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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
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
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
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
A deadly double standard
A 2007 policy change in Harper’s Department of Foreign Affairs has endangered Canadians facing capital punishment abroad
Editorial: Happy GA Day, everybody!
Like most before it, last semester’s General Assembly (GA) failed to reach quorum, meaning students get to debate an entire year’s worth of motions today.… Read More »Editorial: Happy GA Day, everybody!
Extreme makeover: greening the PM
Stephen Harper needs a makeover, fast. Since last October’s federal election, things have been going from bad to worse for our Prime Minister. His public… Read More »Extreme makeover: greening the PM
Hyde Park: Budget recklessly neglects foreign aid
In some ways, the budget process was heartening; the threat of a coalition forced the Conservatives to deliver a centrist budget, which – though woefully… Read More »Hyde Park: Budget recklessly neglects foreign aid
Saul redefines Canada’s legal origins
Speaker urges recognition of aboriginal influence on Canadian law
Scandals plague Concordia Student Union
Money lost, bookkeeper sued, recall petition thwarted, fingers pointed
Hyde Park: Raising a finger to both sides of the fence
My brother was in southeast Jerusalem when an elderly mother yelled from her window, in Hebrew, “This isn’t a place for you; you should leave.”… Read More »Hyde Park: Raising a finger to both sides of the fence
Remembering the victims in Gaza
Photo essay