The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) has announced a workers’ strike starting on Sept. 22. During the strike, city buses and the metro will be running on restricted schedules Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays until either Oct. 5, or when the STM and the Syndicat du transport de Montréal—a union[Read More…]
Author: Sonia Berman, Samuel Hamilton
Know Your Coach: Christopher Haddad
When Christopher Haddad walks onto the diamond, he brings more than a clipboard and a lineup card. The McGill baseball head coach, now in his second season at the helm, carries with him the weight of the program’s history, the lessons of his own playing days, and a belief that[Read More…]
Normal results, hidden illness: Rethinking bloodwork in anorexia nervosa
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…]
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…]
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…]
PGSS hosts first meeting of the academic year, recognizing two new student associations
McGill’s Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) convened for their first meeting of the academic year in the ballroom of Thomson House on Sept. 10, where they discussed their plans for the months to come and reported on how they prepared for these goals over the summer. The meeting began as Zoe[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 researchers and students discuss limits to Montreal’s bike infrastructure
As classes begin this Fall term, BIXI bikes return as a typical transport choice for McGill students. Montreal is often ranked among the most bikeable cities in North America, with more than 1,000 kilometres of cycling infrastructure across the city. BIXI, the city’s station-based bike-sharing system, hosts 12,600 bikes and[Read More…]
Pondering how infinity appears in Big Thief’s newest album
On Sept. 5, Big Thief released its new studio album Double Infinity. For many, this album has been a source of confusion, as it is set so apart from much of the band’s work. For starters, the cover is optically exploratory in comparison to their others: It features a bright[Read More…]
Embracing the unaesthetic
I love seeping into an aesthetic. Going for walks in the park in a long skirt, colour-coding my notes, listening to an ‘indie morning’ playlist over gentle sips of coffee. Yet, watching my grandfather empty the guts from a fish, I realized that aesthetic lifestyles set unrealistic expectations of beauty[Read More…]
