Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools now shape how many students tackle tasks such as essay writing, problem-solving, and even brainstorming ideas. Across online platforms, users claim that their reliance on AI has compromised their vocabulary, writing abilities, and creativity, raising concerns about a weakening of cognitive skills overall. However, from a[Read More…]
Author: Malika Logossou
Know Your Athlete: Harry Corkum
The Redbirds Rugby squad is coming off another strong campaign, going 5–1 in the regular season and falling just short against the Université de Montréal Carabins in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec semi-finals. Their effort was powered by the stellar performances throughout the team, but perhaps most notably[Read More…]
Refuting students’ false mathematical arguments with counterexamples
When today’s elementary school students learn about fractions, they are sometimes asked to explain how they reason, for example, that one fraction is greater than another. By constructing their own arguments to explain how they came to a particular mathematical conclusion, they take on more agency in their own learning.[Read More…]
What we liked this break
Warning: This piece contains spoilers. Hamnet – Dylan Hing, Contributor As a self-described theatre-lover, I finally found the time to watch Chloé Zhao’s newest film Hamnet over the winter break, and I think we can all agree that Jessie Buckley is overdue for an Oscar. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020[Read More…]
Igloofest: A first-timer’s guide to Montreal’s most iconic festival
It’s that time of year when Montrealers make their annual pilgrimage to the Old Port. Dressed to the nines in their warmest puffer jackets, snow pants, and hats, these party people are heading to Igloofest, one of the city’s most iconic music festivals. This year, Igloofest runs from Jan. 15[Read More…]
Quebec’s neglect of students with disabilities is undermining education and well-being
Last week, Quebec school administrators informed thousands of students with disabilities that they would be experiencing a ‘break in services’ until Nov. 2026. Those breaks, the result of funding and staffing shortages that made accessibility programming reportedly infeasible, entail reduced schedules, removal from classes, and in some instances, being forced[Read More…]
Collectif 19 mars hosts “Gaza, from global failure to the duty of humanity” panel
On Jan. 9, Collectif 19 mars, with the support of Coalition du Québec Urgence Palestine, hosted a webinar titled “Gaza, from global failure to the duty of humanity.” Élisabeth Garant, previous executive director at Centre Justice et Foi (CJF) started the webinar by introducing Collectif 19 mars and explaining how[Read More…]
Change at the top for Manchester United and Chelsea
The Premier League was rocked this week by two major sackings of high-profile managers, with both the Manchester United Football Club and the Chelsea Football Club choosing to part ways with their head coaches following disappointing seasons. Ruben Amorim was relieved of his duties at Manchester United after just over[Read More…]
Quebec’s winter crossings are a policy outcome, not a one-time crisis
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…]
Building community through accessibility
Dec. 3 marks the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a reminder that disability—which is composed of functional or social limitations on one’s ability to perform an activity—affects millions worldwide. In Canada, more than 22 per cent of individuals, 6.2 million people, identify as having disabilities, and in[Read More…]