C/O Feast Centre The Silhouette: Please introduce yourselves. Randy Jackson: I'm Randy Jackson. I'm an assistant professor in the school of social work with a cross-appointment in health, ageing and society and identify as Anishinaabe from Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. Renée Masching: Hello, my name is Renee Masching. I work with [Canadian Aboriginal […]
C/O John Lott One alum's journey to winning a World Series The year was 1996 and McMaster students were arriving on campus. For some, it wasn’t just their first time at McMaster, but also in Hamilton. This was the case for a first year economics major making the trip from Montreal. This was the story […]
C/O Yoohyun Park PCC’s book club provides opportunity for dialogue about 2SLGBTQIA+ literature On Oct. 29, McMaster Student Union’s Pride Community Centre held their first Pride Book Club meeting of the year. The introductory meeting allowed members to meet each other and discuss possible queer and trans book options for the book club, as well […]
What exactly does an in-person experience mean after months of remote education? In March of 2020, students at McMaster University watched their academics get shifted to a virtual landscape. Now, after almost a year and a half, virtual learning appears to be coming to an end. On Oct. 21, Susan Tighe, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), […]
C/O Travis Nguyen Digging deeper into the thoughts and feelings of McMaster students on varsity sports Over the past month, the Silhouette has covered the treatment of varsity sports and the public opinion on the way that sports are handled at McMaster University. Many intriguing perspectives were discussed in our coverage, including the fact that […]
C/O McMaster sports With qualification success, the men’s varsity baseball team will head into the OUA championships with quite a dramatic week behind them. Written October 28th During the weekend of Oct. 9 to Oct. 10, the Marauders Men’s Baseball team went against the Brock Badgers and the Guelph Gryphons in the Ontario University Athletics […]
By: Esther Liu, Humans of McMaster Staff Writer Please introduce yourself. Santee Smith, Tekaronhiáhkhwa iónkiats, Kahnyen’kehàka, niwakonhwentsio:ten, Wakeniáhten. Ohswekén nitewaké:non. My name is Santee Smith, Tekaronhiáhkhwa, I’m from the Kahnyen’kehàka Nation, Turtle Clan from Ohswekén also known as Six Nations of the Grand River. I have a long connection to McMaster University, first as an […]
C/O Yoohyun Park The athletics department is failing to reciprocate the effort that the athletes put in and it’s time to hold them accountable. What is the difference between American varsity sports and Canadian varsity sports? Simple: only one actually has a following. The quality of varsity sports and their following is greater in the […]
C/O Seyran Mammadov and McMaster sports Instagram The baseball team finds big success in 2021, bringing back several awards. As Canadian university sports teams returned from more than a full year off from their sports, many found themselves brushing off the rust that came from no in person practices and light workouts. The Marauders baseball […]
How McMaster observed the first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation C/O Marcus Urbenz, Unsplash On Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was observed across the country. Meant to acknowledge the tragic legacy of the residential school system and honour those who were and are impacted by it, the National Day […]
