On Dec. 20, the Féderation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) updated the International Sporting Code––a set of common regulations that apply to all Formula racing series––to ban drivers from making personal, political, and religious statements without permission from the FIA. The FIA attempted to justify the ban by citing the organization’s[Read More…]
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Ask Ainsley: Managing the winter blues
Dear Ainsley, I am back at school, mid-January, and here I find myself in the bleak midwinter. I feel more and more sluggish and unmotivated as the days grow shorter. With the sun setting before 5 p.m. and school routines returning, many McGill students, including myself, are experiencing depressive moods,[Read More…]
First PGSS Council Meeting of winter semester passes motion to mobilize against Bill 96
The Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) held its first Council Meeting of the winter semester on Jan. 11. At the meeting, PGSS councillors passed motions regarding the impact of Bill 96 on international students and the distribution of reusable menstrual products to graduate students. They also debated the practice of passing[Read More…]
Martlets basketball triumphs in tight game against UQÀM
The Martlets (1–7) faced off against the UQÀM Citadins (5–3) on Jan. 14 at McGill’s Love Competition Hall in a thrilling match-up. Though the score remained close throughout the game, the Martlets pulled ahead in the final seconds to secure a 57-55 victory—their first of the RSEQ season. The first[Read More…]
The virtual realm can’t save us
Where do you go when you need help? When there are those moments in the semester too overwhelming to handle, to process, to sit still? When assignments pile up and you’re wading through homesickness, isolation, or low self-esteem? What if you’ve been struggling with your mental health? I don’t ask[Read More…]
Redbirds fall to Ravens in front of packed Winter Carnival crowd
On Jan. 13, in the midst of a snowstorm, the McGill Redbirds hockey squad (11–5–3) welcomed the Carleton Ravens (7–7–3) to McConnell Arena in front of a crowd of 1,029. After a hard-fought game, the Ravens defeated the Redbirds 4-2. This result bumps the Redbirds to fourth place in the[Read More…]
Uncovering the new face of McGill’s oldest museum
The reopening Scores of excited visitors crowded the entrance to McGill’s Redpath Museum on Jan. 10 for its long-awaited reopening. Since March 2020, Redpath Museum, overlooking lower field, has been closed in accordance with Quebec’s and McGill’s COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. Ginette Dessureault, the museum’s administrative assistant, explained that[Read More…]
“No TERFs on our turf”: Students rally against talk platforming anti-trans organization
Content warning: Mention of racist and transphobic violence In the early afternoon of Jan. 10, McGill students and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community packed into Chancellor Day Hall to protest “The Sex vs. Gender (Identity) Debate in the United Kingdom and the Divorce of LGB from T,” a talk by[Read More…]
Faculty of Law event to host speaker with ties to anti-trans organization
McGill’s Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP), housed by the Faculty of Law, is hosting Robert Wintemute for a talk titled “The Sex vs. Gender (Identity) Debate In the United Kingdom and the Divorce of LGB from T” at 1 p.m. on Jan. 10. CHRLP’s decision to welcome[Read More…]
1899 is a brilliant mosaic in nine different languages
1899 is a multi-everything show: Multilingual, multicultural, multigenerational, and with multiple plotlines. Even the most intuitive of viewers are guaranteed to be thrown by one of the plot twists—because spoiler alert, there are multiple! The eight-episode Netflix series, released on Nov. 17, follows passengers on a cross-Atlantic naval voyage thrown[Read More…]
