With sports being shut down just over a year ago, Marauders reflect on their last games before the pandemic. C/O Esra Rakab It was March 2020, just over a year ago, when McMaster University decided to suspend or cancel all in-person classes, shut down sports and force students out of residences to completely close down […]
Bill C-7 expands medical assisted in dying to include those whose death is not reasonably foreseeable C/O Bill Oxford cw: mental illness, death, ableism The Canadian government has passed Bill C-7, which changed the medical assistance in dying law. The bill was introduced in October 2020 after a September 2019 decision made by the Superior […]
Having safe spaces around the university allow marginalized students to feel less alienated Graphic by Esra Rakab cw: mentions of racism, hateful political rhetoric, child sexual abuse If you’re on any part of political YouTube where the titles appear to be “Feminists REKT!!! Compilation”, or “Man Speaks FACTS, DESTROYS Emotional Liberal,” then you have likely […]
A group of Hamilton organizations have begun developing a platform to track and address Hamilton’s high rate of hate crimes per capita C/O Sergey Zolkin In 2019, Hamilton had the highest number of police-reported hate crimes per capita in Canada at 17.1 per 100,000 people. The national rate, in comparison, was 4.9 out of 100,000. […]
As children continue to enter contact sports, concussions will undoubtedly go up — but so does the chance of CTE. C/O Molly Ferguson Art Traumatic brain injuries are everywhere, from the workplace to sports. It is estimated that there are nearly 500 TBIs per 100,000 individuals annually in Canada; to narrow that down, one person […]
SACHA launches chat and text support service for survivors of sexualized violence C/O Gilles Lambert cw: sexual violence SACHA, a non-profit community-based sexual assault centre in Hamilton, has launched a chat and text support service for survivors of sexualized violence of all genders and their allies. This new service launched on International Women’s Day as […]
McMaster University zine aims to showcase art from survivors of sexualized violence C/O Tim Mossholder cw: sexual violence Four McMaster University undergraduate students have launched a zine aimed at showcasing art from survivors of sexual violence and their supporters. It is open to McMaster students and members of the Hamilton community. The zine is part […]
I don’t know what I want to do after undergrad, but I’ve come to learn a few things from it Graphic By Esra Rakab / Production Coordinator Back in Grade 12, when I was applying to university, I applied to 11 different programs — all in science or engineering. I was uncertain about what exactly […]
Former Mac football offensive lineman Jakub Szott takes us through his journey as a rookie to working for a spot on the CFL's Ottawa Redblacks C/O Owen Mertens It all began in Summer 2016 when Jakub Szott went from high school to a training camp with the McMaster University men’s football team. Moving from a […]
In a year of COVID-19 restrictions, student-athletes have found new ways to improve their game during the pandemic C/O Esra Rakab In a year where McMaster University sports seasons had to be cancelled and training has become increasingly difficult due to social-distancing restrictions, teams and athletes have had to find new ways to keep improving. […]
