When Magdeleine Vallières won cycling’s world title in Rwanda last year, she became the first Canadian to wear the sport’s iconic rainbow jersey: the mark of the reigning world champion. This month, she will defend her title in Montreal in the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Road World Championships for the[Read More…]
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Belonging is not something we have to earn
I was 16 years old when I first encountered anti-Latino racism. I was in high school, and a professor suggested that my family had ties to drug cartels. I froze, and without knowing what to do or say, I nervously laughed. I was 18 years old when my family experienced[Read More…]
What we liked this summer break
The Lunchbox: A Musical – Dylan Hing, Staff Writer Over the summer, I caught the world-premiere musical adaptation of The Lunchbox at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. Based on the 2013 film of the same name, the musical centres on Mumbai’s famously precise dabbawala food delivery system; in a[Read More…]
Remembering Oliver Jones
On Wednesday, July 22nd, Montreal-born jazz pianist Oliver Jones passed away at the age of 91. Jones’ start in jazz performance could be described as that of a late bloomer, yet his brilliance at the piano was evident from a young age. In 1940, he played in public for the[Read More…]
The five stages of back-to-school grief: How to be cheap while you grieve
Everybody knows the five stages of grief, but McGill students know of a sixth—perhaps a seventh. The sixth is coming back to school in August, a week before your friends at other schools; the seventh is coming back with more money on your oneCard than in your bank account. Even[Read More…]
‘The Tribune’ Explains: How to vote in Quebec’s 2026 general election
The Quebec general election falls on Oct. 5 of this year, when voters will choose their representatives in the Quebec National Assembly. For many students and first-time voters, the voting registration process can be confusing. The Tribune breaks down what the Quebec general election is, who can vote, and how[Read More…]
The Riffo Gómez brothers immerse audiences in a poignant exploration of belonging
Brothers Cristo Riffo and Francisco Riffo Gómez explore cultural roots, memories of family, and the nostalgia around having moved away from their home country of Chile in their audiovisual experience In the end, it’s all the same thing, projected at the Société des arts technologiques (SAT) from July 28 to[Read More…]
Your McGill program, your next cafe
Coffee shops are an undeniable cornerstone of student life in Montreal. While our campus libraries are left hollow by the mass removal of books, cafes beckon us warmly with romantic decor. When we earnestly fight sleep during a three-hour lecture, cafes promise caffeine in all its finest forms. And when[Read More…]
DAT and MCAT preparation: Expectations, pressures, and balances
For many professions, undergraduate education is the final step before entering the job market. However, for the medical field, it is only the preface for an additional four to eight years of schooling. Prerequisites for dental and medical school include the Dental Aptitude Test (DAT) and Medical College Admission Test[Read More…]
Final farewell: Lionel Messi retires from the Argentine national team
For more than two decades, Lionel Messi has been the most watched, celebrated, monitored, and scrutinized soccer player on earth. On Aug. 31, at the age of 39, he finally put down the Argentina jersey for good, bringing an extraordinary international career to an end. It was not quite the[Read More…]