The Tribune TUESDAY, MARCH 12 2024 | VOL. 43 | ISSUE 21
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EDITORIAL
FEATURE
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
McGill must protect its queer students and stand against growing bigotry
Home runs in a circular motion
Revisiting Lucy Maud Montgomery
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From hypermasculinity to policy advisor: McGill’s alarming choice for Indigenous oversight
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Tribute: Remembering Professor Monica Popescu Friends, colleagues, and students reflect on the intellectual’s legacy Matthew Molinaro Editor-in-Chief
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orn in Brasov, Romania in 1973, Monica Popescu was a star student throughout her studies. After receiving degrees from the University of Bucharest, the University of Windsor, and the University of Pennsylvania, she began teaching at McGill in 2005, where she taught courses on African literatures,
literary and social theory, imperialism, gender studies, and the Cold War. On February 24, after a year-long battle with glioblastoma, Monica passed away at age 50. In her presence, we were all Monica’s students. Her commitment to anticolonial pedagogy challenged what this university and a liberal arts education could be—she always “moved the centre” to use Ngũgĩ’s phrase. In teaching the mandatory survey course for English literature majors, she passionately lectured about Af-
rican, Caribbean, and South Asian histories, literary traditions, and revolutionary struggles. Over many eagerly anticipated office hour visits, her encyclopedic knowledge, fierce determination, and tender soul enchanted me, as did our discussions on Zoe Wicomb, post-Communist politics, and campus organizing. I was lucky to have Monica as my Honours supervisor and to grow under her exuberant light, warmth, and mentorship. Her words, lessons, and generosity fortify me—I will miss her dearly. PG. 14
Behind closed doors: How family physicians struggle against social inequities
Queer McGill Deadnaming Dashboard highlights deadnaming and misgendering in McGill IT systems
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Esther Forbes Contributor
Investigating the effects of proximity and moral distress in healthcare
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t their best, family physicians in Canada stand as critical frontline defenders for vulnerable patient pop-
ulations. In a recent study titled, “You are the only other person in the world that knows that about me: Family physician stories of proximity to patients experiencing social inequity,” 20 Ontario-based
family physicians shared their experiences and relationships with patients who were struggling with issues such as inadequate housing, lack of education, low income, and substance abuse. PG.12
Queer McGill continues decade-long effort to remove instances of automated deadnaming and misgendering.
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ueer McGill—a service run by queer students for queer students, non-students in the Montreal area, and allies—
started a Deadnaming Dashboard “to end automated deadnaming and misgendering [...] last fall,” within IT systems such as Minerva, MyCourses, UPrint, and the Student Wellness Hub (SWH). The Dashboard displays
all McGill IT services that are currently misgendering and deadnaming students, as well as status updates regarding specific ways in which these online services are failing trans students—all of which currently read “not fixed.” PG.3