/channels/taxonomy/term/3629/all en /channels/channels/news/garvin-brown-steffanie-diamond-brown-boost-public-policy-mcgill-endowing-chair-democratic-studies-286995 <p><span>A $5-million gift from ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ąians G. Garvin Brown IV, BA’91, and his wife Steffanie Diamond Brown, will make a major contribution to research and teaching at ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ąâ€™s Max Bell School of Public Policy by establishing an endowed Chair in Democratic Studies. The Chair will promote further scholarship and public outreach, encourage public discussion of key challenges facing the world’s democracies, and contribute to evidence-based policy decision-making.</span></p> Thu, 03 May 2018 10:06:51 +0000 webfull 137772 at /channels /channels/news/expert-famine-nigeria-264769 <p>“More than 2,000 people may have died of famine this year in parts of northeast Nigeria which cannot be reached by aid agencies due to an insurgency by Islamic militant group Boko Haram, hunger experts said on Tuesday.” (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-boko-haram-aid-idUSKBN1421MQ">Reuters</a>)</p> Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:41:06 +0000 webfull 123703 at /channels