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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
Senior city
admin • February 9, 2009
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 a receptive and engaging educational community for seniors in Montreal. To celebrate its anniversary, MILR members will travel around Quebec to moderate study groups among… Read More
Seniors: Life at a different pace
admin • February 9, 2009
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 mah-jong playing old ladies and every second apartment building is an old-age home – but aren’t all quiet residential communities like that? Apparently not. Côte-Saint-Luc… Read More
Seniors: Out of the closet, into the system
admin • February 9, 2009
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 are beginning to recognize that “seniorhood” is not a stand alone section of the population – health and social work programs tailored to meet specific… Read More
Seniors: Late life on air
Jennifer Markowitz • February 9, 2009
A group of older women are reclaiming their community’s voice, one broadcast at a time Read More
Seniors: We tell ourselves stories in order to age
admin • February 9, 2009
When a high school invites the town’s grannies to speak, generational barriers are temporarily bridged Read More
A deadly double standard
admin • February 5, 2009
A 2007 policy change in Harper’s Department of Foreign Affairs has endangered Canadians facing capital punishment abroad Read More
Art’s curtain call
Amelia Schonbek • January 29, 2009
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 a fight. Earlier in the month, artists and arts organizations nationwide had been blindsided by the Harper Government’s announcement of new cuts to federal arts… Read More
Waiting for the groundswell
Braden Goyette • January 26, 2009
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 campuses has started to become a well-worn cliché. Why are students apathetic in the first place? For a number of reasons – out of distrust… Read More
Out Cold
Daniel Lametti • January 22, 2009
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 of urine against her chest as she drifts back to sleep. You see, precious body heat – heat that might stop your fingers and toes… Read More
Hamas must be talked to
admin • January 15, 2009
Niko Block weighs in on Israel’s repeated refusal to negotiate openly with Gaza's leadership Read More
A game of chance
admin • January 12, 2009
Students’ gambling addictions compromise academics, social lives, relationships Read More