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21 janvier 2011
Dr. Frederick H. Lowy, membre du Conseil Executif de la Fondation des Boursiers Sauvé et Directeur Général intérimaire du Programme des Boursiers Sauvé (2007-2008) nommé recteur de l'Université Concordia
L'Université Concordia a annoncé aujourd'hui que son Conseil d'administration a voté à l'unanimité la nomination de Dr. Frederick H. Lowy à titre de recteur de Concordia sur une base intérimaire.
Reconnu pour valoriser l'excellence de l'enseignement, de la recherche, de la création et des partenariats avec la communauté, M. Lowy poursuivra ainsi la mission de Concordia. L'un des éléments clés de son mandat sera de continuer la mise en œuvre du Cadre stratégique de l'Université. Il conduira également les préparatifs de lancement de la campagne de financement de l'institution.
Il a occupé les fonctions de directeur général intérimaire du Programme des Boursiers Sauvé (2007-2008) et a été élu au Conseil d’administration de la Fondation des Boursiers Sauvé en mai 2008.
14 décembre 2010
Jola Ajibade (2008-2009) 's critique of The Cancun Accord[s] is published on Sahara Reporters
The Cancun Accord: A Manufacturing Of Disaster
Some have hailed the Cancun Accord as a leap in the right direction. I do not subscribe to such position. The outcome of the UN Climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, November 29 to December 10, is completely disheartening.
We expected an agreement that will be ambitious, binding and far reaching for emission reductions but what did we get? - Another extension of the Copenhagen loose talks on voluntary emissions with no penalty. The Cancun Accord to my mind is nothing short of a disaster in the making; it is the height of political immorality on the part of world governments. First, the fact the Accord did not lay a foundation for the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol or other new binding treaty for emission reduction foretells danger especially for countries like Tuvalu on the front lines of the climate crisis. The existing legally binding climate change treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, set mandatory targets which industrialized countries are supposed meet by 2012. But, many of these countries including Canada, US, Australia, and New Zealand, are yet to meet their respective targets while continuing to undermine processes that could ensure the continuity of Kyoto." More
8 décembre 2010
Marie-Marguerite Sabongui (2008-2009) travaille avec la Coalition canadienne des jeunes pour le climat (CCJC). En Décembre 2010, elle est membre de la Délégation de la jeunesse canadienne (DJC) à la 16ème Conférence des Parties (COP16) à La Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques à Cancun, Mexique, d’où, malgré ses nombreuses activités à titre de coordonatrice des politiques, elle maintient une blogue informative et à jour.
23 novembre 2010
Students and professors showcase ideas at TEDxMcGill
Speakers discuss multimedia technology, Nicaraguan schools, and a quest to save one million lives
By Trip Yang, McGill Tribune
One of the best-received talks was entrepreneur Amruth Bagali Ravindranath's presentation on creating multimedia technology that helps educators teach math, language, and social sciences to primary school students. Ravindranath reflected on his own childhood experiences as a bored student in the classroom when developing classroom learning tools that would put teachers at the centre of education.
"Can we do to interactive education content what bloggers did to writing?" asked Ravindranath. "Our programs democratize the process of creation, it lets you edit and improve upon others' educational animation and teaching tools in a way similar to Wikipedia. We see that by combining teachers with technology, we get adaptive education."
17 septembre 2010
Sauvé Scholars Hope to Aid in Preserving Mohawk Culture
Sauvé Scholars Arcie Mallari (Philippines) and Anu George Canjanathoppil (India) were recently interviewed about this year's Sauvé Scholars' partnership with Survival School in Kahnawá:ke, a Mohawk community near Montreal.
Throughout the 2010-11 program year, the Sauvé Scholars plan to visit Survival School regularly in order to engage with students on a range of issues including cultural pride, sexual health, addiction, climate change, and community development. Through this process, the Scholars aim not only to enrich the lives of the students, but to learn about Mohawk culture, about the challenges facing the Kahnawá:ke Community, and about Aboriginal peoples in Canada more broadly.
3 août 2010
Turning clicks into cash
Comtribute is the modern version of the spinning-straw-into-gold fairy tale
MONTREAL - Yaniv Rivlin is new-tech's version of Rumpelstiltskin. But instead of turning straw into gold, as did the character from the brothers Grimm fairy tale, Rivlin is turning clicks into cash.
Rivlin, who was born in Israel's Golan Heights, co-founded a company that will help non-profit companies reach new sources of funds that never previously existed.
While spending a year at McGill as a Sauvé Scholar -a program designed to develop the leadership potential of promising youth from around the world -Rivlin co-founded the company Comtribute, which allows charities to personalize search engines and toolbars with their brand.
Then, every time someone runs a search, an average of three cents is donated to the charity, from the online ad revenues of the participating search engines, Google, Bing and Yahoo. While it may not seem like much, if 1,000 people download the application and launch just two searches per day, that amounts to $14,000 for the organization over the span of a year.
Launched less than a month ago, the company now has 15 clients, including Make a Wish Canada and Canada World Youth. The service is free for non-profits, and Rivlin's company makes money by taking a 30-per-cent cut of online revenue from the search engines. [Montreal Gazette link no longer available]
27 mai 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 mai 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 avril 2010
Gabriel Bran Lopez (2009-2020) 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 avril 2010
Philip Osano (2006-2007) recently won the prestigious 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 mars 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 décembre 2009
Ancien Boursier Sauvé récompensé par Ashoka
Farouk Jiwa, Boursier Sauvé 2004-200 et conseiller avec l'organisation humanitaire CARE USA, a été élu « Senior Ashoka Fellow », un honneur décerné à vie par Ashoka, une organisation mondiale d'entrepreneurs sociaux. La distinction Ashoka, qui sera décernée le 14 janvier 2010, reconnaît le travail de Jiwa relativement à l'intégration d'une mentalité d'affaires et d'une approche communautaire dans le but d'améliorer de manière sécuritaire et durable le sort des apiculteurs des régions rurales.
L'organisation est composée d'hommes et de femmes qui travaillent à trouver des solutions systémiques aux problèmes sociaux les plus criants, partout à travers le monde. Les récipiendaires de cet honneur sont récompensés pour être des leaders ayant déjà contribuer à des changements positifs dans leurs domaines respectifs.
14 décembre 2009
Guillaume Lavoie remporte la grande finale de La joute (Télé-Québec)
Guillaume Lavoie lors de la 1ère ronde, le 25 septembre 2009
Guillaume Lavoie, Boursier Sauvé 2007-2008, a remporté la grande finale de La joute, diffusée le vendredi 11 décembre 2009, sur les ondes de Télé-Québec. Il était opposé à Mme Suzanne Coté, avocate de renom associée au cabinet Stikeman Elliott et Mme Myriam Ségal, animatrice qu 98,3 le FM parlé du Saguenay-Lac St-Jean.
D'après le concept croate Piramida, La joute propose un jeu débat hebdomadaire. Un trio de vedettes médiatiques, reçu par le maître de jeu Stéphan Bureau, s'affronte en temps limité dans une discussion vive, drôle, parfois sérieuse et engageante, mais toujours divertissante. Quatre sujets, choisis dans l'actualité et représentant les préoccupations de l'heure des Québécois, amorcent les débats. Enregistré devant public et diffusé en direct, La joute permet aux spectateurs présents sur le plateau de réagir et d'encourager l'invité qu'ils soutiennent. À la maison, le public joue un rôle primordial en votant en direct par téléphone ou via Internet pour celui ou celle qui a le mieux défendu son point de vue. Ce jeu est d'une durée de soixante minutes.
27 octobre 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 octobre 2009
Maathai helps conservation take root
Journal de l'Université Concordia
La récipiendaire du Prix Nobel de la Paix Wangari Maathai a donné une conférence à l'Université Concordia avant de se joindre à David Suzuki pour une réception à la 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. »
Visionnez la vidéo de sa présentation à Concordia ici.
5 mars 2009
Dans le National Posta, Tomer Avital décrit son projet ainsi :
« 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.leaders» Tomer Avital: Ignorance about the Middle East, even among bright Canadians
4 mars 2009
Idowu (Jola) Ajibade en vedette dans le 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 novembre 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 octobre 2008
Pyone Kyaw writes in the McGill Reporter
How the global food crisis devastates families and communities
15 mai 2008
ENTRE NOUS with Désirée McGraw, Executive Director, Jeanne Sauvé; Foundation and Scholars Program.
15 février 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 septembre 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 septembre 2007
McGill déplore le décès de Jim Wright
C'est dans la plus grande consternation que la communauté de McGill a appris le décès accidentel de James G. Wright pendant le congé de la fête du Travail.
Jim Wright, directeur du programme des bourses Sauvé affilié à l'Université McGill et gouverneur émérite de notre Conseil, a péri dans une explosion au gaz, en même temps qu'une ex-boursière Sauvé, Meriem Maza.
3 septembre 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 février 2006
READITH MULIYUNDA HONOURED AT MONTREAL CITY HALL
6 février 2006
Paid In Full: South African journalist fuses creativity and truth
(McGill Daily) Profile of Henk Rossouw, Sauvé Scholar 2005-2006
15 décembre 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 mars 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 mai 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 avril 2004
Expliquer l'Afrique
Pour beaucoup l'Afrique est un continent sombre, rétrograde et ravagé par la guerre. Boursière de la Fondation Sauvé, Readith Muliyunda explique comment les médias du monde contribuent à perpétuer ces stéréotypes trompeurs.
28 avril 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 janvier 2004
La parole aux boursiers Sauvé
Le grand public est invité aux conférences sur des questions d'actualité globale Treize étudiants provenant des quatre coins du globe, ayant une expérience dans les communications et titulaires d'une bourse de La Fondation Sauvé à l'Université McGill, s'exprimeront sur les sujets de l'heure pendant la série de conférences hebdomadaires. Ces boursiers traiteront un large éventail de sujets allant du terrorisme sévissant au Pérou à la sexualité à Taïwan. Toutes les conférences commencent à 17 h et ont lieu à la Fondation des bourses Sauvé, située au 1514, avenue du Docteur-Penfield. Les médias sont bienvenus. L'entrée est gratuite, mais les places sont limitées.
5 novembre 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 novembre 2003
Expérience universitaire incomparable
(McGill Salle de presse) Il s'agit d'une première au Canada, car les boursiers Sauvé ont accès à tous les cours et à tous les programmes d'études de l'Université McGill. Ils ne passent pas d'examens et n'accumulent pas de crédits. Ces esprits libres sont invités à McGill pendant neuf mois pour faire de la recherche, se poser des questions, enrichir leurs connaissances et se pencher sur les moyens de le transformer le monde. L'Université permettra aussi aux boursiers Sauvé, si ils le veulent, de s'inscrire au niveau de la maîtrise et des études post-doctorales.
16 janvier 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.
