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Just before the fall semester of my freshman year, a friend of mine and I happened to witness the sight of someone who could not… Read More »Seniors: She’s so old

Twice as many elderly Canadian women as men are living below the poverty line, despite government funding designed to improve the conditions of those disproportionately… Read More »Seniors: Aging below the poverty line

For centuries, our society has looked for ways to preserve youth – from Cleopatra bathing in the milk of asses, to women covering themselves in… Read More »Seniors: Searching for the fountain of youth

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Kinship families often lacking support

McGill Institute of Learning in Retirement Henna Schaikh This year the McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement (MILR) will commemorate its 20th year of providing… Read More »Senior city

As a native of Côte-Saint-Luc, a municipality of Montreal, I never thought there was anything strange about my neighbourhood. Sure the mall is overrun with… Read More »Seniors: Life at a different pace

The Canadian health care and social service sectors are fairly saturated with resources for senior citizens, and now more than ever, workers in these fields… Read More »Seniors: Out of the closet, into the system

A group of older women are reclaiming their community’s voice, one broadcast at a time

A 2007 policy change in Harper’s Department of Foreign Affairs has endangered Canadians facing capital punishment abroad

A story by The Daily’s Shannon Kiely

Last August, while the majority of McGill’s student population was likely lazing through the final days of summer, Canada’s arts community was gearing up for… Read More »Art’s curtain call

It’s been over 40 years since the student movement’s 1960s heyday, and the image of a small core of student activists fighting ever-increasing apathy on our… Read More »Waiting for the groundswell

When waking at night with a full bladder, a true winter camper will opt to urinate into a bottle and then hug the warm vessel… Read More »Out Cold

Niko Block weighs in on Israel’s repeated refusal to negotiate openly with Gaza’s leadership