McGill has received $1.8 million in funding from the Canadian federal government’s Low Carbon Economy Fund (LCEF) for three projects aimed at lowering the university’s carbon footprint. Catherine McKenna, Canada’s minister of Environment and Climate Change, visited McGill on Feb. 22 to announce the decision. “The federal government is partnering[Read More…]
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‘Cyclops’: McGill Classics Play entertains and educates
From Feb. 6 to 9, audiences at the Théâtre Sainte-Catherine Café-Bar were treated to an intrepid rendition of Cyclops, an ancient Greek play by Euripides. This run of Cyclops was the latest edition of a time-honoured theatrical spectacle: The McGill Classics Play. Every year since the 2011 staging of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon,[Read More…]
How to survive the flu in the worst epidemic since 2009
This year’s flu season is one for the books—according to U.S. government health reports, it’s considered the worst virus since 2009’s swine flu epidemic, with the Public Health Agency of Canada reporting over 15,500 cases in Canada to date. Since avoiding the flu can be tricky, especially when crowding into[Read More…]
Can Vegan Ice Cream Pass the Taste Test?
Upon the release of new Vegan ice cream flavours in the U.S., our student living editor and some friends try the vegan Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavours! Have Ben and Jerry cracked the code and created a delicious vegan treat? Or will the hopes and dreams of vegans everywhere be dashed yet again? Find out.
Video by Sofia Mikton and Krystal Pan
McGill women’s volleyball victorious in duel with Laval
Martlets extend win streak to six with triumph over Rouge et Or.
McGill Martlet volleyball downs Sherbrooke Vert et Or in straight sets
On Nov. 24, Claire Vercheval and the Martlets cruised to another victory against the Sherbrooke Vert et Or.
Beyond protests and picket signs: How student activists make a difference
Student activism can take many forms, from petitions and hashtag campaigns to marches and guerilla theatre. But such avenues for dissent have one thing in common: A passion for challenging the status quo. Young student organizers are committed to bettering the world they will graduate into by advocating for equality and[Read More…]
Minister of Environment and Climate Change hosts panel at McGill
On Sept. 15, McGill University hosted a panel at Chancellor Day Hall on the future of clean energy as a means of growing the economy. The Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change and McGill law graduate, Catherine McKenna, hosted the event marking the beginning of a series of panels. McKenna[Read More…]
Sketch Republic presents ‘The Peter ’n Chris Show’
St. Patrick’s Day is not a holiday commonly associated with comedy. Nonetheless, Théâtre Sainte-Catherine Café-Bar was particularly abuzz on Friday March 17, as the Sketch Republic—“Montreal’s premier monthly sketch comedy night”—prepared to host its long awaited “Peter ‘n Chris Show,” featuring two-time winners of the Just for Laughs’ Montreal Fringe[Read More…]
McGill to open medical school campus in Gatineau, Quebec
On Sept. 6, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced that the McGill Faculty of Medicine will open a new satellite campus in Gatineau, Quebec. Gatineau is a major city in the Outaouais region, in the southwest of the province. According to Dr. Gilles Brousseau, assistant dean of Medical Education at McGill[Read More…]
