On Aug. 8, four McGill unions signed an open letter in solidarity with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) in response to McGill’s notice of default on QPIRG’s Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). In the notice, the university threatened to suspend student funding to the group if it did not[Read More…]
Author: Nudara Edirisinghe
Know Your Team/Tournament Recap: Varsity Golf
Earlier this week, the Martlets and Redbirds Varsity Golf Team travelled to La Bête Golf Club in Mont-Tremblant to compete in their second Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) competition of the season. The Redbirds finished fourth out of the nine competing universities in their division, while the Martlets[Read More…]
Student unemployment is steadily increasing in Canada
Desjardins economists Kari Norman, LJ Valencia, and Randall Barlett published a report on Sept. 4 explaining the recent, rapid increase in youth unemployment rates in Canada. The unemployment rate for all youth has increased from 10 per cent in 2022 to 14 per cent in mid-2025. The burden has fallen[Read More…]
McGill Athletics’ great divide
McGill’s sports teams face deep inequalities in funding, resources, and recognition Few universities can claim to have shaped the global sporting landscape as profoundly as McGill has. Among its crowning sports achievements are the first game of organized ice hockey in 1875, the first game of American football in 1874,[Read More…]
More to explore: Montreal hidden gems based on your current favourites
As a student, it’s far too easy to fall into repetitive patterns. Routines can be comforting and convenient, especially when your schedule is packed. But if your days in Montreal are starting to feel like a sequence from Groundhog Day, it might be time to switch things up. Whether you’re[Read More…]
When campus walls become a canvas
A braid of sweetgrass winds across a purple backdrop in the University Centre’s flex space across from Gerts Student Bar. The mural, entitled “Interwoven,” represents more than vibrant artistic expression—it’s a deliberate effort to establish Indigenous presence in one of McGill’s most frequented student spaces. Zoe Gesaset-Gloqowej Lee, the Chinese-Mi’kmaq[Read More…]
Dice: The statistician’s Roman Empire
It’s a rainy Wednesday night in 50 BC, and you’re playing Yahtzee against Julius Caesar. You have four 4s, one 6, and one roll left. You have a decision to make: Do you risk it and try to get a Yahtzee, or settle for a fairly impressive four-of-a-kind? It turns[Read More…]
Quebec’s proposed public prayer ban could decrease inclusivity at McGill
The Coalition Avenir Québec announced in late August that it plans to propose a law this fall banning public prayer. Introduced by Quebec’s Secularism Minister, Jean-Francois Roberge, the measure is intended to reinforce the province’s existing secularism laws, including Bill 21, which the government implemented in 2019. The newly proposed[Read More…]
New to Montreal? Here’s what to do in your first few weeks
Moving to a new place is scary—especially when it’s for school. All of a sudden, we’re thrust into an alien environment, surrounded by swaths of strangers and, at least for many anglophone McGillians, a new language. We’re expected to adapt to all of this while simultaneously managing the new pressure[Read More…]
McGill and SSMU restore ties through revised Memorandum of Agreement
Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) President Dymetri Taylor and McGill’s Interim Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Angela Campbell announced on Sept. 4, via joint email statement, that SSMU and McGill have negotiated a new Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) after a summer of mediation. The mediation process followed Campbell’s[Read More…]
