By Aurora Rose (Nêhiyawak/Plains Cree First Nations, McGill Visual Arts Collection Intern, 2025-) Among Northwest Coast Nations, the Raven is the bringer of light. The Moon Mask, Raven Stealing Light Drum, andthe Sun Mask in the McGill Visual Arts Collection …
Luwagila | Txeemsim | Wee’git – Raven, Bringer of Light Read More »
When most people think of puppets today, they imagine something small, colourful, and most likely muppet-like. The two Sicilian knight puppets in McGill’s Rare Books and Special Collections are none of those things — or rather, they embody some of those things …
A Knight’s Tale; Two Sicilian Puppets in McGill’s Collections Read More »
By Hiʻiakalehuakaulei Hashimoto (Kanaka ʻŌiwi), Curatorial Intern for Indigenous Art (2022-2026), McGill Visual Arts Collection The McGill Visual Arts Collection is happy to share Spirit of the Killer Whale by Wet’suwet’en First Nation artist Tsekot Ron Austin as part of …
by Sabine Calleja, Assistant Librarian – Liaison for the Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN) and Palliative Care and Eleni Philippopoulos. Assistant Librarian – Liaison for Undergraduate Medical Education at Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering; Jennie Fallis, Assistant …
Can you think of a more unique way to spread the message of Montreal and the Olympic spirit worldwide than by the power of a Volkswagen camper van named “Pilou”? Louise and Philip Wronski set out to do just that …
Van Life with Pilou – The Road to Montreal’s ’76 Games Read More »
La version française suit By Farane Zaidi, a 2nd year McGill Master of Information Studies student, who completed a special collections practicum at the Nahum Gelber Law Library during the winter 2026 semester. There is something strangely surreal about handling …
Exploring the Rare Book Collections of the Nahum Gelber Law Library Read More »
La version française suit On Thursday, May 7, 2026, students, library staff, and members of the Friends of the McGill Libraries came together to celebrate the recipients of the second annual Friends of the Libraries Student Library Awards. The ceremony brought together parents, family members, …
Six Students Honoured at the 2026 Friends of the Libraries Student Library Awards Read More »
La version française suit By Anaïs Salamon, Head Librarian, Islamic Studies Library and Mary Hague-Yearl, Molina Family Head Librarian and Osler Librarian, Osler Library of the History of Medicine On the last day of September 2025, two Osler Library manuscripts …
Treasures on display: the Golden Ink exhibit in Abu Dhabi Read More »
by Sofie Tsatas, Senior Reference Assistant & Cataloguing Editor, Marvin Duchow Music Library Introduction Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is a day to celebrate the lives of transgender, Two-Spirit, gender nonconforming, and non-binary people while also acknowledging the systemic and disproportionate discrimination that these communities face. Founder Rachel Crandall-Crocker, a psychotherapist and the …
This February, McGill Libraries marked Black History Month (BHM) with an event and displays that honoured Black excellence, scholarship, and storytelling – past and present. A highlight of the month was the book launch of Genius Unbroken: The Life and …
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