A last-minute battery replacement for your beloved laptop that’s well past its prime. A new top for a first date when you have nothing to wear. A warm pair of gloves because, yes, Montreal really is as cold as your mom warned it would be. A trip to the Eaton[Read More…]
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Ponton Costumes, est. 1865 takes a unique approach to vintage Halloween outfits
When it comes to dressing up for Halloween, many students experience annual anxieties over finding a last minute costume that isn’t the run-of-the-mill cat ears or devil horns. Ponton Costumes stands in stark contrast to commercial costume stores, with its large array of high quality vintage costumes. Located in the[Read More…]
The Viewpoint: SIN – halloween haunted house
SIN: Halloween Haunted House at the Theatre Sainte-Catherine was an intense and disturbing experience, unlike any other haunted house. The theatre’s small space was transformed into a formless nightmare that played with the audience’s vulnerability. The experience began with the participants being attached to a rope by the wrist, while[Read More…]
Student of the Week: Sophia Dhalla
Q: What is your motto? A: Everything happens for a reason. Q: If you could be anywhere else in the world right now, where would it be? A: Australia. I would love to go so badly. Q: Who is your hero? A: Probably my grandfather, actually. My mom’s whole family[Read More…]
McGill Athletics’ varsity program restructuring: Student-athletes’ perspectives
For over a year, rumours have circulated that McGill Athletics is evaluating its varsity teams with the intention of making cuts to the varsity program. This year, that rumour was confirmed. Fourth-year Women’s Rugby player and Varsity Council member Annette Yu shared in an interview with The Tribune that McGill[Read More…]
Thousands fight for Palestine during Oct. 7 student rally and strikes for divestment
A sea of demonstrators in red, white, black, and green chanted, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” at the Montreal student rally for Palestine on Oct. 7. Commencing outside of Concordia University’s Henry F. Hall Building at 1:00 p.m., thousands of university and CEGEP students and[Read More…]
McGill contingent joins Montreal-wide protest marking 700 days of resistance in Gaza
On Oct. 4, approximately 100 people gathered outside of Sherbrooke 680 for a student contingent march, organized by Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance (SPHR), to commemorate the International Day of Action, which acknowledges Israel’s genocide of Palestinians as well as simultaneous resistance against this genocide. “Israël assassine les enfants[Read More…]
To all my relations
A critical examination of land acknowledgements and relationality It’s not easy to talk about land acknowledgements. They are situated in a complicated web of relationships, discourses, and histories of responsibilities. The practice of researching whose land you work, learn, or live on is simple, and so is typing the words[Read More…]
Noumoucounda Cissoko’s strings of memory and resistance shine at Nuits d’Afrique
With summer drawing to a close, one festival remains a highlight of the season. For nearly two weeks in July, the streets of Montreal pulsed with the rhythms of distant homelands. From July 8 to 20, the city became the summer’s cultural epicenter, hosting the highly anticipated Festival International Nuits[Read More…]
A welcome until it wasn’t: The double standard of Quebec’s secularism
Montreal’s city hall recently took down a welcome sign in its lobby that portrayed a woman in a hijab, less than a year after its installation. This decision comes amid a series of changes implemented under Quebec’s Bill 21 and the continued movement towards secularization—the separation of public institutions from[Read More…]
