From Nov. 17 to Nov. 21, 20 departments at McGill went on strike, calling for the university to divest from companies complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. These departmental strikes, organized by Divest McGill, Divest for Palestine, Working Alternatives McGill, and McGill Admin Watch, occurred alongside programming put together by[Read More…]
Author: Eren Atac, Amelia H. Clark, Asher Kui
Inclusion done wrong: The backlash against Sky Sports’ Halo account
Sky Sports’ short-lived TikTok account, Halo, which was marketed as “Sky Sports’ lil sis,” lasted mere days before the company quietly pulled the plug due to intense backlash. Originally designed to “create a space alongside Sky’s existing social channels for new, young, female fans,” the initiative instead sparked immediate criticism.[Read More…]
Trans rights are human rights—and Canada is infringing on them
On Nov. 20, communities across the world recognized Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day honouring the lives of trans and nonbinary people lost to anti-trans violence. However, this year’s commemoration in Canada was countered by an unprecedented wave of political hostility toward transgender youth. The Alberta government, in particular, has[Read More…]
ChatGPT, three years in
Across higher education, professors, students, and administrators are grappling with how to respond to the widespread availability of fast, free, and increasingly capable chatbots like ChatGPT. In a survey conducted by The Tribune with 46 McGill undergraduate participants, only one in five students reported not using ChatGPT for class, while[Read More…]
Self-care is the opposite of revolutionary
We’ve heard the lines and seen the videos probably more times than we can count—“Protect your peace,” “choose yourself”, “cut people off that don’t serve you,” and the one that gives me the most pause, “you don’t owe anyone anything.” The latest mental health trend: ‘Radical’ self-care. Originally coined by[Read More…]
Art exhibition ‘Comfort and Indifference’ invites a reflection on shielded spectatorship
In a world where scrolling past tragedy has become routine, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ latest exhibition Comfort and Indifference—featuring works by 22 Quebec artists—asks us to reflect on the human cost of ignoring suffering while surrounding ourselves with comfort. Drawing on Denys Arcand‘s 1981 documentary bearing the same[Read More…]
McGill Artistic Swimming makes a splash at home invitational
The McGill Artistic Swimming team hosted the McGill Invitational Meet on Nov. 22 at Memorial Pool. The athletes excelled at home, securing podium positions in all five events they entered. Artistic Swimming, made up of 36 athletes, is divided into a novice group and an experienced group based on swimmers’[Read More…]
It can be hard to love thy (conference) neighbour
As I snake through the eerie Education Building in search of my POLI 244 conference, my stomach rumbles. I root through my slightly too small but impossibly stylish purse for a granola bar, and I wonder if Severance inspired this building design. A few minutes early, I wait for my[Read More…]
The Unity Flag: A conversation with Tekarontakeh
McGill’s Media Relations Office (MRO) confirmed in a written statement to The Tribune that from Oct. 23 to Oct. 30, McGill raised the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Unity Flag to celebrate the newly-unveiled Tsi Non:we Onkwatonhnhets project at the university’s Y-Intersection. Designed by artist Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall in the early 1970s, the[Read More…]
A world in decline: Can ecological restoration reverse the damage?
Human activity has degraded or destroyed many ecosystems; an estimated 75 per cent of the Earth’s land surface has been significantly altered by human activity. This degradation contributes to climate change, reduces water quality, degrades soils, and disrupts pollination patterns. Restoration of degraded ecosystems may serve as a solution to[Read More…]
