More Policing Doesn’t Mean Less Violence
The SPVM’s new anti-gun-violence squad upholds institutional racism
Editorials
Justice for Joyce, Justice for Georges
The deaths of Joyce Echaquan and Georges-Hervé Awashish reflect the persisting medical racism that exists in Quebec.
Issue Masks, Not Fines
How the new COVID regulations disproportionately affect marginalized communities
Support Mi’kmaw Fishing Rights
On September 17, 2020, Mi’kmaw chiefs declared a state of emergency at the Rights Implementation Fishery in what is currently known as Nova Scotia.
Land Back to Six Nations
Six Nations land defenders have been occupying a residential development site on Haudenosaunee land, since July 19, 2020, in what is currently known as Caledonia, Ontario.
Confront Colonial Legacies, Not Just Statues
On August 29, activists at an action to defund the police in Montreal’s Place du Canada toppled a statue of the first prime minister of Canada, John A. MacDonald, who has family ties to the slave trade.
Defund the SPVM
Across what is currently Canada and the United States, the violence enacted by the criminal justice and carceral systems have been at the centre of… Read More »Defund the SPVM
Public Health Includes Prisoners
Between March 24 and April 2, 2020, detainees at the Laval Migrant Detention Centre engaged in a hunger strike demanding their release given the unique… Read More »Public Health Includes Prisoners
The Housing Crisis Is Not a Symptom of COVID-19
With the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Quebec now exceeding 2,498, provincial Premier François Legault has put the province “on hold” for at least… Read More »The Housing Crisis Is Not a Symptom of COVID-19
Support Indigenous Communities During COVID-19
As quarantine and self-isolation orders increase globally, the most recent wave of eco-facism has spread rapidly across social media and mainstream news outlets. False reports… Read More »Support Indigenous Communities During COVID-19
Responsibility During COVID-19
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 100 countries have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of March 8,… Read More »Responsibility During COVID-19
Centre Black Activism Every Month
As the University’s 200th anniversary approaches, McGill’s presentation of history will undoubtedly be altered by what the administration chooses to represent. Black activism has been present… Read More »Centre Black Activism Every Month
The CAQ is Infringing On Education, Again
On February 8, 2020, the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) government passed Bill 40, a major education reform law. This law abolished autonomous French and English… Read More »The CAQ is Infringing On Education, Again
Bell, Let’s Talk About the Prison Industrial Complex
On Bell Let’s Talk Day – January 29, 2020 – prisoners’ rights groups in Toronto and Ottawa held demonstrations titled “Bell Let Us Talk’’ in… Read More »Bell, Let’s Talk About the Prison Industrial Complex
No RCMP on Wet’suwet’en Land
On Friday, January 11, the Indigenous Students Alliance (ISA) at McGill answered Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ call for solidarity against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline in a… Read More »No RCMP on Wet’suwet’en Land