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From Enssib to McGill Libraries: An interview with Paloma Juno

Foreground: Paloma Juno. Background: Arts Building and lower field covered in snow.

La version française suit. This fall, McGill University Libraries welcomed Paloma Juno, a student from l’École nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques (Enssib) in Lyon, France, for an enriching international internship. Her time at McGill came at …

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Notes from the Archive: A Summer with Architecture

Charcoal and graphite sketches from Hugh McLennan student work fonds

by Jessica Huang, Student Project Assistant, Rare Books & Special Collections, 2025 (BSc Pharmacology, Philosophy minor) “The more abstract, the more ideal an art is, the more it reveals to us the temper of its age. If we wish to …

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Brilliant Blues for Winter Days

Japanese print of people on a beach with water and trees

By Octavian Sopt, Senior Documentation Technician, Rare Books and Special Collections At the onset of gray winter weather, I think about the multitude of vibrant colors that filled the exhibition cases in the 4th floor lobby of the McLennan Library …

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A Noble Fragment

We had the great pleasure of chatting over a video conference call with author and journalist Michael Visontay, residing in Sydney, Australia, following the release of his most recent book Noble Fragments. It recounts the riveting story of Gabriel Wells, …

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Holiday Remix | Rover’s Dinner Party

La version française suit. This festive scene is taken from Rover’s Dinner Party, was a part of the Aunt Louisa’s Toy Books series, published by Frederick Warne & Co. in the mid-to-late 19th century. This popular line of illustrated children’s books blended entertainment …

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Student support of McGill Libraries❤️

Person smiling at the camera from behind a green desk with a tag on it indicating student support.

There aren’t enough emojis in the world to express our gratitude to student societies for their support of McGill Libraries. Students are at the heart of the Libraries and this Giving Tuesday (and always), we celebrate the many ways in …

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Exaltation, The Ionkhisotha Ahsonthennékha Karáhkwa/Nookomis Giizis/Tipiskâwi-pîsim/Moon and The Mihkinâhk/Turtle Lunar Calendar

By Aurora Rose Desjarlais (Nêhiyawak/Plains Cree First Nations, McGill Visual Arts Collection Intern, 2025-) A sculpture that has always caught my eye on McGill’s campus is Exaltation by Giovanni Porretta. It is located in the James Sculpture Garden, which is nestled …

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Building Community and Care: A Student Wellness Partnership at the Nahum Gelber Law Library 

Students petting dog in Nahum Gelber Law Library

A collaboration started in 2023 between the Office of the Dean of Students – including the Student Wellness Hub – and the Nahum Gelber Law Library continues to grow, creating new opportunities for connection, support, and wellbeing within the Faculty …

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Celebrating Homecoming 2025 with the Libraries

Black and white photo of student studying in the a dorm room in the 1970s..

Make the Libraries your happy place during Homecoming. Reconnect with the McGill community this fall with a masterclass, exhibit tours, library tours, and more. Our 2025 Homecoming programming has something for everyone. Masterclass AI, Privacy, and the Public Good – …

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Something to Write Home About

Close up of student on top of collage featuring student on top of Eiffel Tower Old McGill Yearbook page from 1931/

Meet “Orvil,” a wide-eyed McGill freshman of 1930 whose letters home published in the 1931 Old McGill Yearbook are equal parts endearing, funny, and just a little bit cheeky. From missing the pigs back on the farm to navigating poetry …

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