The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill’s Alternative Library offers a Free Textbook Loan Program to students of all faculties and programs, with the goal of providing low-income students free semester-long access to textbooks. Carl Bystram, community research and working groups coordinator at QPIRG, detailed the program’s purpose[Read More…]
Warning: This piece contains spoilers. Love is dichotomously the simplest and most complicated thing that befalls us; both your first breath of fresh air and a crushing weight on your lungs form its delicate balance. Heated Rivalry has done a wonderful job in revealing all of love’s shifting forms: The[Read More…]
December 3 I arrive at the Law Library at 11:00 a.m. after indulging in the snooze button a mere 4 times. After realizing that from now until doomsday (my last exam on Dec. 19), this library is exclusively open to law students, I turn around and drag myself to Schulich.[Read More…]
Diabetes is often framed as a purely medical condition, managed through medications, blood sugar monitoring, and lifestyle changes. For many Indigenous youth in Canada, however, history and culture shape how they experience the condition. The enduring impacts of colonialism, intergenerational trauma, and the healthcare system’s failure to provide culturally sensitive[Read More…]
The Martlets finished the first half of their season ranked fourth in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), with six of their games going to overtime. On Jan. 8, McGill’s Martlets Hockey returned to McConnell Arena for their first game since Nov. 30. The team’s homecoming was marked[Read More…]
“I almost wish I hadn’t gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—and yet—it’s rather curious, you know, this sort of life!” The sage words of the lovely Alice on her way to Wonderland capture the way social media has wheedled its way into our lives. Too often do we find ourselves wondering[Read More…]
December 3 I arrive at the Law Library at 11:00 a.m. after indulging in the snooze button a mere 4 times. After realizing that from now until doomsday (my last exam on Dec. 19), this library is exclusively open to law students, I turn around and drag myself to Schulich.[Read More…]
The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill’s Alternative Library offers a Free Textbook Loan Program to students of all faculties and programs, with the goal of providing low-income students free semester-long access to textbooks. Carl Bystram, community research and working groups coordinator at QPIRG, detailed the program’s purpose[Read More…]
Diabetes is often framed as a purely medical condition, managed through medications, blood sugar monitoring, and lifestyle changes. For many Indigenous youth in Canada, however, history and culture shape how they experience the condition. The enduring impacts of colonialism, intergenerational trauma, and the healthcare system’s failure to provide culturally sensitive[Read More…]
On Jan. 1, the Quebec government changed the financial requirements for international students to be eligible to study in the province. Quebec now requires international students to show at least $24,617 CAD in available funds to qualify for a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec (CAQ) and study permit. This new requirement,[Read More…]
The Martlets finished the first half of their season ranked fourth in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), with six of their games going to overtime. On Jan. 8, McGill’s Martlets Hockey returned to McConnell Arena for their first game since Nov. 30. The team’s homecoming was marked[Read More…]
On Jan. 8, Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) hosted a vigil in solidarity with Palestine against Israel’s broken ceasefire and ongoing genocide. At 4:00 p.m., around 10 members of PAJU stationed themselves outside the turnstiles at Station Bonaventure, distributing flyers to commuters and pedestrians. In an interview with The Tribune,[Read More…]
January, colloquially known as the month of new beginnings. Planners for the calendar year fill the bookshelves, wellness advice on how to ‘improve’ flood TikTok and Instagram For-You-Pages, and even McGill sends out communications encouraging students to return to campus with better habits and a renewed zest for academia and[Read More…]
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games are just under a month away. Featuring approximately 2,900 athletes across 116 events, the Winter Games is one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Despite its importance and popularity, the National Hockey League (NHL) has denied its players the opportunity to[Read More…]
The Quebec government introduced a new method for calculating rent on Jan. 1. The new method relies on the average consumer price index (CPI) over the past three years to calculate rent, rather than landlords’ individual operating costs. As part of the new system, the government also introduced a fixed[Read More…]
New Year, same (institutional) burnout
January, colloquially known as the month of new beginnings. Planners for the calendar year fill the bookshelves, wellness advice on how to ‘improve’ flood TikTok and Instagram For-You-Pages, and even McGill sends out communications encouraging students to return to campus with better habits and a renewed zest for academia and[Read More…]