Unsentimental education
Eran Kolirin’s film The Band’s Visit resists cliché with its sincere portrayal of a meeting of cultures in Israel
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Hyde Park: A user’s guide to shaping The Daily
Running a referendum campaign takes a lot of time, energy, and money, but it has its perks: students have actually sat down to read through… Read More »Hyde Park: A user’s guide to shaping The Daily
The Tammany Hall of the Montreal night?
Caitlin Manicom kicks off The Daily’s four part series on cultural tastemakers in the city with a look at the music scene
The teenage grind
Paranoid Park explores adolescent alienation – again
Letters: Manosij Majumdar floods The Daily letters section while editors hastily assemble ark
Vote Yes for your sworn enemies Sirs, To my dear fellow sensible and pragmatic people on campus who think The Daily is a dirty pinko… Read More »Letters: Manosij Majumdar floods The Daily letters section while editors hastily assemble ark
TAs to demonstrate at Roddick Gates today
Teaching assistants demand better conditions as University stalls contract negotiations
Hyde Park: Admin to McGill First Aid: not in our name
You may have heard that the University administration is trying to control whether SSMU clubs and services can use the word “McGill” in their names.… Read More »Hyde Park: Admin to McGill First Aid: not in our name
PGSS election candidates spar at sparsely-attended debates
Post-graduates head to the polls today
Students object to counsellor’s firing
McGill Student Services’ abrupt firing of longtime mental health counsellor Eric Widdicombe last month left his students shocked and searching for explanations. Human resources gave… Read More »Students object to counsellor’s firing
Bike collective gets rolling this week
[Correction Appended] After nearly a year of planning and several location changes, the SSMU bike collective opened its doors on Tuesday to a pack of… Read More »Bike collective gets rolling this week
Demystifying Montreal’s blogosphere
The Daily’s Leah Pires opens the gates to our city’s cultural hotspots on the web
Al Sharpton weighs in on U.S. election
Hundreds lined up outside of Concordia University’s Henry F. Hall Building Thursday night to see Rev. Al Sharpton speak on the U.S. presidential election cycle,… Read More »Al Sharpton weighs in on U.S. election
Vote yes to save The Daily
This week, McGill undergraduates will vote on whether to keep The McGill Daily and Le Délit around. To be clear, this is not a referendum… Read More »Vote yes to save The Daily
Hyde Park: The poetry of Islam
Religious texts are fascinating. Yet I am constantly perplexed as to how the beautifully crafted words and lessons found on scrolls and leaves – from… Read More »Hyde Park: The poetry of Islam
Culture Briefs
Fokus on student filmmaking With the post-Oscar buzz fading to a drone and end-of-year blockbusters outstaying their welcome in corporate theatres, TVMcGill’s upcoming Fokus Film… Read More »Culture Briefs