When music stars want to do some good, they turn to her
Marika Anthony-Shaw, BMus’01, BEd’06, was once a member of one of the hottest bands in the world, performing with them at the Grammys. Today as the CEO of PLUS1, she works with musical A-listers like Sabrina Carpenter and RAYE to raise money for a wide range of worthy causes.
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Marika Anthony-Shaw, BMus’01, BEd’06, was once a member of one of the hottest bands in the world, performing with them at the Grammys. Today as the CEO of PLUS1, she works with musical A-listers like Sabrina Carpenter and RAYE to raise money for a wide range of worthy causes.
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People
Life as a Nobel laureate
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Weaving a new future for Canadian wool
When Jobair Jaber, BCom’17, wasn’t busy attending organizational behaviour classes as a McGill student, he was often working as a model. He found both those parts of his past to be extremely useful when he launched a clothing brand of his own, Milo & Dexter.
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Culture
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On Campus
‘A mindset and skill set that is useful to all McGill students’
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Taking the work out of scheduling a workout
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Culture
‘The only thing I could maybe be good at’
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In the latest instalment of ‘How I Got Here,’ MicroHabitat co-founder Alexandre Ferrari-Roy, BSc(AgEnvSc)’15, tells us how he transformed his passion for urban farming into a successful business that oversees 400 rooftop and indoor farms across North America and Europe.
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Fall 2026