Several Students’ Society councillors took the first step on Monday toward introducing a referendum question asking undergraduates to abolish the student fee that support McGill’s chapter of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group, a student-run environmental and social justice organization on campus. The proposed motion, if approved first by SSMU[Read More…]
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Celebrating its fifth year, Culture Shock reaches out
Logan Smith Logan Smith McGill students joined Montreal residents to venture beyond the McGill Ghetto during Culture Shock Week, an event co-organized by the Quebec Public Interest Research Group and the Students’ Society that runs through October 15. QPIRG, a student-run organization that focuses on research, action, and education on[Read More…]
Conference tackles worldwide human rights problems
A diverse group of scholars, lawyers, politicians, and members of various academic disciplines gathered last weekend for the Global Conference on Human Rights and Diverse Societies at Centre Mont Royal, steps away from the McGill campus. Founded by Gordon Echenberg as the Echenberg Family Human Rights Conference, this was[Read More…]
New research shows video games may be addictive
Many people play video games as a temporary retreat from work or study, or to occasionally escape in the experience of traveling virtually to places and situations unlikely or impossible in the real world. According to recent studies by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto and[Read More…]
Online note service hits U of T
Notesolution, a newly released online points-based service allows students to electronically exchange notes with each other. Students earn virtual “credits” for posting their class notes which they can use to purchase others’ notes. The service, founded in December 2009 by University of Toronto alumnus Kevin Wu and released at the[Read More…]
At Green Drinks, Mehdi discusses climate change’s effects
Jessica Batalitzky Last Tuesday night, another Green Drinks Montreal Chapter event took place at Thomson House. Bano Mehdi, a PhD candidate in the department of geography, presented a talk titled “Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in Canada.” Mehdi addressed the small but attentive crowd and attempted to dispell the common[Read More…]
McGill grad wins Emmy with UBC documentary team
Blake Sifton, a McGill graduate, along with nine other University of British Columbia journalism students, became the first group of students ever to win an Emmy Award last week. The group produced the documentary: Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground as part of an international reporting class at UBC’s Graduate School of[Read More…]
History faculty members address BP Gulf oil spill at forum
McGill history professors Jason Opal, Thomas Jundt, and Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert spoke at a public forum on Wednesday to address last April’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The aim, according to Opal, was to tackle “the legal, cultural and political dimensions of deep-water drilling in and near American waters[Read More…]
SSMU will support campus food boycott
In an effort to pressure the McGill administration to reopen the Architecture Café, the McGill Students’ Society Council voted to support a student boycott of McGill Food and Dining Services at its meeting on Thursday, despite the vocal opposition of several councillors. The motion, brought to council by Arts Senator[Read More…]
David Suzuki discusses his legacy in lecture at McGill
Anna Bock David Suzuki, the famed Canadian author and environmentalist, was welcomed by the McGill Bookstore last Tuesday. With the release of his newest book The Legacy: An Elder’s Vision for our Sustainable Future, the author addressed an eager McGill audience in a full Pollack Hall, presenting what he referred[Read More…]