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Simply Tasty: Macaroni and broccoli
admin • August 17, 2009
While most children ate macaroni and cheese as a child, I ate this (honestly) tasty and much healthier alternative! Macaroni and broccoli, sometimes more fondly referred to as “Macbroc,” was the first dinner my grandpa taught me to cook: the recipe has a long and heartwarming history. And what’s exciting… Read More
Milking it for all it’s worth
admin • August 17, 2009
As I grow older, I find myself thrust into scenarios that I didn’t hope to encounter until I had at least 10 grey hairs. Sometimes the far-off foggy future proves to be frighteningly close: a fact that my dear boyfriend recently brought to my attention. We’ve been together for a… Read More
Poaching health workers from abroad
admin • August 17, 2009
Most countries, like our own, have a severe shortage of skilled health workers. According to a report published by the Canadian Nurses Association, by 2016, the estimated shortage of Registered Nurses (RN) in Canada will be as much as 113,000. For me, a young, healthy, soon-to-be RN, this is great… Read More
Friends with Food: How to impress your parents
admin • April 6, 2009
What: Impressive calzones How much? The dough uses ingredients that should be lying around; it’ll cost you maybe $20 max for the fillings Why? Because when push comes to shove, you just want a basic recipe that looks really impressive Way back in September, we started the year off with… Read More
All hopped up: Learning by doing, and drinking
Joseph Watts • April 6, 2009
If you have one beer this summer, it better be at Mondial de la Biére Read More
Gendering mental health
Erin O'Callaghan • April 6, 2009
Experts discuss sexual difference at the First Scientific Day of the Chair on Sex, Gender, and Mental Health Read More
Talking sex with Sue Johanson
admin • April 6, 2009
Like most curious young Canadians, you may have been used to staying up late and switching on the Sunday Night Sex Show with Sue Johanson. Though we were prepubescent, and we certainly had nothing to call in about, many of us listened and learned more from this voracious grandmotherly woman… Read More
In the family way
admin • March 26, 2009
Erin O’Callaghan explores Canada’s less than progressive family policies Read More
Prayer: medicine or malarkey?
admin • March 26, 2009
Dr. Larry Dossey looks to prove that the mind can influence the physical world Read More
Friends with Food: How to feed your your inner D-leaguer
admin • March 19, 2009
What? McGill Pasta (not to be confused with McGill Pizza) How much? $7-10 for cheese and cream and then all your basic ingredients. If you go vegan, it’s basically free Why? It’s a perfect dish for a sports team potluck, or any potluck really This week we made a roasted… Read More
Gutteral mind: This bum’s on fire
Julie Alsop • March 19, 2009
There’s this scene in Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know where two brothers are joking around in a chat room, trying to engage in some innocent cybersex. One of the brothers is older, about 12, and the other kid’s younger – around five or six. The older… Read More
The kids are alright
admin • March 19, 2009
Youth charity harnesses idealism to do some concrete good Read More
The calm after the storm
admin • March 19, 2009
New York’s former top escort reflects on the business, the media circus, and her life back home in Montreal Read More
Breaking into the boys club
Joseph Watts • March 12, 2009
How female brewers are looking to change the face of beer culture Read More
The McGill Model, 30 years in
Shannon Kiely • March 12, 2009
Nurses strive for partnerships with patients and their families Read More