The lion, the witch, and the film adaptation
Movies can enrich childhood novels, but recent efforts are often more interested in showing off special effects
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Acclaimed VP Finance & Operations may resign
Peter Newhook, the newly acclaimed SSMU VP Finance & Operations, is considering resigning before his term even begins, and some on SSMU Council are expecting… Read More »Acclaimed VP Finance & Operations may resign
Turner wins presidency by 15 per cent
Students vote overwhelmingly to support Daily Publications Society
Letters: Old editors and new conspiracy theories
Former Daily editor expresses support for Daily Thank you McGill undergraduate students for reaffirming your support for The Daily. For almost a hundred years, McGill… Read More »Letters: Old editors and new conspiracy theories
Deconstucting Picasso, delegitimizing Warhol: a look at the FIFA festival
Wearing conversation-arousing garments to a FIFA screening is like wearing a Jane’s Addiction t-shirt to Lollapalooza. At Púbol – Dalí De-construction, one middle-aged woman seated… Read More »Deconstucting Picasso, delegitimizing Warhol: a look at the FIFA festival
Seizing Solitude: Shuffling numbers at the Ministry of Finance
The provincial Minister of Finance presented her second budget last Thursday, amid concerns of a global economic slow-down. The lacklustre event failed to attract much… Read More »Seizing Solitude: Shuffling numbers at the Ministry of Finance
All hopped up: The holy Saint Patrick
According to the Catholic News Agency, Irish bishops moved Saint Patrick’s Day from today to March 15 last June because March 17 falls on holy… Read More »All hopped up: The holy Saint Patrick
Daycare collective provides radical child care
Volunteers argue free collective childcare is a method of political organizing rather than a charity
Lack of sex education takes its toll in Quebec
Since the Quebec government’s 2005 cancellation of formal sexual education in the province’s high schools, the subject has all but disappeared. When it implemented the… Read More »Lack of sex education takes its toll in Quebec
Different language, same imagination
Montreal children’s authors and illustrators struggle to transcend linguistic barriers
McGill weighs options for safer bike parking
McGill Planning Office asks student cyclists whether they want bike lockers
Child entertainment legend Fred Penner makes a comeback…at Gert’s
For all you Canadians who grew up with “The Cat Came Back” and “Happy Feet,” Fred Penner’s Place is a childhood memory that will no… Read More »Child entertainment legend Fred Penner makes a comeback…at Gert’s
Hand to Mouth: Padraic opens his mailbag
Usually, all I receive in my email account for this column are messages from Esteban Kramer urging me to consider buying some penny-stocks on the… Read More »Hand to Mouth: Padraic opens his mailbag
The ins and outs of egg donation
The Assisted Human Reproduction Act of 2004 put many of our science fiction nightmares to rest: thanks to the act, Canada will never legally create… Read More »The ins and outs of egg donation
Kids make noise on FM airwaves
Radio-Enfant puts disenfranchised Montreal children