On Oct. 21, organizers with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill (QPIRG) hosted a Radical Walking Tour, stopping multiple times along Avenue du Parc, Avenue des Pins, and on McGill campus to offer a critical presentation of both the university and the Milton-Parc neighbourhood. QPIRG is a student-run[Read More…]
Tag: Milton-Parc
Location, location, location: How to find your perfect neighbourhood
Looking for an apartment in Montreal is no easy feat for McGill students new to the city. The unrecognizable postal codes and streets mix together to form a jumble of numbers and letters. This challenge is magnified for students when the perceived perfect apartment often hinges solely on its proximity[Read More…]
How to sign a lease in 10 days
Now’s the time to look for living accommodations for next year—and, boy, is it stressful! Not every apartment will be right for you. Some will lack natural light, others will exclusively have windowless rooms, like a dungeon of sorts. Not ideal. That’s why I am pleased to announce that I[Read More…]
How to navigate the student apartment hunt
Finding the perfect student apartment can be a patchwork of oxymorons, from homey-but-party-ready or quiet-in-downtown-Montreal. For first-year students beginning the hunt, as well as upper years hoping to move, apartment hunting can be stressful and time-consuming. But first on the agenda is to start the search: Here are some tips[Read More…]
The Yellow Door to host physically distanced Annual Benefit Dinner
Due to the pandemic, many people are facing profound hardships, including the loss of loved ones and livelihoods, as well as increased social isolation. In particular, the elderly face special challenges with regard to their mental and psychological well-being. Social distancing, although a crucial strategy to curb the spread of[Read More…]
Meals for Milton-Parc lends a hand to unhoused neighbours
Meals For Milton-Parc is a newly created meal-share initiative developed by U3 Arts student Sophie Hart that aims to provide unhoused people in the Milton-Parc neighbourhood with food and care packages. The initiative was started on Oct. 7 upon Hart’s realization that there was no McGill organization which directly sought[Read More…]
Campus Conversation: Apartment hunting trials and tribulations
It’s springtime in Montreal: The days are getting longer, the weather is just slightly getting warmer, and thousands of students are rushing to find a new place to live. Contributors Makena Anderson and Leina Gabra detail the trials and tribulations of apartment hunting as McGill students. Exploitative landlords and annoying[Read More…]
Knocking on the Yellow Door
The history of Milton-Parc’s oldest community space.
The radical history of Milton-Parc
Photography exhibition tells the story of activism in Milton-Parc neighbourhood
Underrated restaurants in and around the McGill ghetto
Hidden treasures to try nearby campus
