After years of government negligence and punitive policies targeting unhoused people, the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (QHPC) has created a set of guidelines to confront homelessness in the province. The collaborative, co-founded by McGill University and the Old Brewery Mission and now involving over 20 research and advocacy groups, seeks[Read More…]
Opinion
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The U.S. must play its part in fighting North American—not Canadian—wildfires
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to Canada: A tariff hike over wildfire smoke. As of July 28, 893 active fires are burning from British Columbia to the Atlantic provinces, affecting over 3.7 million hectares of land and forcing Canadians to flee their homes amid evacuation orders. Individuals who come[Read More…]
AI’s use in legal decisions poses major risks to the Canadian judicial system’s integrity and neutrality
On April 22, the Superior Court of Quebec annulled the August 2025 arbitration Association des Ressources Intermédiaires D’Hébergement du Québec (ARIHQ) v. Santé Québec, as the ruling was based on nonexistent, likely artificial intelligence (AI)-generated legal doctrine and jurisprudence. Each citation of a legal precedent linked in the award led[Read More…]
A final note from the Editor-in-Chief of Volume 45, for the record
One week before The Tribune’s first production night, I found myself in Toronto in a black dress, black shoes, and sparkles on my eyelids. I was at the funeral of Fabienne de Cartier, a former News Editor. We dedicated Volume 45 to Fabienne, an unforgettable force of nature who shaped[Read More…]
Oh, the places I’ll go (but not stay)!
At the airport, I learned to expect the pauses, the extra questions, the glances at my passport that lingered a second too long. I did everything right—got into McGill, applied for my visa, and carried proof that I would leave once my degree was over. Even in places I call[Read More…]
Open Letter: How can I show you I’m doing better if there’s nothing good for me to do?
Introduction The Tribune‘s special issue for the Winter 2026 semester was centred around the theme of ‘memory,’ with our writers, staff, editors, and creative team discussing the role of institutional, collective, and personal memory in society, politics, educational institutions, and more. In the special issue’s Features section, Opinion Section Editor[Read More…]
60 years after Gloria Baylis’ landmark case, Canadian legal systems still fail to redress systemic racism
From Jan. 29 to March 8, 2026, a new exhibition at Montreal’s Sanaaq centre revisited the story of Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse who, in 1965, became the first person in Canada to successfully challenge racial discrimination in employment under the law. Baylis was denied a nursing position at the[Read More…]
Critics must balance linguistic priorities with human impact when discussing Air Canada’s faux pas
On March 22, an Air Canada plane departing from Montreal collided with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The crash, which tragically killed pilots Captain Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther, elicited an outpouring of grief. Shortly after the event, Air Canada CEO Michael[Read More…]
Campus Conversations: Memory
Are these the good old days? Julie Raout, Staff Writer “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” The Office’s Andy Bernard nudges us with a gentle reminder that happiness often goes unnoticed until it has slipped away. Haven’t[Read More…]
The pattern behind Hassan’s denial of entry
Rima Hassan, a French-Palestinian Member of European Parliament (MEP), was denied entry into Canada days before she was scheduled to attend conferences in Montreal on the suppression of Palestinian advocacy and the rise of the far right. Canada’s Office of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship (IRCC) did not provide a specific[Read More…]