In the past week, there has been considerable debate on campus about the role that Remembrance Day should play in Canadian life. Some have questioned whether the annual event transcends remembrance, and instead, glorifies war and idolizes a willingness to die for one’s country. Here, a key question emerges: is[Read More…]
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Demanding student voices at the top
There has been some recent discussion on campus and in some of the student press about the process to appoint a new Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning). I would like to correct some misconceptions that have been circulated about this process. The Advisory Committee for the Appointment of a[Read More…]
Hope and Change
Since leaving Canadian politics, Michael Ignatieff has been forceful, intelligent, charismatic, and well-spoken. In other words, he has become the diametric opposite of the Michael Ignatieff who led the Liberal party to its worst parliamentary showing in recent memory. Speaking at the BBC’s annual Free Thinking Festival, Ignatieff decried the[Read More…]
When, if ever, can speech be sanctioned?
Is there free speech on our campus? That depends on who’s talking. According to the libertarian Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), when it comes to protecting controversial speech, McGill University—like most Canadian universities—fails miserably. In the wake of these accusations, we must rethink the boundaries we set between offensive[Read More…]
Frances Foster: dream catcher extraordinaire
Frances Foster’s paintings are a look through the eyes of another—an exploration of mind and memory. The Montreal-born artist and Dawson college alumna has received much praise for her work, on display in U.S. and Canadian collections throughout the past 20 years. Her solo painting exhibit Selective Memory marks Foster’s[Read More…]
Could Be Good
Comedy: Mike Delamont at the Mainline Theatre Comedian Mike Delamont, who has sold out performances from coast to coast, brings a trio of shows to Montreal this week. Mike Delamont: Husky Panda, as well as the acclaimed God Is a Scottish Drag Queen and its sequel, will enjoy a four-day run.[Read More…]
The introspective and the aesthetic
The temptation to force similarities is there, but the styles and aesthetics seem decidedly different. Upstairs, blurred dreamlike photographs of the Danish landscape are in a room adjacent to motorcycle-inspired sculptures. A floor below, photographs with sharp geometric angles hang across from colour-coded diagrams with a sociopolitical focus. Similarities between[Read More…]
The Coup: Sorry to Bother You
The outspoken, openly communist The Coup did not produce their sixth album, Sorry to Bother You, with easy-listening in mind. Rather than concerning themselves with typical hip-hop mainstays like money and women, The Coup use music to disseminate ideology The album keeps its distance from the over-produced hits often popular[Read More…]
Donald Fagen: Sunken Condos
If one had to sum up Donald Fagen’s latest offering, Sunken Condos, in a single word, it would unquestionably be ‘smooth.’ From the funky five-minute opener “Slinky Thing,” the album establishes a mood of sultry reverie that holds (although admittedly not always so effectively). Nevertheless, the nine tracks constitute an[Read More…]
The phantom menace, Wagner style
Written in 1841, The Flying Dutchman tells the story of a man condemned to roam the sea for all eternity, until he finds a woman who remains faithful to him until her death. Paired with a celebrated musical score, this dark love story requires virtuosic performances from the entire cast.[Read More…]
