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So what happened after the fun and festivities of McGill's winter carnival were over? We hear from Rae Rambally, Carnival queen in 1958, about her experiences both before and after her time at McGill.

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See a full slide show of photos on our Blog, Library Matters
See the full transcript on the Podcast website, Episode 18.

Credits
· Host & Editor: Jacquelyn Sundberg

· Producer: Sheetal Lodhia

· Transcription & Research: Labiba Faiza

Guests:
· Rae Rambally

Music
· Title song: Happy Sandbox, by Mativve, sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0

· End credits: Happy-music, by monkeyman355, CC BY 3.0

So what happened after the fun and festivities of McGill's winter carnival were over? We hear from Dorothy Baxter, Carnival queen in 1951, about her experiences after the pageant and her time at McGill.

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See a full slide show of photos on our Blog, Library Matters
Dorothy’s Website
Read the full transcript

Credits

Host & Editor: Jacquelyn Sundberg
Producer: Sheetal Lodhia
Transcription & Research: Labiba Faiza

Guests:

Dorothy Baxter Alexander

Music

Title song: Happy Sandbox, by Mativve, sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0
End credits: Happy-music, by monkeyman355, CC BY 3.0

So what happened after the fun and festivities of McGill's Winter Carnival were over? We hear from Beryl Rapier, Carnival Queen in 1949, about her experiences after the pageant and her time at McGill.

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See the full transcript on the podcast website

Credits


Host & Editor: Jacquelyn Sundberg
Producer: Sheetal Lodhia
Transcription & Research: Labiba Faiza

Guests:

Beryl Rapier
Bradley Rapier

Music

Title song: Happy Sandbox, by Mativve, sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0
End credits: Happy-music, by monkeyman355, CC BY 3.0

This episode we speak with royalty, McGill royalty to be precise. Step back in time to 1949, 1951 and 1958, as Beryl Rapier, Dorothy Baxter and Rae Tucker Rambally bring us back to mid-century McGill Winter Carnival days. Relive their days as campus royalty. 

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See a full slide show of photos on our Blog, Library Matters
See the full transcript here
Play Quiz That So, a McGill Library game that unites McGillians from throughout history in a trivia challenge that will test your wits. Host Max McMartlet and the game itself was inspired by a McGill Winter Carnival Programme from 1951.
Hear more from Beryl in Episode 11: Generations Part 1.
Listen to CBC's The Doc Project by Julia Lipscombe, How Montrealer Beryl Dickinson-Dash made history as McGill's first Black queen of Carnival.
Eliza McCullum. “Queen of the Campus: The McGill Winter Carnival Queen, 1948-1969.” Canadian Content: The McGill Undergraduate Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 11, Spring 2019. Accessed Feb 1, 2022. https://www.mcgill.ca/misc/files/misc/canadian_content_2019.pdf

Credits

· Host: Sheetal Lodhia

· Producer and Editor: Jacquelyn Sundberg

· Transcription & Research: Labiba Faiza

· Research Assistance: Michelle Macleod

Guests:

· Beryl Rapier

· Dorothy Baxter

· Rae Tucker Rambally

Music

· Title song: Happy Sandbox, by Mativve, sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0

· Transitions:

o It’s Winter Carnival Time. Merry Martlets. Presented by the Graduates' Society of McGill University, the Merry Martlets appeared courtesy of the McGill Choral Society under the direction of Gifford Mitchell. Copyright McGill University.

o Hail Alma Mater. Presented by the Graduates' Society of McGill University, the Merry Martlets appeared courtesy of the McGill Choral Society under the direction of Gifford Mitchell. Copyright McGill University.

o Old Fashioned auto Piano, by Razzvio, Sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0

· End credits: Happy-music, by monkeyman355, CC BY 3.0

A cataloguing librarian with a love for medieval manuscripts, archives, and Star Trek’s Beverly Crusher. Meet Anna Dysert in this week’s short episode.

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McGill Archival Collections Catalogue

Credits
Producer: Sheetal Lodhia

Host, Associate Producer, and Technical Assistance: Jacquelyn Sundberg

Transcription: Labiba Faiza

Guest:

Anna Dysert

Music

Title song: Happy Sandbox, by Mativve, sourced from Freesound.org
End credits: Happy-music by monkeyman535, Sourced from Freesound.org.

What has changed since the 1940s for Black students and staff at McGill? In part 2 of the Generations episode, we shift to more contemporary perspectives. We hear mostly from the daughters and learn about their experiences as former students and current staff at McGill. They discuss community, belonging, and safe spaces on campus. The episode also focuses on the fight for equity, and the institutional challenges/obstacles that come with it.

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Furthering Equity and Inclusivity at McGill
Adrienne speaking about her work at McGill
Find out more about Black Grad at McGill
During her time as a law student, Brittany worked for the McGill Legal information clinic, find out more about that project here
Read more about the McGill Law Coffee house in this article from 2007
Glyne Piggott’s McGill Profile
See the full transcript here

Credits
Host & Producer: Sheetal Lodhia

Associate Producer and Technical Assistance: Jacquelyn Sundberg

Transcription: Labiba Faiza

Guest:

Prof. Emeritus Glyne Piggott
Adrienne Piggott, Associate director, Faculty Procurement, McGill Univeristy
Ron Williams
Brittany Williams, Manager, Student Affairs Office, McGill Faculty of Law.Note, at the time we spoke with Brittany, she was Acting Associate dean of admissions and recruitment for the Faculty of Law. She started her new position November first, 2021, read more about it here.


Music

Title song: Happy Sandbox, by Mativve, sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0
Transitions: Horn lilt 2 by contextcollapse, Sombre Piano by Luckylittleraven, Happy and Groovy by Tyops, all sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0
End credits: Happy-music, by monkeyman355, CC BY 3.0