The Tribune
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 2025 | VOL. 45 | ISSUE 10
Published by the SPT, a student society of McGill University
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau captivated the world. Who’s next? PG. 7
OFF THE BOARD
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FEATURE
Strong, vibrant—and unjustly criminalized PGS. 8-9
SPORTS
Currently, UQÀM is ranked third and McGill is ranked sixth in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec volleyball standings. (Emiko Kamiya / The Tribune)
Martlets Volleyball falls to Carabins in Friday night nail-biter UQÀM took the game in four sets as McGill fought to the last whistle
The student empire strikes back EDITORIAL
The Tribune Editorial Board
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etween Nov. 7 and 14, 28 departments will hold general assemblies (GAs) to vote on strike motions in support of Palestine for the week of Nov. 17. As of Nov. 10, three of the 28 passed a motion to strike. The motions, although independently submitted to each faculty, share four central demands. They call on McGill to divest from its holdings in companies complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide and apartheid in occupied Palestine; disclose its financial holdings; drop disciplinary charges—such as injunctions—against students involved in popular organizing, political advocacy, and demonstrations; and end any research or financial partnerships involving organiza-
tions or individual donors that perpetuate or benefit from the sale of weapons or military technology. Departmental strikes represent an institutionally mandated and unified channel to hold the McGill administration responsible for its complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Though the university has yet to divest, McGill cannot remain obstinate forever if pressure from its students and faculty continues. Striking may feel futile, and the effort to do so exhausting, but as a student body, our commitment to action must persist. In this war of attrition, the question is whether sustained student pressure can outlast institutional intransigence—whether we can make the status quo more costly to maintain than PG. 5 to change.
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The ‘Trip’une Explains: The NEWS legality of psilocybin mushrooms in Montreal Where the possession, cultivation, and sale of magic mushrooms stands in Montreal
Amelia H. Clark Staff Writer
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silocybin mushrooms, colloquially known as ‘magic’ mushrooms or ‘shrooms,’ contain a psychedelic compound—either psilocybin or psilocin—and are considered Schedule 3 substances under Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, alongside lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and ketamine. The cultivation and distribution of all Schedule 3 substances, unless prescribed by Health Canada, are punishable with
up to ten years of jail time. The Tribune explains how these legal constraints on ‘shrooms’ play out in Montreal. Is taking ‘shrooms’ illegal? Yes, possession or consumption of psilocybin is illegal everywhere in Canada, unless you have an exemption from the government for the purpose of performing clinical trials with ‘magic’ mushrooms. Possessing ‘shrooms’ is punishable with a $1,000 CAD fine and up to three years jail time, while their production holds a penalty of ten years in prison. PG. 14