At the start of November, the McGill Rowing Team hosted the Canadian University Rowing Championship (CURC) for the fifth time in program history. The event was held on the team’s home turf at the Montreal Olympic Basin. The course’s unique layout meant fans, volunteers, and the McGill Rowing Junior Varsity[Read More…]
Author: Lialah Mavani
Martlets Volleyball falls to Carabins in Friday night nail-biter
Selima Guidara started Martlets Volleyball’s Friday night match with a serve to the visiting Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) Citadins on Nov. 7. UQÀM clinched the first three points of the match, but their lead did not last long, as McGill tied the set up at 11-11 and then[Read More…]
Montreal doctors rally against Bill 2, calling it a ‘catastrophe’ for Quebec’s health-care system
On Nov. 9, thousands of doctors, specialists, residents, families, and friends rallied outside the Bell Centre to call for the suspension of new health legislation enacted by the province. On Oct. 25, the Quebec government adopted Bill 2, which will enforce a contract on Quebec doctors whose previous collective agreement[Read More…]
From Canada, with love: A letter to the Toronto Blue Jays
Dear Toronto Blue Jays, You did it. You reminded us what it feels like to fall in love. Not just with a team or a sport, but with something much bigger: With the idea that hope can be shared, that joy can ripple from ballparks to basements, that a country[Read More…]
Advances and challenges in viral diseases and their emerging therapies
The global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call to the world’s lack of resilience and infrastructure to guard communities from viral pathogens. This, in turn, has driven a global focus on viral pathogenesis, fostering collaboration and innovation. It also triggered a landmark coordination effort in[Read More…]
How dominant genomic narratives reinforce colonial narratives
The ‘Vanishing Indian’ myth—the idea that Indigenous populations are destined to disappear— has long been used to excuse and enact the physical and cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas. This rhetoric remains prevalent in modern genomics, often supporting the treatment of modern Indigenous Peoples not as autonomous communities,[Read More…]
Know Your Team: McGill Men’s Lacrosse
Redbirds Lacrosse headed to Brampton, Ontario, from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9 for the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) Baggataway Cup with the same expectation as every fall: Play fast, play together, and play for silverware. Captain and midfielder John Miraglia, U3 Arts, says this year’s group is better[Read More…]
From campus to City Hall: Students campaign for the Montreal Anti-Apartheid Pledge
The Montreal Anti-Apartheid Pledge is a citizen-led campaign, backed by a multitude of civil society groups, to pressure those running in the Montreal municipal elections that took place on Nov. 2 to sign a set of six demands with the aim of ending Montreal’s complicity in Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. [Read More…]
Le Quémino: A walk of hope against cancer
What do a 142-kilometre trek and the McGill community have in common? A lot more than you might initially think. Over the course of five days—from Oct. 24 to 28—McGill students embarked on a formidable journey from Montreal to Mont-Tremblant on foot, in support of the Quebec Cancer Foundation and[Read More…]
Calling all McGill foodies: A guide to MTL à Table
MTL à Table is a unique celebration of Montreal’s vibrant culinary scene. From Oct. 30 to Nov. 16, the event features over 150 restaurants across the city offering three- to four-course tasting menus ranging from $35 CAD to $80 CAD. With a list this expansive, decision fatigue is bound to[Read More…]
