C/O Emily Underworld, Unsplash Do 24 hours truly suffice for such a complex topic? On Oct. 10, 1992, Global Mental Health Day was introduced to the world. The day aims to bring attention to mental health and educate the public. Corporations, groups and the general public try their best to open as many discussions about […]
C/O Black Student Success Centre Officially open as of September 27, the BSSC offers resources, support and a sense of community to Black students at McMaster On Sept. 27, the Black Student Success Centre officially opened at McMaster University with the goal of supporting Black students and fostering their success. “Black students across Canadian universities […]
C/O Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona, Unsplash SPHR McMaster calls on McMaster to stop partnering with Tel Aviv University The Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights Organization at McMaster is a student-led social justice club that raises awareness regarding the Israeli occupation of Palestine and holds events to promote Palestinian culture. “SPHR is a non-profit, student-based organization that […]
C/O Chana/Unsplash McMaster has more supports in place for Black students than I expected By: Bianca Perreault, Contributor Countless people think that being a Black student has always been the same as being a "regular" student. Obviously, many students can relate to being a minority visibly: not looking like everyone else, having different types of […]
C/O Sum_of_Marc/Flickr Adam van Koeverden: A McMaster alumnus, Olympic gold-medalist and MP Adam van Koeverden is Milton’s current member of Parliament and has been since 2019, but he had not always planned to go into politics. In 2007, van Koeverden graduated as valedictorian from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology all […]
C/O Robyn Sidhu The Silhouette: Please introduce yourself. Robyn Sidhu: My name is Robyn, my pronouns are he/she/they and I'm a fifth-year student at [McMaster University] in the [political science department] and I'm double majoring in peace studies and attempting to minor in gender studies. When did you first get into poetry? I was in […]
Jovan Popovic has shown that he’s serious about his business in an industry that has found itself growing quickly amid the pandemic. More often than not, university students solely focus on their studies for the four years that they spend in their undergraduate programs. For many, the only vision that they have in mind is […]
C/O Travis Nguyen A closer look at the elected first-year representatives for the MES and their hopes for the future By: Kirsten Espe, Contributor On Sept. 27, 2021, the results for the 2021-2022 McMaster Engineering Society elections were announced. After a year and a half of online learning, all candidates, especially the first-year representatives, were […]
McMaster sports are back, but does the student body care? Varsity sports have been around for a long time. At McMaster University, sports have been around since 1889, when the university used to be located in Toronto. Mac’s first varsity game was played between a group of alumni from the Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock […]
C/O Travis Nguyen How McMaster’s first-year students attended a welcome week amid a global pandemic Welcome Week is a week dedicated to incoming freshmen, allowing them to participate in activities that encourage forming connections with their classmates. Though it is such a well known event amongst university students, only one year of students can attest […]
