McGill iGEM is one of McGill’s premier synthetic biology research teams. They tackle a range of ambitious projects involving both wet and dry lab components, granting students the opportunity to lead original research in campus laboratories and compete internationally at the iGEM Jamboree in Paris, France—winning the Grand Prize in[Read More…]
Author: Luca Paone
Quebec is failing the basic test of reproductive care
Despite increasing sexual health awareness, long-term oral contraceptives are still relatively inaccessible to young individuals within Quebec, as many fall victim to the province’s high healthcare costs and physician unavailability. This lack of uncompromised access to basic healthcare perpetuates the stagnation in promoting reproductive health in Quebec. In October 2024,[Read More…]
Canada must respect informed consent in its handling of residential school reports
In 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada presided over Canada (Attorney General) v. Fontaine, a case brought against the federal government by former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Philip Fontaine. Fontaine demanded the destruction of Indigenous residential student testimony gathered during the Indian Residential Schools Settlement[Read More…]
‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’ reinvents the look of love
Warning: This piece contains spoilers. New York in the 1990s, bike rides in the rain, an avoidantly-attached girlboss, and the son of a former president who falls for her—this is what the new FX show, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, offers. Produced by “the most powerful[Read More…]
Student activists argue McGill’s proposed identification policy threatens free expression
McGill proposed an Identification Policy for Access to Properties Owned, Occupied, or Used by the University to the Senate in January 2026. If approved, it would allow authorized personnel to require individuals on campus to present a McGill or government-issued ID “for a legitimate purpose.” These aims include safeguarding the[Read More…]
Face it!
I saw my mom for the first time this summer. Sitting alone in the busy Toronto Pearson Airport, I waited for my flight to Edmonton to join my family on a trip. I was armed with a couple of pencil crayons, a sharpener, and an Above Ground sketchbook bought from[Read More…]
Respectability politics in football
On Feb. 17, Sport Lisboa e Benfica (S.L. Benfica) hosted Real Madrid CF in Lisbon for the first portion of a two-leg Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League playoff. Real Madrid’s Vinicius “Vini” Jr. opened the scoring in minute 50 of the game before running towards the corner[Read More…]
WUSC helps students like Zawadi seize higher opportunities in university
Zawadi Ombeni, U1 Science, is just like any other McGillian. She studies Software Engineering, jokes about her bi-weekly mad dash from Adams Auditorium to McIntyre Medical between back-to-back lectures, and wonders if we can truly call our exams “mid-terms” when they don’t end until finals have already begun. Unlike most[Read More…]
American gladiators
//Warning: This piece mentions self-inflicted harm.// Dave Duerson was a hard-hitting safety at the core of two Super Bowl-winning defences, taking home titles with the 1985 Chicago Bears and the 1990 New York Giants, two of the greatest defensive units in the National Football League’s (NFL) history. The Associated Press[Read More…]
A deep dive into the Montreal Steppers and the art of stepping
Body-based art forms have long served as forms of resistance in Black communities, and stepping is one of its most powerful expressions. It is a Black diasporic art form that uses clapping, stomping, body slapping, and vocalization to create rhythm and beats through movement. The Montreal Steppers, a nonprofit organization[Read More…]