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literacy with Frontier College</a></h1> <span class="artissue"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/category/in-the-community/">In the Community</a></span> <p>The Montreal branch of Frontier College, Canada’s oldest literacy organization, was launched in 1992 by Stephanie Miller, a McGill student at the time. Frontier College’s literacy tutoring programs have spread to the city’s four universities, as well as Quebec City and Sherbrooke. Since then hundreds of people have been trained to teach basic literacy, with about 20 McGillians now working as literacy volunteers.</p> <!-- <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2018/02/mcgillians-on-the-frontline-of-literacy-with-frontier-college/" class="more-link">Read More »</a> --> </div> <div class="article"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/12/54813/" rel="bookmark">Prize-winning initiative teaches public to ‘dig’ archaeology</a></h1> <span class="artissue"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/category/in-the-community/">In the Community</a></span> <p>In 2016, archaeologist Jennifer Bracewell was named Project Director of the Maison Nivard-de Saint-Dizier Community Archaeology Project in Verdun, in which people from the community were invited to help out with the archaeological dig. She writes about her experience.</p> <!-- <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/12/54813/" class="more-link">Read More »</a> --> </div> <div class="article"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/11/unprecedented-canada-wide-movement-to-improve-pediatric-cancer-treatment/" rel="bookmark">Canada-wide movement to improve pediatric cancer treatment</a></h1> <span class="artissue"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/category/in-the-community/canada/">Canada</a></span> <p>In an effort to accelerate research breakthroughs and ensure a faster path to a cure for children living with resistant, recurrent or metastatic cancer, more than 30 pediatric research centres and non-profit organizations are joining forces to support the PRecision Oncology For Young peopLE (PROFYLE) program, an initiative of the Terry Fox Research Institute. This unique partnership represents $16.4 million in funding, over a quarter of which will come from Quebec.</p> <!-- <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/11/unprecedented-canada-wide-movement-to-improve-pediatric-cancer-treatment/" class="more-link">Read More »</a> --> </div> <div class="article"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/11/mcgill-students-helping-local-merchants-learn-french/" rel="bookmark">McGill students helping local merchants learn French</a></h1> <span class="artissue"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/category/in-the-community/">In the Community</a></span> <p>McGill students are helping local entrepreneurs learn French as part of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal’s Merchant-Student Language Pairing program.</p> <!-- <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/11/mcgill-students-helping-local-merchants-learn-french/" class="more-link">Read More »</a> --> </div> <div class="article"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/08/combatting-gender-based-violence-in-ethiopia/" rel="bookmark">Combatting gender-based violence in Ethiopia</a></h1> <span class="artissue"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/category/in-the-community/">In the Community</a></span> <p>Two ongoing research projects led by Professors Claudia Mitchell and Lisa Starr, of the Faculty of Education’s Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), are helping to understand how women in Ethiopia can empower themselves to protect their human rights, and to benefit equitably from development in the country.</p> <!-- <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/08/combatting-gender-based-violence-in-ethiopia/" class="more-link">Read More »</a> --> </div> <div class="article"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/08/mcgill-symphony-orchestra-to-take-part-in-mount-royal-mega-concert/" rel="bookmark">McGill Symphony Orchestra to take part in Mount Royal mega-concert</a></h1> <span class="artissue"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/category/in-the-community/">In the Community</a></span> <p>On August 19, the eastern flank of Mount Royal will become an outdoor amphitheatre for “Montréal Symphonique” It’s a free performance of major artists and Montréal’s three great orchestras – the McGill Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the Orchestre Métropolitain, under the direction of Simon Leclerc.</p> <!-- <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/08/mcgill-symphony-orchestra-to-take-part-in-mount-royal-mega-concert/" class="more-link">Read More »</a> --> </div> <div class="article"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/07/opening-the-door-to-new-possibilities/" rel="bookmark">Opening the door to new possibilities</a></h1> <span class="artissue"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180226205527/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/category/in-the-community/">In the Community</a></span> <p>Raising aspirations and academic achievement for promising high school students from under-represented groups is the goal of the Explore! 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