Fashion meets fundraising
A close-up look at the charity behind SynesthASIA, McGill’s Ashraya Initiative for Children
Sections
Seniors: Late life on air
A group of older women are reclaiming their community’s voice, one broadcast at a time
Seniors: Bail out our pensions
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A lesson in gravity
A Dutch artist’s experiments with the fine art of falling
McGill eyeing another new rez
Four Points Sheraton may become home to first years
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
Analyzing disability through culture
Interdisciplinary approach is “greater than the sum of its parts”
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
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
Seniors: Winter transit poses dangers
Two senior citizens were trampled by a snow removal truck on Sherbrooke E. in front of Notre Dame Hospital last Tuesday. A 72-year-old man died at the scene, while his 71-year-old wife died later in hospital. This accident reinforced many seniors’ fears
Seniors: Life at a different pace
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… Read More »Seniors: Life at a different pace
Seniors: Does sexuality age well?
Denial of sex among senior citizens increases the risks of isolation and STIs
Seniors: Out of the closet, into the system
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… Read More »Seniors: Out of the closet, into the system
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
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