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Focuses on the increase of students enrolling in an English courses in Montreal, Quebec. Factors influencing the students to study the English language; Lists of universities offering English courses; Impact of the increase numbers of English language enrolment on the French culture preservation.

The article reports on the decision of the board of governors at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to ban the practice of hazing after a football player confessed about an initiation incident. The players involved in the alleged initiation were suspended by the university. Alternatives to hazing are being promoted by the university.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by former admissions director Peggy Ann Sheppard against McGill University for wrongful dismissal in Montreal, Quebec. Pressure suffered by Sheppard from administrators, alumni, high school teachers and coaches to admit below-par students; Opposition to the administration's alleged lapses of policy; Reason for the dismissal of the first hearing.

Reports on the arguments of McGill University medical school in defense to the allegations of unfair expulsion of a medical student in Montreal, Quebec. Claims of Ali Hashemi as victim of prejudice; Scope of the documents supporting the student grievance; Personal differences of Hashemi with the administration.

Focuses on a seminar designed to introduce college freshmen to progressive politics, social justice and environmental action in Montreal, Quebec. Reasons for students' attendance; Give-away items.

Reports on the decision of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to reject an endowment to establish a chair in the name of libertarian and author Ayn Rand. Reason for the university's decision; Reaction of Ayn Rand Institute on the university's decision.

Reports on the link of cancer rate in adult whale and aluminum plant in Quebec. Risk of human population as well as population of mammals to specific types of cancer due to exposure to the same environmental contaminants; Relationship between the aluminum waste dumps in the river and the cause of killing some of the whales.

Reports that universities should embark on collective resistance to the statistical demands of micro-managing governments if they want to prove their mettle to the public in Montreal, Quebec. Impact of quality assurance schemes; Cost of paperwork between universities and governments; Template for universities to become more accountable.

Reports the establishment of a venture capital firm by McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Aim of the university in forming the firm; Statistics of the research funding at the university; Amount to be spent on projects in biotechnology; pharmaceuticals and bioinformatics.

Reports the lawsuit against McGill University in Quebec. Failure to renovate a laboratory causing leukemia to medical students; Health risk from an inadequate ventilating system; Rate of miscarriages and building-related illnesses.

Reports the significance brought by the attractions of the country on the campaign to recruit international students in Montreal, Quebec. Emphasis of the merit-based waiving of international fees; Flexibility of English literature to a programme in political science; Inclusion of the lifestyle and cost of living.

Focuses on the teaching strategy of professor, Gerald Zavorsky in teaching physical fitness in Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Appreciation of the student on the strategy of Zavorsky in teaching; Aims of Zavorsky to make the science of physical fitness entertaining; Consideration of the technique as student-centered.

Reports individual evaluations of graduate supervisors at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Details about the questionnaires; Importance of the evaluations on tenure decisions; Anonymity of students in small research groups; Fear of retribution.

Reports the demand of government-run lottery Loto-Quebec for the retraction of defamatory statements from Universite de Quebec a Montreal professor Pierre P. Tremblay. Intimidation in the letter of the lottery to Tremblay; Fallacy of Tremblay's claims on the amount of collection by the lottery; Threat of legal action against Tremblay.

Reports that Canadian education minister Francois Legault questioned his government's commitment to higher education, and in the process may have saved Quebec universities millions in funding cuts.

Reports the formulation of a system for the measurement of the severity of political crises in Montreal, Quebec. Similarity of the measurement with that of the Richter scale for earthquake intensity; Investigative work of the International Crisis Behavior Project at McGill University; Index of criteria for the scale.

Reports on the decision of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, to allow final-year students to defer examinations to join a protest at a trade conference in Quebec.

Discusses the expansion of the facilities of Cirque du Soliel circus company in Saint-Michel, Montreal, Quebec. Information on the study conducted by the company to determine the feasibility of turning Saint-Michel into a district for circus artists.

Deals with the support of technology firms for universities in Canada. Amount of donation received by the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec from Richard Tomlinson, founding director of Gennum Corporation; His association with the university.

Reports that a Canadian female medical student and colon cancer patient has been refused leniency on paying back her student loans. Reasons for her decision to drop out from the Universite de Montreal of Quebec; Amount of her student loan; Statement from the Canadian Federation of Students on her case.

Announces the resignation of Paule Leduc as Vice Chancellor of the Universite du Quebec a Montrel, a French-language university in Montreal, Qeubec. Reason for her resignation; Financial status of the university; Cuts in operating budgets of Quebec universities.

Reports that in Montreal, Quebec the demands for compensation by a group being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition originally named for American soldiers, could cause undue economic stress to government and business. Comments from university professor Allan Young, who helped raise questions in the psychiatric community about the possible overdiagnosis of PTSD; Rank of PTSD in the budget of the United States Veterans Administration Medical System.

Focuses on graffiti art in Montreal, Quebec. Comments from Louise Gauthier, an urban cultural sociologist on the staff of Concordia University in Montreal; Background information on graffiti art; Overview of the recognition of the artistic value of graffitis.

Reports the online system at the Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec that allows students to evaluate their professors competence. Students who developed the site; How the online site could help students.

Reports that the Quebec province of Canada announced that it would hold a third vote but only under winning conditions. Election of Lucien Bouchard of the Parti Quebecois in 1976; His accomplishments; Information on the separatist movement of Quebec.

Reports that according to a survey by a provincial teachers association, Quebec universities have lost ten percent of their professors. Number of full-time professors that have been lost to Quebec from 1995-1998; Comments made by Christine Piette, the principal researcher on the study.

Reports on the case of Tara Newell, who was elected president of McGill University's student society in Montreal, Quebec despite receiving threats from anonymous harassers through electronic mail. Harassers' success in breaking into Newell's electronic account.

Reports that the Montreal, Quebec-based Simone de Beauvoir Institute has been targeted for closure in the downsizing of Concordia University. Campaign to rally support for the institute; American feminist Gloria Steinem's letter to Concordia rector; Implications in education and feminist issues.

Reports on the copyright dispute between students and the management of the student-run television station at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.

Focuses on a study on the occupational hazards faced by taxi drivers in Quebec. Obesity and backaches; Stress.

Reports that ninety-one year-old Dagobert Broh received his doctoral degree in history at a ceremony in June 1996 at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Comments on Broh's thesis.

Reports on the effects of higher education funding cuts on the academic society in Quebec. Strike of graduate teachers of McGill University; Announcement of spending estimates by the Quebec government; Fighting of proposal for salary slash by McGill teaching assistants; Illustration of insecurity by Hugh Potter, AGSEM coordinator; Comments from Elaine MacDonald, member of AGSEM bargaining committee.

Cites that proficiency of French language may not be a criteria to enter into Universities in Quebec following the failure of the referendum seeking separate French-speaking province.