At the beginning of 2022, music legends Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, alongside a few other artists pulled their music off Spotify in response to the streaming service platforming controversial podcaster Joe Rogan. Young explained that he did not want to be associated with a brand that had such a[Read More…]
Author: Lily Dodson
Finding the way forward in urban green spaces
A guide to revitalizing our relationships with the land Photo Editor Mason Bramadat grew up in Yukon Territory, where he was immersed in nature. Reflecting on urban landscapes and the environment’s potential for healing, community building, and transformation, he offers a way forward for shared green spaces. Three weeks ago,[Read More…]
Moments of celebration
A MUPPS x Tribune collaboration: For the past two years, I have been given the opportunity to cover McGill’s varsity games and, as a farewell to my time at McGill, this is what I will leave behind: photos of people enjoying their sports and celebrating their wins with their friends and teammates.
Modern Day Reverence – Nearly Human
A MUPPS x Tribune collaboration: Captured in Boston within the backroom of an athletic shop.
When walls talk: Graffiti and stickering for mobilization, resource-sharing, and expression
In the Feature of the Week: News Editor Eliza Lee investigates the purposes that graffiti and stickering serve for students and groups at McGill.
Assist, don’t resist, TAs in their strikes for better rights
On Monday, March 25, McGill teaching assistants (TAs) began striking following months of failed bargaining and 19 meetings with the university to negotiate a new collective agreement (CA). Last week’s strike vote found 87.5 per cent of the TAs in favour of striking, providing the Association of Graduate Students Employed[Read More…]
When I grow up, I want to still be an idealist
This is a coming-of-age story. At a young age, I signed up for multiple activities outside of school—dance, piano, chess classes, all that good stuff. Being relatively skilled at each thing I tried, I quickly became a busy kid, running to different places each day after the ring of the[Read More…]
McGill24: Key to the survival of McGill’s ‘Other’ Sport Clubs
On March 13, McGill kicked off its annual fundraising event: McGill24. It’s housed on the McGill Crowdfunding website, and various sports teams, clubs, and other university initiatives have donation pages detailing their monetary goal and the background of their campaign. Donations made on March 13 are matched by the university[Read More…]
Let’s go lesbians…to the movies!
From boxers to bodybuilders to road trippers and beyond, the past six months have given us an unprecedented number of movies about queer women. As slow, candlelit period pieces fueled by stolen glances, often the sole lesbian representation in media, feel increasingly outdated, this new “golden age” presents an exciting[Read More…]
McGill’s Student Accessibility and Achievement is not achieving its goals
McGill’s Student Accessibility and Achievement (SAA) program consistently faces criticism for not providing thoughtful support tailored to student’s needs and not adequately addressing the diverse range of student challenges. Forty per cent of Canada’s university students self-identify as having a disability, which raises the question: Are students truly receiving the[Read More…]
