Will Vanderbilt • September 29, 2008

Publishers still reluctant to grant digital distribution rights to company that negotiates copyright Read More

admin • September 29, 2008

David Sommers Rovins, an independent candidate running in the riding of Westmount–Ville-Marie in the upcoming federal election, butted heads with the McGill administration this week over the right to campaign on campus. McGill Security removed Rovins twice in the last two weeks for trying to speak to students during classes… Read More

admin • September 29, 2008

U.S. war resister can stay in Canada for now Iraq war resister Jeremy Hinzman and his family were granted a last-ditch reprieve from their scheduled deportation from Canadian soil last Monday. A federal court reached their decision just one day before Hinzman, his wife, and his two children were due… Read More

admin • September 29, 2008

The Daily gives you a rundown on the five Post-Graduate Student Society Read More

admin • September 29, 2008

Theatre groups face flawed booking systems and steep prices to perform Read More

admin • September 28, 2008

But 23,000 Montreal families are still on the waiting list Read More

admin • September 25, 2008

Jim Nicell, Associate Vice-Principal (University Services), observed Car-Free Day on Monday holed up in his office, catching up on work. Responsible for the physical development of the University and with a background in environmental and civil engineering, Nicell could be the one to turn McGill’s campus into a car-free zone. Read More

Kartiga Thiyagarajah • September 25, 2008

Commission confronts memories haunting former Indian Residential School students Read More

admin • September 25, 2008

Over 300 cyclists dropped dead in a tangled mess Monday – Montreal’s car-free day – as part of the third annual “Alive without my car!” die-in. Organized by the Montréal à Vélo collective, a Montreal organization that advocates for commuter cyclists interests, the theatrical event denounced the negative effects of… Read More

admin • September 25, 2008

Oxfam McGill members demonstrated in front of the Roddick gates Monday to represent mothers who die in childbirth due to a lack of adequate medical care. Male and female students lodged balloons under their clothing and took turns popping their balloon every minute before falling to the ground. The skit… Read More

admin • September 25, 2008

English schools faring better than French schools for graduation rates Read More

Henry Gass • September 25, 2008

SSMU has proposed to redirect poorly invested private funding required under Quebec’s one per cent training investment program to McGill coffers. As stipulated by Emploi-Québec, multi-million dollar private companies must allocate one per cent of their profits toward employee training, but SSMU argued that since university education is essentially employee… Read More

Nikki Bozinoff • September 25, 2008

Canadian medicine to fight HIV/AIDS left for Rwanda yesterday, reviving criticism of the complex federal legislation that allows generic producers to export patented, life-saving drugs to developing countries. Civil society organizations and generic manufacturers are lauding the delivery, but say that unless the legislation – called the Canada Access to… Read More

admin • September 25, 2008

Liberal postsecondary platform is “greatest investment in recent history,” student groups say Read More

Nadja Popovich • September 22, 2008

As part of the First Peoples’ House (FPH) annual Pow-Wow, Iroquois men perform in a trad-tional drum circle as part of a singing and dancing performance Friday. FHP exists to provide a sense of community and a voice to Aboriginal students studying at McGill. Their Pow Wow is the University’s… Read More