Published by the SPT, a student society of McGill University
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) called to order its penultimate Legislative Council (LC) of the academic year on March 26. As the semester draws to a close, members are moving to finalize key decisions for a smooth transition into the summer months. Early in the session, Speaker Acadia[Read More…]
Trigger warning: This piece contains mentions of sexual violence. Tuesday Night Café Theatre (TNC)’s production of Hookman explores grief through the metaphor of a masked killer representing guilt. The show ran from March 17 to 20, under the direction of Andrea Alcaraz (U1 Education). The play, written in 2012 by[Read More…]
As we are all well aware, McGill has faced minor financial issues for quite some time now. For the 2025-2026 school year, our university has a minuscule projected deficit of $45 million CAD. Fortunately, so far, this deficit has only led to an abundance of staff cuts, cutting the majority[Read More…]
When we think of what the physical world is made of, atoms come to mind—but it turns out the story is far more complex. In reality, atomic matter makes up only five per cent of the universe. The rest, however, is made of dark matter and dark energy, which have[Read More…]
Martlets Artistic Swimming left the University of Laval’s Aquatic Centre on March 22 as the undisputed 2026 champions of the Canadian University Artistic Swimming League (CUASL), sweeping every event they entered across three days of competition. This marked the program’s eighth championship in the past 12 seasons, and its 18th[Read More…]
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) called to order its penultimate Legislative Council (LC) of the academic year on March 26. As the semester draws to a close, members are moving to finalize key decisions for a smooth transition into the summer months. Early in the session, Speaker Acadia[Read More…]
Trigger warning: mentions of violence In 2018, a nurse in Beauce had a miscarriage after a patient kicked her in the stomach. In 2020, a nurse in Montérégie-Est was strangled for several minutes. In 2023, a high‑school teacher in Laval was assaulted with scissors by a student in her classroom.[Read More…]
The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) says its new Project Aurora has already led to 20 arrests in just over six weeks, as part of a strategy aimed at preventing serious crimes such as arson, shootings, and home invasions through social media monitoring. Described by police[Read More…]
When we think of what the physical world is made of, atoms come to mind—but it turns out the story is far more complex. In reality, atomic matter makes up only five per cent of the universe. The rest, however, is made of dark matter and dark energy, which have[Read More…]
Martlets Artistic Swimming left the University of Laval’s Aquatic Centre on March 22 as the undisputed 2026 champions of the Canadian University Artistic Swimming League (CUASL), sweeping every event they entered across three days of competition. This marked the program’s eighth championship in the past 12 seasons, and its 18th[Read More…]
From March 23 to March 27, over 65,000 post-secondary and Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) students participated in a week-long strike against austerity in education. The strikes were organized by the Coalition de résistance pour l’unité étudiante syndicale (CRUES), a union of 30,000 students in local and regional levels[Read More…]
Trigger warning: This piece contains mentions of sexual violence. Tuesday Night Café Theatre (TNC)’s production of Hookman explores grief through the metaphor of a masked killer representing guilt. The show ran from March 17 to 20, under the direction of Andrea Alcaraz (U1 Education). The play, written in 2012 by[Read More…]
In The Tribune‘s Slack, ‘that’s great!’ doesn’t usually mean there’s good news. Coming up with pitches for our paper requires a particular analytic perspective. Examining politics, social life, and culture through the lens of journalism can instill a habit of reading the news in search of something controversial; something sensationalizable.[Read More…]
The McGill administration’s recent effort to obstruct the Law Students’ Association’s (LSA) referendum epitomizes its blatant disrespect for student expression and democracy. From March 19–21, students in the Faculty of Law voted in favour of a referendum endorsing the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). The referendum, introduced by[Read More…]
This week, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players voted unanimously to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), with over 90 per cent of the league’s athletes participating in the vote. The seven-year agreement will begin with the 2026 season and run through 2032, with an opt-out after the sixth[Read More…]
Bill 28 entrenches the devaluation of feminized labour
Trigger warning: mentions of violence In 2018, a nurse in Beauce had a miscarriage after a patient kicked her in the stomach. In 2020, a nurse in Montérégie-Est was strangled for several minutes. In 2023, a high‑school teacher in Laval was assaulted with scissors by a student in her classroom.[Read More…]