Last Friday, the Montreal Gazette reported on a 2011 incident in which three McGill students were accused of an alleged sexual assault on a former Concordia student. The three men—who were arrested in April 2012—are McGill Redmen football players and have continued to play for the squad in the two[Read More…]
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Worms of the Big Apple
In case you haven’t caught the barrage of social media buzz about it yet, Humans of New York’ is an online photography blog made up entirely of portraits of people on New York City streets. The man behind the camera, Brandon Stanton, describes the blog as a “photographic census” of[Read More…]
Oral tradition: Montreal edition
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Canada’s annual Spoken Word Festival, and the first time the festival has graced a Montreal stage. Since its inception in Ottawa in 2004, the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word has grown from six teams of poets to 20, with a constantly growing audience[Read More…]
Panellists talk barriers to women in politics
Barriers to the participation of women in politics were at the forefront of a panel discussion hosted at Thomson House on Oct. 28. The event, “Yes SHE Can,” was co-hosted by the McGill Political Science Students’ Association and McGill’s Women in House program. The panel featured four experts on women[Read More…]
Breaking down barriers in osteoarthritis
Known for its excellence in research, McGill University is home to a host of professors and scientists whose work contribute to scientific innovation. In tribute to the amazing research conducted within McGill’s walls, each month Science & Technology will feature student researchers who have helped contribute to the cutting edge[Read More…]
Could McGill have a Fall reading week?
As the Fall semester drives on towards finals, many McGill students look wistfully towards other universities that have implemented a Fall break in recent years. While Fall reading weeks used to be unusual for Canadian universities, the additional break is quickly becoming the norm. For the first time this year,[Read More…]
Undergraduate law students request paid compensation for work
Undergraduate law students working as interns in legal clinics and Teaching Assistants (TAs) at McGill are asking to receive monetary compensation for their work. A town hall was hosted by the Faculty of Law on Wednesday to address the current lack of procedural framework, raise awareness, and brainstorm solutions to[Read More…]
Peer Support Network to provide free counselling for students
A free, on-campus peer counselling service for McGill students is set to launch Dec. 14. Named the Peer Support Network (PSN), the student-run initiative will host drop-in sessions with volunteers who are trained to handle issues such as mental health, academic stress, and social pressures. The PSN began when Emily[Read More…]
Focus on the women, not the family
Why do we conceptualize women as needing a strong husband to succeed in politics? On Monday Oct. 28, Women in House McGill and the Political Science Students’ Association (PSSA) hosted a panel discussion on women in leadership. Towards the end of the evening, Janine Krieber, a political science professor at[Read More…]
McGill rowers navigate to an impressive finish at Nati
A brisk and windy weekend saw the Martlet and Redmen rowing teams compete in the Olympic Basin for the National Championships hosted by McGill. A record 25 universities arrived in Montreal on Saturday for the two-day affair, with over 300 athletes registered to compete in 12 different events. Although seven[Read More…]