Senior city
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… Read More »Senior city
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Piñata Diplomacy: In defence of Humanistic Studies
“Le vrai science et la vrai étude de l’homme, c’est l’homme.” – Pierre Charon, Catholic theologian, 1601 Scuttlebutt is that the Faculty of Arts is… Read More »Piñata Diplomacy: In defence of Humanistic Studies
Sit-down comedy
Alain Shain’s comic routines destigmatize disability
Seniors: Late life on air
A group of older women are reclaiming their community’s voice, one broadcast at a time
Hyde Park: No gains in dividing McGill
It never occurred to me to consider the significance of the title of Ephraim Kishon’s 1953 play His Name Precedes Him until the SSMU General… Read More »Hyde Park: No gains in dividing McGill
Seniors: Does sexuality age well?
Denial of sex among senior citizens increases the risks of isolation and STIs
Literal divisions over Gaza flare GA tensions
Motion to condemn bombings of educational institutions in Gaza postponed indefinitely; bottled water ban passes
Strasbourg students gassed
Strike movement in France supported by students
Seniors: Searching for the fountain of youth
For centuries, our society has looked for ways to preserve youth – from Cleopatra bathing in the milk of asses, to women covering themselves in… Read More »Seniors: Searching for the fountain of youth
Sustainable McGill: within reach
New office will coordinate research, projects, and best practices on campus
Editors’ Note: Respect the elderly, respect yourself
Society often depicts seniors as an expanding problem – costly, burdensome, sick, and slow. We only ever hear that the aged population is ballooning and… Read More »Editors’ Note: Respect the elderly, respect yourself
A lesson in gravity
A Dutch artist’s experiments with the fine art of falling
Fashion meets fundraising
A close-up look at the charity behind SynesthASIA, McGill’s Ashraya Initiative for Children
Life Lines: Get in touch with your other side
Alright, this is the one. My days of sentimental, inspirational-themed, hallmark-gift-card-esque columns are over. You thought I wouldn’t snap out of it, but I did.… Read More »Life Lines: Get in touch with your other side
WHO commissioner comments
Grave inter- and intra-country inequities in health outcomes