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Fibres and Folios; New Monthly Knitting Community

Version française Join knitters, librarians, and book-lovers for a monthly fibre arts gathering inspired by the rare items in McGill’s Rare Books and Special Collections. Crafters of all inclinations are invited to bring their own knitting, stitching, or other fibre …

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A Knight’s Tale; Two Sicilian Puppets in McGill’s Collections

Ottone king of England

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 …

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Van Life with Pilou – The Road to Montreal’s ’76 Games

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 …

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Exploring the Rare Book Collections of the Nahum Gelber Law Library

The Peter M. Laing Special Collection Room

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 …

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Sneak Peek: The new eScholarship@McGill is almost here!

Arts Cupola

by Awais Mehmood Khalid, Programmer Analyst As we move closer to the June 1 launch of the new eScholarship@McGill on the Scholaris platform, we’re excited to share an early look at what’s coming. This sneak peek highlights a few of …

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Treasures on display: the Golden Ink exhibit in Abu Dhabi

The conservator checks the light levels after installing B.O. 7508.

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 …

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Rediscovering Montreal with Gabor Szilasi’s Photographic Angle

Gabor Szilasi’s photos speak for themselves. You will likely hear their message for yourself if you pay a visit to Hinge Points; Gabor Szilasi’s Photographic Angle. There are bilingual guided tours of the exhibition available on April 16th and May …

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Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31

Crop of Interview with McGill Professor Oliva Jensen from the McGill Daily’s 1995 LGBT Special Issue

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 …

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Prometheus Unbound

By Hiʻiakalehuakaulei Hashimoto (Kanaka ʻŌiwi), Curatorial Intern for Indigenous Art (2022-2026), McGill Visual Arts Collection “Iapetos, moreover, wedded the damsel Klymene, a fair-ankled Okeanos-daughter, and ascended into a common bed. And she bore him Atlas, a stout-hearted son, and brought …

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Recap: Black History Month at the Libraries

Six books featured in the print book display for Black History Month. Top row: POsition as Desired, A Stolen Life, The Black Atlantic Reconsidered. Bottom row: Corssing the Border, Odysseys Home, Performing Postracialism

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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