On Jan. 23, the Institute for Liberal Studies and the McGill Political Science Students Association hosted “Drug Addicts Are Human Beings,” a talk to examine the negative impacts of the war on drugs and the ways in which drug addicts are dehumanized. The talk featured keynote speaker Trevor Burrus, a[Read More…]
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McGill mourns victims of the plane crash in Iran
On Jan. 16, McGill held a memorial on the Macdonald campus for Negar Borghei, an Iranian master’s student and a victim of the plane crash near Tehran. The Jan. 8 incident claimed the lives of 176 people on the plane, including two members of the McGill community. Borghei obtained her[Read More…]
Talk explores the intersection of video games and education
McGill’s Rare & Special Collections, Osler, Art, and Archives (ROAAr) hosted “The Ludic Generation: Harnessing the Potential of Interactive Learning in Higher Ed” on Jan. 16 to generate discussions among educators about how to embrace the growing presence of technology in the world. The panel featured York University PhD candidate[Read More…]
Hundreds protest against Bill 21 at the Ministry of Immigration
Despite the extreme cold on Jan. 17, hundreds marched from McTavish Street to the Ministry of Immigration in protest of Bill 21—a law passed by the Quebec government, prohibiting public servants from wearing religious symbols at work. Organized by student unions, including the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) External[Read More…]
McGill students discuss animal protection in Canadian legislation
Content warning: Mentions of animal abuse The Herbivore Society for Peace and Justice and Animal Justice McGill hosted, “A Talk on Animal Protection in the Canadian Legal System” on Jan. 17 to discuss whether the law in Canada and Quebec adequately protects animals. The guest speaker was Alanna Devine, former[Read More…]
ILADA hosts talk on effects of climate change on Indigenous refugees
The Indigenous Law Association de Droit Autochtone (ILADA) hosted a forum to examine how climate change affects Indigenous refugees in a legal context. On Jan. 15, keynote speaker Me Karina Kesserwan presented the talk to law students and other members of the McGill community. ILADA is a student group that[Read More…]
Education Undergraduate Society misses quorum to strike
The Education Undergraduate Society of McGill (EdUS) and the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) held a General Assembly (GA) on Jan. 10 where they condemned Bill 21. During the GA, students in the Faculty of Education voted on the possibility of striking for two days on Jan. 17 and[Read More…]
Podcasting as a medium for all
For the 20th event in the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker Series, podcaster Anna Sigrithur led a Feminist Podcasting Workshop on Jan. 10 in Wilson Hall. With about 20 participants, the workshop was an interactive and judgement-free space. Sigrithur began by describing the most common podcast formats,[Read More…]
AUS votes to send out email condemning free trips to Israel
In its final Legislative Council meeting of the fall semester, the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) held a moderated discussion about an all-expenses paid trip to Israel offered to AUS members by Hillel McGill, a cultural organization for Jewish students on campus. The trips, which were explicitly targeted to McGill student[Read More…]
Filipino journalist Patricia Evangelista discusses the nuances of reporting on conflict
Patricia Evangelista, a multimedia journalist for the online Philippines-based news organization Rappler, examined the responsibilities of journalists telling trauma survivors’ stories in a lecture hosted by the McGill International Review (MIR) and the McGill University Filipino Asian Students’ Association on Nov. 26. As a specialist in trauma journalism, Evangelista has reported[Read More…]
