At the airport, I learned to expect the pauses, the extra questions, the glances at my passport that lingered a second too long. I did everything right—got into McGill, applied for my visa, and carried proof that I would leave once my degree was over. Even in places I call[Read More…]
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Open Letter: How can I show you I’m doing better if there’s nothing good for me to do?
Introduction The Tribune‘s special issue for the Winter 2026 semester was centred around the theme of ‘memory,’ with our writers, staff, editors, and creative team discussing the role of institutional, collective, and personal memory in society, politics, educational institutions, and more. In the special issue’s Features section, Opinion Section Editor[Read More…]
Parc-Extension tenants rally against abusive rent hikes, demanding effective rent control
Over 100 tenants and fair housing activists gathered outside 955 av. d’Anvers on March 31 to denounce what organizers called abusive rent increases imposed on residents. Organized by the Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ) and the Comité d’Action de Parc-Extension (CAPE), the rally’s attendees[Read More…]
Black Sisterhood at McGill targeted with online racist harassment
Content warning: Mentions of racial violence After Black Sisterhood at McGill (BSISSY) began recruiting members to start an Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority chapter at McGill, co-founders Lena Karis Moussio, U1 Arts, and Astou Badiane, U1 Arts, received racist comments and threats of violence through the organization’s Instagram account. The[Read More…]
Referendum to boycott Israeli institutions passes with the highest voting turnout in recent LSA history
On March 19, voting for the Referendum Regarding the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to Preserve Academic Freedom (PACBI) opened to all members of the Law Students’ Association (LSA). The motion, put forward by Law Students for Palestine at McGill (LS4PM) and McGill Radical Law Students’ Association (RadLaw), called[Read More…]
60 years after Gloria Baylis’ landmark case, Canadian legal systems still fail to redress systemic racism
From Jan. 29 to March 8, 2026, a new exhibition at Montreal’s Sanaaq centre revisited the story of Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse who, in 1965, became the first person in Canada to successfully challenge racial discrimination in employment under the law. Baylis was denied a nursing position at the[Read More…]
As the 2026 World Cup expands, access to it narrows
Last July, a father and asylum-seeker took his two children to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. He was cited for a minor drone ordinance violation in a nearby parking lot. Instead of releasing him, officers handed him to[Read More…]
Preserving childhood magic in adulthood
As kids, we ache to grow older; as adults, we ache for childhood. The Tribune shares three childhood books that capture this longing. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – Bianca Sugunasiri, Arts and Entertainment Editor Grown-ups become preoccupied with the most inconsequential matters. Peering at the world blindly,[Read More…]
Has spring felt weird this year? This is why
Spring has felt unusually out of sync this year, with winter lingering well into late March and only brief, inconsistent stretches of warmth. Is this just a strange season or a symptom of climate change? In an interview with The Tribune, Robert Fajber, Assistant Professor in McGill’s Department of Atmospheric[Read More…]
Campus Conversations: Memory
Are these the good old days? Julie Raout, Staff Writer “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” The Office’s Andy Bernard nudges us with a gentle reminder that happiness often goes unnoticed until it has slipped away. Haven’t[Read More…]