On February 19, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the high-speed rail line (HSR) project that will run through the corridor between Toronto and Quebec City. Currently, it takes a little ...

Montreal elected its new mayor, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, on November 2, making her the first immigrant to lead the city. Ferrada, head of Ensemble Montréal, won 43.40 per cent of the vote, ahead of ...

Press freedom, often described as a cornerstone of democracy, is under visible strain in 2025. On battlefields, journalists are being killed for documenting conflicts. In democratic settings, ...

My favourite movie of 2024 is Look Back. It’s an animated film about two girls who draw comics together, discovering the strength and resilience of art along the way. It was my top movie of the year ...

If you’ve ever taken a high school language class, you’ve maybe encountered a form of close reading dissecting the many devices used in literature. Does the author use formal or colloquial language?

Every year, McGill is required to submit an audit to the Quebec government detailing the university’s spending, the salaries of upper administration, and performance reports, among other things. From ...

Student activism is a necessary function of the modern university. Though the history of student-led demonstrations can be traced all the way back to medieval universities in the 15th century, the ...

Beginning in 2023, collections currently held in the McLennan & Redpath Library buildings will be relocated to McGill’s new off-campus Collection Centre. The process is estimated to take six to eight ...

Over the last few decades, universities have largely moved away from conventional in-person exams in favour of take-home essays and quizzes, adapting to evolving digital practices and supplemental ...

I was lucky enough to read Kate Rogers’ The Meaning of Leaving while on a train leaving Toronto, which I think is the most aptly ironic location to experience this bittersweet poetry collection. A ...

Sam Anderson and Rosemari Mealy visited Montreal to take part in a symposium last September. This two-day symposium coincided with, and commemorated, the thirty-sixth year anniversary of the Sabra and ...

Inside one of Shane Dussault’s backpacks is a laptop, a small bag of tools, a bag of electronics, and an ultra-absorbent compressed towel the size of a washcloth. In the other is a kettle, food ...