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Sustaining voices
admin • March 30, 2009
McGill delegates to Powershift, a major climate conference in Washington, D.C., relay the energy and spirit of today’s environmental movement Read More
Snowflakes in Chiapas
admin • March 26, 2009
After spending nine days as an international observer in rural Mexico, K.R. gains a deeper understanding of the triumphs and struggles of the Zapatista movement Read More
As for me and my tent
admin • March 23, 2009
Niko Block travels to Nashville, TN to witness life in Tent City, a shanty town that attests to the drastic rise in homelessness in the States Read More
Walking the thin line
admin • March 19, 2009
A student shares her struggle with anorexia, and elucidates the grim realities of this mental illness Read More
Your daily pulp and fibre
Whitney Mallett • March 16, 2009
David Carruthers’s father made paper, and so did his grandfather. You could say he must have inherited the profession. But when I asked him, he couldn’t quite remember what inspired his decision to start Papeterie St-Amand, a small paper-making operation tucked away in a turn-of-the-century factory basement on the Lachine… Read More
An island divided
Mathura Thevarajah • March 9, 2009
How 30 years of civil war in Sri Lanka have devastated the country’s ethnic Tamil population Read More
Every backpacker’s bible
Shannon Kiely • March 5, 2009
Unpacking the gospel according to Lonely Planet Read More
Saving the world byte by byte
admin • February 19, 2009
The Daily ventures into the Burnside basement and gets up close and personal with the McGill Science Computer Task Force Read More
Basic training
Alison Withers • February 16, 2009
I marched into the military recruiting centre on a rainy Thursday night. Three teenage boys about my age shot me a disinterested glance as they sat slouched under the fluorescent lighting, fiddling with paperwork stapled into thick booklets. For kids who claim to sign up for the adventure that military… Read More
The small print
admin • February 12, 2009
The Daily examines how literary presses and grassroots initiatives are keeping Canadian book publishing afloat Read More
Seniors: Does sexuality age well?
admin • February 9, 2009
Denial of sex among senior citizens increases the risks of isolation and STIs Read More
Seniors: She’s so old
admin • February 9, 2009
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 avoid the public scrutiny of the people around her. She was an older woman, around 50 or 60, with heavy make-up (think thick rouge lipstick… Read More
Seniors: Aging below the poverty line
admin • February 9, 2009
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 affected by old-age poverty, according to Seniors on the Margins, a 2006 study. Nicole Dang, an Alberta social worker, said most seniors are not aware… Read More
Seniors: Searching for the fountain of youth
Erin O'Callaghan • February 9, 2009
For centuries, our society has looked for ways to preserve youth – from Cleopatra bathing in the milk of asses, to women covering themselves in astronomically expensive skin creams today. It would seem that we’ve always searched for a way to stop the aging process, or at least to slow… Read More