The McGill Daily

The McGill Daily is a student-operated newspaper at McGill University, managed entirely by students. Although it is called The Daily, it now publishes a print edition just once a week, typically on Mondays. In addition to the print version, the outlet also creates content exclusively for online audiences and produces weekly radio segments broadcasted on CKUT 90.3 FM.

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Activism as a Scapegoat

1 month ago | mcgilldaily.com | Sena Ho

On March 7, the American Joint Task Force to Combat Anti- Semitism – which includes members from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the General Services Administration (GSA) – effectively threatens to cancel 400 million USD in federal grants to Columbia University.
No More Free Hours

1 month ago | mcgilldaily.com | Sena Ho

With the advent of larger cuts at McGill, teaching assistants (TAs) in the Faculty of Arts are expected to experience a 15-20 per cent cut in hourly wages. The Daily spoke with Donald Morard, a third-year PhD student in the History department at McGill, on the details and implications of these cuts for the Arts, and for positions within the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM).
McGill Announces $45 Million in Budget Cuts for the Upcoming Academic Year

2 months ago | mcgilldaily.com | Sena Ho

At a town hall meeting on February 7, McGill President Deep Saini, Vice-President Fabrice Labeau, and Provost Christopher Manfredi announced a $45 million budget cut for the upcoming 2025-26 fiscal year. The university has been facing financial pressures from the Quebec government that have led to the current $15 million deficit.
An Archive of Dissent

2 months ago | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

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 1960s saw a dramatic rise in protests at university campuses across the world. Manifestations at U.S. universities influenced their Canadian counterparts, contributing to a surge in students getting involved in campus politics and activism.
Applying Joan Didion’s Democracy to the Present - The McGill Daily

Jan 20, 2025 | mcgilldaily.com | Sena Ho

Inez Victor embodies everything, and yet nothing, about the flaws in our current political system. Her story, told through fragmented moments that jump anytime between the 1950s and March of 1975, becomes a very obvious stand-in for the fragility of memory in both the political climate and one’s personal experiences. Joan Didion is herself a character in Democracy (1984), wherein she reconstructs Victor’s life as if picking up scattered puzzle pieces.
What Wong Kar Wai Has Taught Me About My “Motherland”

Nov 27, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Sena Ho

I could almost smell the smoke-filled screen where Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung were seated in In the Mood for Love, or the dusty basement Takeshi Kaneshiro’s character returned to after a day’s worth of swindling in Fallen Angels. The ambiance of Hong Kong in the late 90’s frozen in time on the small, grainy screen.
Leonard Cohen Holds the Mirror

Nov 11, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

Leonard Cohen was the first man I met in Montreal. Walking down Rue Crescent on a windy August evening, new to the city, I was entranced by the kind face smiling down at me with a hand placed over his beating heart. I didn’t know who he was at the time. (My friend tried telling me it was a mural of Anthony Bourdain.) It would take a few more months for me to stumble across Cohen’s first poetry collection while browsing the shelves at Paragraphe Bookstore.
The Ballot Box Has Failed Us

Nov 4, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

For the past few months, Americans and non-Americans alike have been glued to their screens, watching the events of the upcoming U.S. election unfold with a sense of impending doom. We in Canada will undoubtedly be affected by these results, whether in terms of increasingly conservative immigration policies or voting trends in the 2025 Canadian elections.
Bridging Culture With Code

Nov 4, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Raihana Sayeeda Kamal

Imagine prompting ChatGPT to depict a picture of refugees in Canada and it generates an image of Muslim families. When asked about their ethnic backgrounds, the responses list Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq but do not mention Ukraine.
A Look Into Four Emerging Canadian Authors of South Asian Descent

Oct 7, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

Content warning: colonial violence, racism, white supremacyOn September 29, literature enthusiasts from in and around Montreal gathered at Le Gesù to attend the fourth edition of the Kabir Cultural Centre’s “Garden of Literary Delights.” Established as part of the centre’s NexGen MultiArts Festival, this event aims to highlight South Asian writers in Canada who are emerging onto the literary sphere.