McGill News named best university magazine in Canada by CCAE

McGill News, published quarterly twice annually by McGill University, won the gold award for best university magazine at the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education’s annual Prix d’Excellence ceremony, held yesterday in St. John’s, Newfoundland. 

The University of Toronto’s U of T Magazine earned the silver and Concordia University’s Concordia University Magazine won the bronze.

Scott Rollins won gold for best English writing for a story published in the University of Alberta’s New Trail about the U of A’s varied research projects in the Canadian north. U of T Magazine earned the silver and bronze medals in this category.

Laval University’s Contact won the gold award for French writing for a story by Pascale Guéricolas about award-winning documentary filmmakers Olivier Higgins and Mélanie Carrier. The Université du Québec à Montréal’s Inter- won silver, while Université de Montréal’s Forum won the bronze.