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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 2026 | VOL. 46 | ISSUE 1
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Remembering Oliver Jones PG. 10
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OFF THE BOARD
Belonging is not something we have to earn PG. 11
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FEATURE
Blackface at McGill PGS. 8-9
NEWS
McGill has entered into at least $19 million CAD in contracts with security company GardaWorld. (Zoe Lee / The Tribune)
McGill security required to wear recognizable badges per new policy
Student-proposed initiative mandates campus security to wear distinct alphanumerical IDs PG. 3
McGill science Montreal’s gutted motion SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY students: You don’t pacifies Israel’s apartheid regime and shirks precedented municipal need to know where you’re going yet responsibility EDITORIAL
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n Aug. 24, the Montreal City Council adopted a motion introduced by the Official Opposition, Projet Monatréal, that expresses solidarity with the Palestinian people and civilian casualties under the Israeli siege. Passed by a 54 to 6 vote, the approved motion diverges significantly from Projet Montréal’s initial proposition. The original motion called for the City of Montreal to suspend all institutional ties with the Israeli government, and to use the terms “apartheid” and “genocide” when referring to the Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank—terms that the United Nations and Amnesty International uphold as
legally correct. However, before the City Council meeting adjourned, Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada delivered a speech arguing that international affairs are not a municipal responsibility. She cited rising incidents of antisemitism in the province as further justification against Projet Montréal’s motion. Following her lead, the Official Majority, Ensemble Montréal, proposed amendments to scrap provisions calling for Montreal to cut its institutional ties with Israel and change official terminology. The amended version of the motion now not only lacks concrete calls to action or any quantifiable economic or bureaucratic boycott of the Israeli government’s occupation in Gaza, but also fails to condemn the apartheid regime at all. PG. 5
McGill alum Annie Bernier shares how curiosity and networking shaped her path through research, industry, and project management Avery Berry Science & Technology Editor
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eing unsure of what to pursue after university is not an uncommon feeling among McGill students. A string of interests fostered by your academic pathway and environment does not always lead to an obvious next step. Most of the time that is the last thing it does; the endless course selections, varied student body, and plethora of clubs and activities that fill our campus broaden our prospective career interests every day. For those studying science, the pressure
to solidify post-grad plans can often unidirectionally orient students towards a career as a physician. This path is an apparently straightforward one: A science graduate can complete their degree, write the necessary exams, apply, and begin their medical school program in predictable succession. But what happens when that pathway does not feel so linear? Annie Bernier completed her PhD in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at McGill in 2018, her research focusing on microRNAs’ roles in hepatitis C PG. 13 viral infection.