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Israel is an Apartheid State
admin • March 18, 2019
March 18, 2019 marks the beginning of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) at McGill and across North America. The term “apartheid” gained international attention during the political system of racial segregation and discrimination that took place in South Africa for five decades, and is now used to characterize… Read More
A Solidarity Shackled by History
SPHR McGill • February 26, 2019
How Black-Arab Relations Can Be Maintained Read More
MTL Sans Profilage
Nabeela Jivraj • February 25, 2019
MTL Sans Profilage is a research and action collective, made up of several volunteers from Montreal. Recently, the team conducted a qualitative study in the neighborhood of Saint- Michel on the viewpoints and experiences of racialized youth with the police. The study began in 2015, and was led by researchers… Read More
“The Echoes Can Be Heard Today”
Nadia El-Sherif • February 25, 2019
Interviewing Blackout’s Kym Dominique-Ferguson Read More
AUS Council: Whose Mental Health is it, Anyway?
Bee Khaleeli • February 18, 2019
On the Emotional Toll of Wilfully Dodging Democracy Read More
Buffy’s Medicine Songs
Sian Lathrop • February 18, 2019
Buffy Sainte-Marie on Indigenizing Music and Environmental Justice Read More
Beyond Body Cams: The SPVM Must Be Held Accountable
admin • February 18, 2019
Between May 2016 and April 2017, the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) implemented a policy to equip 78 police officers with body cameras. This was an attempt to improve police accountability following public outcry over numerous cases of police brutality and murder. On February… Read More
AUS & POLI 339: Secretary General Suspends Exec Vote
A Khalid • February 17, 2019
On January 30, during AUS’ biweekly Legislative Council, members discussed POLI 339. POLI 339 is a proposed summer course for McGill students that would take place at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As mandated by provincial law, any course with additional fees must be approved by a student… Read More
“No Mile-Ex in Parc-Ex:” CAPE Protests Gentrification and Borough Inaction
Kelsey McKeon • February 12, 2019
The Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension borough council delayed the vote to grant demolition permits for 891- 893 and 925 Beaumont Ave, last Tuesday, February 5. No date for the next vote has been set. Preceding the council meeting was a demonstration organized by Comité d’Action de Parc-Extension (CAPE), a community organization committed… Read More
Dismantling Diet Culture
Nellia Halimi • February 11, 2019
Spilling the (Detox) Tea on an Exploitative Industry Read More
OdM Champions Modern Opera
Claire Grenier • February 11, 2019
“Jazz Meets Opera in the Boxing Ring” in "Champion" Read More
