Afghanistan’s history is ridden with invasion and foreign occupation. It abounds with insurgency, and is scarred by incessant conflict. Migration is a permanent feature of… Read More »Hyde Park: Our commitment is to humanity
“In my first year, I read The Daily all the time and loved how it explored all the cultural and social justice issues I cared… Read More »Public Editor: Some solutions to The Daily’s marginalization problem
What would Raphael Lemkin, the audacious author of the 1951 Genocide Convention and the man who coined the word “genocide,” think of Sudanese president Omar… Read More »Hyde Park: When justice is not enough
“I’m glad to be with you…here at the end of all things.” – Frodo Baggins Terrible, isn’t it? After all the sweat, tears, laughter and… Read More »Life Lines: Steps to the end of the tunnel with little feet
While I know that humans are more complex than molecules – in that molecules lack such important human characteristics as consciousness, agency, reason, and so… Read More »The Conversationalist: Don’t call me molecule: a glimpse into law and nature
We write this letter to express the concerns we share as five Residence Academic Staff members (floor fellows). Although we have been in constant conversation… Read More »Hyde Park: Let’s talk about residence issues
Another year, another SSMU election. And as usual, nobody cared. This year’s explosion of indifference saw approximately 24,000 undergraduates cast just 3,631 ballots: a whopping… Read More »Hyde Park: We’re spending $120,000 on that?
“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.”… Read More »Piñata Diplomacy: What Matt Damon teaches us about education
I’m a pretty gentle gent. I drink green tea and buy wine for the pictures on the bottles. I own a plant, believe in true… Read More »Life Lines: A gentle gent’s appeal to the world’s weather jocks
For years, students moving into residence at McGill have been asked to live according to two rules: “Respect,” and “Don’t fuck with the fire equiptment.”… Read More »Editorial: Residence director must improve, or go
Here’s the deal: I do not care to know about your views on abortion, your stance on the legalization of marijuana and, no, not even… Read More »Hyde Park: Questioning Canada’s ban on free speech
The generation of waste is a built-in feature of the consumer-based society we live in; more often than not, a product’s life ends in a… Read More »Editorial: Waste isn’t normal
Put aside the politics to spice up your life on the dance floor – no strings attached
Earlier this semester, two fellow activists writing on behalf of the McGill Anti-Racist Coalition sought to challenge academic content that creates oppressive learning environments or… Read More »Hyde Park: Dismantling the Ivory Tower goes beyond identity politics
When Pope Benedict XVI said that condom distribution wouldn’t solve the AIDS crisis – but would actually exacerbate the epidemic – he put millions of… Read More »Editorial: The myth of Papal infallibility
