McMaster Lifeline club de-ratified after student petition receives over 3000 signatures C/O Silhouette Archives McMaster Lifeline has been an active and often controversial anti-abortion group on campus, over the past few years. Recently, their Instagram account began to circulate widely on social media and prompted criticisms from students. Upon learning about McMaster Lifeline and their […]
C/O Pardis Ghaneian By: Esther Liu, Contributor The Silhouette: Please introduce yourself! Ghaneian: My name is Pardis Ghaneian, my pronouns are she/her and I am in my final year of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University. In terms of clubs and involvement, I've been a research assistant, community advisor, Archway mentor and [teaching assistant] […]
By: Esther Liu, Contributor The Silhouette: Please introduce yourself! Inemesit Etokudo: My name is Inemesit Etokudo but I go by Inem. I am a 28-year-old [McMaster University alumna] living out in Alberta, Canada. I split my time between Calgary and Edmonton, but I'm primarily based out of Edmonton right now. Since graduating from Mac, I […]
Relay For Life at Mac to hold virtual events due to provincial COVID guidelines C/O McMaster Relay for Life On March 27, 2021, McMaster’s annual Relay for Life event will run to help fundraise for the battle against cancer. The event will look very different from past years, but going virtual hasn’t discouraged the volunteers […]
The latest information on the second-generation vaccines being developed at McMaster and predictions for the course of the pandemic Administration of vaccines, including those created by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, has been ongoing for several months in Canada. We are currently in Phase 1 of our the Ontario government’s immunization campaign against COVID-19. Ontario’s plan to […]
Mac and Weeneebayko Area Health Authority work to increase access to eye care for children in Indigenous communities Indigenous health issues are rampant in Canada, finding their roots deeply embedded within systemic racism and the colonial history of our country. From inequitable access to primary and preventative care services to instances of racism in the […]
By: Esther Liu, Contributor Photo C/O Tiffany Tse The Silhouette: When did you get into piano? Tiffany Tse: I started when I was five years old. It wasn't an amazing story, it was just my mom. One day she asked me if I'm interested in playing the piano. I said “yeah” and I didn't really […]
McMaster students are gathering virtually for the university's first climate strike with the call for divestment as its primary goal C/O Ronan Furuta As more people have come to recognize the threat of climate change, climate advocacy movements have grown around the world. At McMaster University, there are many student organizations that aim to protect […]
The success story of Ron Foxcroft and the way he changed sports forever C/O Ted Brellisford The year was 1984. Brazil and Uruguay were playing in a pre-Olympic basketball game in an attempt to qualify for the Olympics. With over 20,000 fans in the stands, referee Ron Foxcroft attempted to call a potentially game-changing foul […]
A team at McMaster University is working on a second-generation vaccine, which are designed to protect against viral variants C/O Brian Lichty By: Natalie Chen, Contributor As of March 6, 2021, approximately six out of every 100 Canadians have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, compared to 26 out of every 100 Americans. While […]
