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TUESDAY, MARCH 10 2026 | VOL. 45 | ISSUE 21
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GameDev McGill: From inspiration to invention
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OFF THE BOARD Face it! PG. 11
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MANUFACTURING TRUTH: JOURNALISM AND POWER March 15 9am-9pm Thomson House
Food and drink provided Quebec’s forestry regime is racial capitalism The Tribune Editorial Board
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AMU First Nation, a collective of nearly 40 Indigenous land guardians and hereditary chiefs from the Atikamekw and Innu nations, has filed a lawsuit in the Quebec Superior Court, seeking formal recognition of their rights over territory between the St. Lawrence River, the Saint-Maurice River valley, and northern Mauricie. Their legal challenge demands that the court void all forestry permits and supply guarantees, as these permits were issued without their consent. This lawsuit is part of a broader effort to counter Quebec’s Bill 97, the Legault government’s proposed overhaul of the province’s forestry regime which sought to offer unceded territory for industrial logging activity. This legal injunction, alongside mass blockades in the summer of 2025, tackles
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a pervasive pattern of Quebec seizing Indigenous land for provincial industrial control. Bill 97 may be withdrawn, but the system of racial capitalism that facilitates Indigenous land dispossession and labour exploitation on those lands will remain unless it is fundamentally addressed through the courts. Bill 97 proposed dividing public forests into thirds: a conservation zone, a zone dedicated exclusively to private industrial logging activity, and a multi-purpose zone. If it had passed, Bill 97 would have designated significant portions of unceded Indigenous land for industrial use, a clear violation of sovereignty. By allowing the province and industry to extract economic value from Indigenous land while withholding Indigenous authority, Bill 97 reinforced a system of racial capitalism in which colonial dispossession enables the continued extraction of valuable resources for the monetary gain of the colonial state and private developers. PG. 5
NEWS Student activists argue McGill’s proposed identification policy threatens free expression
Over 470 students, faculty, and alumni sign open letter opposing policy
Abigail Francis Staff Writer
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cGill proposed an Identification Policy for Access to Properties Owned, Occupied, or Used by the University to the Senate in January 2026. If approved, it would allow authorized personnel to require individuals on campus to present a McGill or governmentissued ID “for a legitimate purpose.” These aims include safeguarding the integrity of the university’s academic and administra-
tive activities and protecting McGill property, while also ensuring the safety of members of the McGill community and others on campus. In a written exchange with The Tribune, McGill’s Media Relations Office (MRO) wrote that there is currently no university-wide policy for governing identification requirements, and that the proposal aims to provide a comprehensive framework only. The MRO asserts the policy is intended to complement existing university policies rather than override them. PG. 2