Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Last Thursday, March 29, a four-pronged student demonstration wound its way through downtown Montreal in a festively themed demonstration that aimed to disrupt the economic activity of the downtown area and highlight several political grievances of the students. The protest,[Read More…]
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Seminar discusses sexual slavery in Asia during WWII
Alexandra Allaire / McGill Tribune Last Friday, March 30, the McGill Golden Key Society and the East Asian Students’ Association hosted “Sexual Slavery and the Asian Holocaust: A Seminar on the Comfort Women Issue in East women.” These comfort women were the thousands of women from Korea, China, and other[Read More…]
Qatar donates $1.25 million to Islamic Studies Institute
Simon Poitrimolt / McGill Tribune On Monday, March 26, Qatar’s Ambassador to Canada Salem Al-Shafi announced a sizable donation of $1.25 million to McGill University and its Institute of Islamic Studies, in commemoration of the institute’s 60th anniversary this year. Announced during Al-Shafi’s visit to McGill on behalf of the[Read More…]
Joke Issue: Destroying the penny: it just made cents
The Pedneault Affair: Why motion to censure was a bad call
Last Thursday, March 29, a motion was submitted to SSMU council proposing to censure SSMU’s VP External, JoÃl Pedneault. The motion, moved by nine council members, only narrowly failed to pass, with a vote of 11 for, 11 against, and one abstention. The Tribune believes the nine movers of the[Read More…]
Internal review on asbestos research is inconclusive
On Tuesday April 3, Dr. David Eidelman, vice principal (health affairs) and dean of medicine, announced the completion of the preliminary internal review of professor J. Corbett McDonald’s research on the health effects ofchrysotile asbestos. The review was conducted by professor and chair of the department of epidemiology, biostatistics, and occupational health Dr.[Read More…]
Motion to censure SSMU VP JoÃl Pedneault fails by narrow vote of 11-11-1
Gerts: Recent success leads to a summer revamp
Over the years, parts of the Shatner Building have been reconfigured and refurbished. This year, it’sGerts’ turn to get a makeover. After upwards of three years of planning, SSMUand the Gerts staff are very excited to see the renovations so close to completion. The bar will be closed for the summer, re-opening in September, 2012. “I[Read More…]
Jet stream and snowless ground bring summer weather
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…]
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…]