McMaster Archive

November 28, 2019

McMaster joins in development of Hamilton Health Team

McMaster's Department of Family Medicine is helping provide leadership for the Hamilton Ontario Health Team, which was announced by Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliott this week.

November 19, 2019

Hamilton’s postsecondary institutions reaffirm commitment to Principles of Cooperation with new city manager

Representatives from McMaster, Mohawk College, Redeemer University College and the City of Hamilton signal a continued commitment to a “vision for a long-term relationship that promotes and supports cooperation.”

November 8, 2019

“Without this space, our company wouldn’t exist”

Entrepreneurs and innovators find support, space and tools in The Forge and Innovation Factory’s new co-located space.

November 6, 2019

McMaster Museum of Art partners with Hess Street School

Teresa Gregorio, the McMaster Museum of Art's education officer, has developed a collaborative project with two Hess Street Elementary School teachers to use McMaster’s significant art collection to teach visual literacy skills.

November 4, 2019

Supporting a new generation of anthropology students: The Shelley Saunders/Koloshuk Family Scholarships in Anthropology

McMaster has received a second $1M donation to augment the Shelley Saunders/Koloshuk Family Scholarships in Anthropology, established in memory of anthropologist Shelley Saunders.

November 4, 2019

Mac grad chosen for International Horatio Alger Award

Walter Schroeder, MBA ’69, is following in the footsteps of Wayne Gretzky — not on the ice, but as a champion of higher education.

November 1, 2019

McMaster continues to contribute to setting a new direction for the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre (HARRC)

McMaster is working with city and community partners to help set a renewed vision and direction for the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre.

October 30, 2019

Students collecting used university computers for donation to Hamilton kids

Students in the Sustainable Future Program want to give 100 kids in Hamilton a very happy holiday by getting them a refurbished McMaster computer – and they need your help to do it.

October 22, 2019

Trees are the lungs of the earth – plant one on campus this week

In partnership with Nature at McMaster and Trees for Hamilton, students in the McMaster Sustainable Future Program are holding two drop-in tree-planting sessions on campus Wednesday October 23 and Saturday October 26.

September 24, 2019

Conversations That Matter speaker series informs voters as federal election approaches

McMaster Continuing Education has partnered with the Hamilton Public Library and the City of Hamilton to host a series of talks focused on voter education and dialogue.

September 17, 2019

Changing the weather: Mac grad backs a new musical about Newfoundland

Walter Schroeder, MBA ’69, wants to share the best of Newfoundland music — and maybe rewrite some history — with “No Change in the Weather,” a new musical currently touring Canada.

September 16, 2019

Special events mark 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth

Organizers of Hamilton’s annual celebrations of Gandhi are planning an extra-special series of events this year as the world marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas Gandhi.

September 12, 2019

“Everything is much more connected than we think”

McMaster Museum of Art supports art and artists at Supercrawl, including a text-based installation by Hiba Abdallah.

September 4, 2019

Meet McMaster’s 2019/20 Writer in Residence

Bilingual poet, fiction writer, essayist and author of seven books in English and Farsi, Nilofar Shidmehr, has been named the 2019/20 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence.

July 10, 2019

Climate change getting you down? Mac has a course for that

Actually, five courses. The Sustainable Future Program is open to all McMaster undergraduates enrolled in any faculty. Learn about sustainability, work with community champions, and help to implement real-world solutions. (And you could win a prize.)

July 2, 2019

Facility Services staff volunteer with Hamilton charities

About 30 volunteers pitch in with elbow grease and caring to make four Hamilton community organizations sparkle again.

June 26, 2019

“You do belong at McMaster, and we are here to help you on that journey”

Celeste Licorish, McMaster's new Access Strategy Program Manager, understands better than most the barriers to post-secondary education faced by under-represented groups in Hamilton.

June 25, 2019

Finding Hazel

Dundas elementary school teams up with McMaster Child and Youth University to uncover a hundred-year-old mystery.

June 24, 2019

For the ages: How McMaster is becoming age-friendly

This week, the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) is releasing the Age-Friendly University Report, outlining steps McMaster is taking to improve the accessibility of the campus, understand the needs of older adults coming to campus, and encourage the participation of older adults in education, research, health, and cultural activities.

June 17, 2019

How three McMaster engineering students helped build the Business Out of The Box

Three graduate students in Engineering Design recently completed a unique thesis project which has not only provided them with valuable, real-world experience, but is also helping to make a difference for women entrepreneurs in the Hamilton community.