Jaywalking is a practice that is only nominally illegal in most North American cities. However, Montreal seems to be taking a different approach. The Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) has begun its annual pedestrian safety campaign. Like most measures by government to raise “awareness” of a[Read More…]
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SSMU opens discussion on General Assembly reform
There are many ways in which students can participate in student government. Short of being elected to SSMU Council or another faculty association, however, the most direct way to engage in campus politics is through the General Assembly, where students can have a say in how SSMU operates. floor.” If[Read More…]
McGill doctors honoured
Last week, two McGill alumni were announced to be among the 2012 class of inductees to the prestigious Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame comprises 88 laureates and recognizes inspirational figures who have made remarkable and innovative contributions to the field of medicine. Dr. F.[Read More…]
McGill Medicine once again number one in Canada
McGill’s medical school was once again ranked as the best in Canada. The rankings, compiled by Maclean’s magazine, were published on Oct. 27. This marks the 21st year that Maclean’s has published medical school rankings for Canada. “We are gratified by this recognition,” McGill Principal Heather Munroe-Blum said in a[Read More…]
Cyber-bullying a growing concern in Canadian schools
Alissa Fingold The issue of cyber-bullying has increasingly become the subject of media attention, particularly after the recent suicide of 15-year-old Jamie Hubley. Hubley’s parents attribute his death to cyber-bullying targeting his sexual orientation. On Oct. 21, the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association released a study that revealed that almost 70[Read More…]
The Trib’s November Playlist
Halloween is over, it’s not Christmas just yet, and November is hectic, not to mention cold. Here are some relaxing pre-winter songs to provide a soundtrack to decorative gourd season and get you through the grind. Nick Drake: “From the Morning,” from Pink Moon (1972) Clazziquai: “Gentle Rain,” from[Read More…]
Shake and half-baked conspiracy theories
mcgill.ca Shakespeare has joined the ranks of Godzilla, alien invaders, and apocalyptic Mayan predictions, with the release of Roland Emmerich’s latest film, Anonymous, in which we, the English-speaking world, are the unknowing victims of a political and literary conspiracy of titanic proportions. A conspiracy involving Queen Elizabeth herself and the[Read More…]
The men who knew too much
alliancefilmsmedia.com alliancefilmsmedia.com Surviving Progress, as the name suggests, is a film that questions our understanding of progress by pushing viewers to see progress as a movement that threatens humanity, rather than as positive advancement. The documentary, based on Ronald Wright’s best selling non fiction book A Short History of Progress,[Read More…]
Difficult to explain, easy to like
Sometimes authors face a chasm between the critical and the consensus. Last year Johanna Skibsrud won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her debut novel, The Sentimentalists. Critics praised the book for its poetic language and complex themes, though many readers disagreed. Some found the work overwritten, and the storytelling murky,[Read More…]
Sunparlour Players: Us Little Devils
Us Little Devils seems like a name too deviously coy for a band that’s named after their hometown’s sunny climate. Yet Sunparlour Players’ latest release is certainly not lacking in contradictions. Within a scant 36 minutes, listeners are dragged through a disorienting mixture of frenzied, eclectic, pop-rock Canadiana. What results[Read More…]