Blood tests are the cornerstone of modern medicine, often relied on as objective indicators of health. In patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), however, these numbers may be misleading. A new study from Montreal’s Douglas Institute, published in the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, found that women with anorexia nervosa had[Read More…]
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First SSMU Legislative Council meeting of the year discusses proposed edits to Accountability Plan
The first Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Legislative Council (LC) meeting of the academic year began on Sept. 11 by introducing all in attendance, with 16 out of 34 voting members on the Council present. Speaker Jonathan Dong and Deputy Speaker Yasmin Beeai could not be present in person,[Read More…]
Robyn Sarah’s ‘We’re Somewhere Else Now’ explores pandemic-era Montreal through poetry
On Sept. 2, Canadian writer, musician, and poet Robyn Sarah released her first new poetry collection in a decade titled We’re Somewhere Else Now. She won both the 2015 Governor General’s Award for poetry and the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for poetry, and in 2025, her work was nominated for[Read More…]
A guide to healthy and happy roommate cohabitation
We’re three weeks into the fall semester, and routines are already beginning to shuffle into place, whether that be dusty old study habits or the arrival of household responsibilities that come with living in shared spaces. For many McGill students, living with roommates is an exciting opportunity, a marker of[Read More…]
McGill’s notice of default with QPIRG demonstrates hostility towards student activism
On Aug. 8, four McGill unions signed an open letter in solidarity with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) in response to McGill’s notice of default on QPIRG’s Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). In the notice, the university threatened to suspend student funding to the group if it did not[Read More…]
With far-right extremism on the rise, McGill must actively counter hate
On Sep. 9, white nationalist group the Second Sons announced the opening of a Montreal division. This expansion is part of a rising wave of extremist ‘active clubs’ across Eastern Canada. Framed as organizations propagating a combination of fitness and men’s mentorship, these ‘active clubs’ co-opt medieval aesthetics and martial[Read More…]
Know Your Team/Tournament Recap: Varsity Golf
Earlier this week, the Martlets and Redbirds Varsity Golf Team travelled to La Bête Golf Club in Mont-Tremblant to compete in their second Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) competition of the season. The Redbirds finished fourth out of the nine competing universities in their division, while the Martlets[Read More…]
Dice: The statistician’s Roman Empire
It’s a rainy Wednesday night in 50 BC, and you’re playing Yahtzee against Julius Caesar. You have four 4s, one 6, and one roll left. You have a decision to make: Do you risk it and try to get a Yahtzee, or settle for a fairly impressive four-of-a-kind? It turns[Read More…]
New to Montreal? Here’s what to do in your first few weeks
Moving to a new place is scary—especially when it’s for school. All of a sudden, we’re thrust into an alien environment, surrounded by swaths of strangers and, at least for many anglophone McGillians, a new language. We’re expected to adapt to all of this while simultaneously managing the new pressure[Read More…]
When campus walls become a canvas
A braid of sweetgrass winds across a purple backdrop in the University Centre’s flex space across from Gerts Student Bar. The mural, entitled “Interwoven,” represents more than vibrant artistic expression—it’s a deliberate effort to establish Indigenous presence in one of McGill’s most frequented student spaces. Zoe Gesaset-Gloqowej Lee, the Chinese-Mi’kmaq[Read More…]
