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Where have all the activists gone?

admin • November 30, 2009

The activist élan of the sixties has all but disappeared Read More

Rethinking safety

admin • November 30, 2009

SACOMSS urges university to change its attitude surrounding sexual assault Read More

Lab rats don’t get enough respect

admin • November 30, 2009

Test subjects save lives, deserve humane treatment Read More

Unions fight for benefits

Courtney Graham • November 30, 2009

Facing deficit, administration tries to roll back the safety net Read More

Thou shalt understand equity

admin • November 30, 2009

Western religious studies neglects Judaism and Islam, lacks comparative lens Read More

Democratize the University

admin • November 30, 2009

our education’s transformative potential Read More

Turning research into action

admin • November 30, 2009

McGill should use students to make our campus green Read More

Quelle place pour le français à McGill

admin • November 30, 2009

A plea for reconciliation of the two solitudes Read More

Manifesto for a student movement

Erin Hale • November 30, 2009

The student movement I want will never exist. The movement would be based on guerilla tactics, direct action, and mass mobilization. Ideas would be spread by word of mouth, DIY campaigning, and most importantly, mass education on important issues like tuition freezes or government policies that marginalize groups of students. Read More

Don’t sell our integrity

Nikki Bozinoff • November 30, 2009

In a November 23 interview with The Daily, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum shrugged off the fact that her administration is determined to remove sections of McGill’s research policy that require transparent reporting on all research receiving military funding. “We have so many protocols that govern the ethics of the research that… Read More

Early education counts

admin • November 30, 2009

The struggles of setting up the preschool you want Read More

Down with departments

admin • November 30, 2009

Divisions in academia don’t match up with contemporary problems Read More

Greenpeace demands tar sands action

Niko Block • November 30, 2009

With the University’s Sustainable Projects Fund slated to come into effect next semester, along with plans to make campus a virtually car-free environment by the end of next year, it is clear that McGill has been making a concerted effort to brand itself as a pioneer in the green revolution. Read More

Decolonize your education

Braden Goyette • November 30, 2009

Scholarship should be an anti-imperial force Read More

Racism beyond the Roddick Gates

admin • November 30, 2009

In late March of this year, 23-year-old McGill student Jackie Jones was apprehended by five Société de transport de Montréal (STM) security guards just after entering Peel metro station. The guards approached Jones, who is black, while she was standing at the top of the escalators with a Hispanic male… Read More