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From 1948 to 1994, the South African state divided its citizens by race and discriminated against them based on that categorization. The South African government… Read More »It is apartheid

The shock-and-awe capitalism of BODIES the Exhibition

A hearty favorite with a twist

Ten days before the start of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, the first Third World country to host the games was christened when… Read More »Repoliticizing the Olympics

Our advice for this week is to play with your food. That childhood no-no is coming back stronger than the Olympic spirit in Canada. Just… Read More »Spice up your salad

McGill’s Post-Graduate Student sSociety (PGSS) is currently surveying graduate and postgraduate students to assess their feelings about possible financial support for students on maternity or… Read More »PGSS surveys student parents

The Haiti Response Summit was held in Montreal last week, bringing together 27 national societies of the Red Cross Red Crescent to discuss the international… Read More »Red Cross hosts Haiti conference

Brightblack Morning Light and their self-sustaining lifestyle

A walk through the city’s vanishing energy centre

We have been aware of the existence of climate change and its effects for far too long to excuse our ongoing neglect of the issue.… Read More »No time to be fuel hardy

Fusions have been ubiquitous in popular culture for many years; from Cuban-Asian cuisine to rap-rock to jeggings (yes, the jeans/leggings hybrid) – they’re usually pretty… Read More »Future jazz

Consuming energy hasn’t always been a matter of flipping switches, plugging in cables, and turning dials. Before the advent of electricity, any energy not provided… Read More »Recharging our understanding of electricity

The oft-proclaimed, ill-researched phrase “Zionism is racism” is both inaccurate and woefully unhelpful. “Zionism,” to be sure, could be the belief in the right of… Read More »Zionism is not racism

Can random number generators detect global consciousness?