 May 2008
ENTRE NOUS with Désirée McGraw, Executive Director, Jeanne Sauvé; Foundation and Scholars Program.
15 February 2008
New Executive Director heads Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and Scholars Program
McGill lecturer Désirée Marielle McGraw, who has worked with Nobel Laureate Al Gore to bring his climate-change message to Canadians, has been named Executive Director of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and Scholars Program.
4 September 2007
McGill community mourns board member, former student
Wright,64, oversaw scholarship program
(Le Miroir d’entrelacs) Many in the McGill University community were devastated to learn yesterday that the victim of a weekend explosion in the Laurentians was James Wright, a prominent governor emeritus of the university's board and active participant in campus and community affairs.
3 September 2007
McGill mourns Jim Wright
(McGill Newsroom) It is with terrible shock and deep sorrow that the McGill community has learned of the sudden death of James G. Wright over the Labour Day weekend.
Jim Wright, Director of the McGill-affiliated Sauvé Scholars program and a governor emeritus of our Board, perished in a gas explosion along with former Sauvé scholar Meriem Maza.
3 September 2007
Meriem Maza s'en via
Meriem Maza, fille de Dr Aicha Cheriet, nous a quitté samedi dernier suite à un accident dans la localité de Montréal à Entrelacs, un village à l'ouest de Rawdon, dans Lanaudière (Canada). Maghreb Canada Express September 2007 Meriem Maza nous quitte prématurément (PDF download)
10 February 2006
READITH MULIYUNDA HONOURED AT MONTREAL CITY HALL
6 February 2006
Paid In Full: South African journalist fuses creativity and truth
(McGill Daily) Profile of Henk Rossouw, Sauvé Scholar 2005-2006
15 December 2005
Conservative Conscience
(Maisonneuve) Tasha Kheiriddin and Adam Daifallah are trying to shake up the Conservative Party. In their new book "Rescuing Canada's Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution", they propose a brand of "Opportunity Conservatism" that borrows ideas—from the right and left—that they believe will result in positive economic, social and political change.
In early December, Maisonneuve editorial assistant Rachel Harvey met Kheiriddin and Daifallah at their book launch at Sauvé House in Montreal.
24 March 2005
First person: The Sauvé experience
By Shivingani Arora
As her time as a Sauvé Scholar comes to an end, Shivangini Arora reflects on the experience of sharing close quarters with people from the world's four corners.
1 May 2004
'Reality education' breaks down barriers in Canada
(Taipei Times) Fourteen strangers from around the world, including a Taiwanese, were given time and money to do nothing, if they wanted, as part of an educational fellowship.
29 April 2004
Africa explained
(McGill Reporter) Times of Zambia journalist Readith Muliyunda, one of this year's McGill Sauvé Scholars, is working on a documentary series about Africa's distorted image, called Africa from Afar. The documentary looks at how the media portrayal of the continent has shaped people's negative perceptions and images about Africa, and will feature interviews of academics, media-makers, ordinary people and the usage of other archival media. In a presentation to her fellow scholars, she explains the impetus behind her project.
28 April 2004
12 Nations, 14 Scholars and One Big House
(New York Times) The potential for disaster was clear from the start. Fourteen strangers from around the world, all under 30, would come to Montreal and live together at no cost for nine months in a newly renovated mansion, complete with leather couches and a fully stocked kitchen. They would not be required to do anything and would each be handed $1,000 a month to spend on whatever they pleased.
28 January 2004
Sauvé scholars speak out
McGill fellows to lecture on contemporary issues from around the globe
Thirteen go-getters from around the world, each from a media background and each completing a fellowship at McGill University, are speaking out on hot topics. During "Sauvé Scholars Speak Out," a weekly lecture series, the scholars will cover everything from terrorism in Peru to sexuality in Taiwan. All lectures start at 5:00 pm and will be held at the Sauvé Foundation, 1514 Dr Penfield Ave. Media are welcome. Admission is free; seating is limited.
5 November 2003
Attention: intellectuels en ebullition
Une cellule de réflexion pour futurs leaders du monde
(Le Devoir) On parle d'eux comme des «esprits libres». Ils ont moins de 30 ans, ont tous une expérience en communication, sont considérés dans leur pays d'origine comme des «leaders» potentiels. Ils carburent à l'ambition et croient fermement, malgré ces temps de guerre, que les rapprochements sont possibles.
3 November 2003
Incomparable scholarly experience
By Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins
(McGill Alumni Life) Innovative scholarship program launched at McGill: The ultimate reality-based learning experience has begun. 14 aspiring young people, from around the world, have been invited to stretch their intellectual and cultural framework through a unique scholarly and live-in program at McGill University.
16 January 2003
Bring on the visionaries
By Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins
(McGill Reporter) The Sauvé Scholars Foundation and McGill University are seeking 12 dynamic intellectuals from a variety of disciplines to help change the world. A new residential program called the Sauvé Scholars has been created to sharpen the skills of young adults who wish to devote their lives to improving societies around the globe.
The first Sauvé Scholars, the majority of whom will be recruited from developing countries, will arrive at McGill in September 2003. Deadline for all applications is March 1, 2003.
