Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Last week, as unusually hot temperatures hit Montreal, McGill students flocked to green spaces all over campus, trading winter coats for shorts and tank tops. The peak of the hot spell hit on March 21, with the temperature reaching 25.8 C degrees, according to Environment[Read More…]
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Speakers discuss green careers
On Wednesday, March 14, three professionals in environment-related fields offered career advice to students interested in pursuing similar careers after graduation. The professional panel session was part of the Career Planning Services’ (CaPS) Green Careers Week, a three-day event featuring over 15 different non-government organizations and a dozen speakers from[Read More…]
Safe space strife
The latest flashpoint of tension at Queer McGill (QM) revolves around the dismissal of Brian Keast, the former treasurer of the club, after an equity complaint filed by Libby Bouchard, the club’s Political Action Co-ordinator. The complaint alleged that Keast, an executive of the group, had violated QM’s anti-transphobia mandate.[Read More…]
The gem that is Quebec theatre
Two Sundays ago, as the rest of the city reveled in the sun-drenched welcoming of spring, I found myself cursing Google Maps, lost in the depths of St. Laurent. Accompanied by fellow theatre lovers, I was searching for the entrance to Infinitheatre, a bath house turned performance space. A matinee[Read More…]
The true mystery behind a Canadian icon
creations-gallery.com West Wind: the Vision of Tom Thomson by Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont, isn’t a documentary so much as a detective story. Yes, there is a love triangle, and an unexplained death that may or may not be a murder, but these aren’t the mysteries Hozer and Raymont are[Read More…]
Redpath Museum celebrates 130th anniversary
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune On Thursday, March 22, McGill’s Redpath Museum celebrated its 130th Anniversary with the official launch of the Redpath Museum Club’s new publication, Behind the Roddick Gates. The event included presentations by student contributors to the journal and a retelling of the museum’s history. Completed in[Read More…]
Summit gathers student input on student-run café
Following the SSMU Student-Run Café Competition Expo on March 14, SSMU’s Strategic Summit last Friday, March 23 addressed issues surrounding the student-run café, set to launch in September 2013. In this preliminary phase, the planning committee primarily aimed to continue gathering as many ideas from students as possible to ensure[Read More…]
Student assemblies discuss possibility of strike
French Literature (one day strike) Thirty-one students from the French literature department gathered in the Arts Building on Tuesday, March 20, and voted on a one-day strike for the province-wide protest on Thursday, March 22. The motion passed with a near unanimous majority-30 students for, and one against. This[Read More…]
SSMU hosts competition for student-run café
The Students’ Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) Sustainability Case Competition Expo took place on Wednesday, March 14, in the SSMU ballroom, where six teams showcased their designs for the upcoming construction of a sustainable student-run café. After two rounds of rigorous competition, students voted on their favourite design, with a panel[Read More…]
Changing America’s pastime
Major League Baseball has officially announced the addition of two wild card teams to its playoff format. The league’s owners and players’ union have agreed to add one team from both the National League and the American League, making 10 playoff teams in total. With three division winners and two[Read More…]
