1 10 8 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/d90fe2dfbbad5045ae02f260694e97fb.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=Pd6odAhfIxhtdM%7E-YydThq49UF7am-DB8xobpY94Rcf98doMKt3JAtsjVndAAXawcNqgmUfQb5EqiZf7PUBWyPVfZSI1emnQUZR%7E71qHXnZhjQ7DYXS34Oq3iWTEwk8h020mn9FfM3wHI5QlHDkAaF-4WmkaHwf1-xXNb1a2gSg5MzLoFm1Ov3rZQ4Reg3uniYRpmBiNHueiZD3AgIRbp8UuTCrNd%7EhQu-WdAQE-GPXslcwD9QZfYWzlQ%7ErK7jDS38vFJ84KA9P7BnIU5GUsdLRYdKIoEMLzCQYKKwOgec6IOlVj6weU2MPrFGsYcstg6pvSEv2Md1dc-CMOkh-knA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 3031eb82d705ea39292556dd5279d801 PDF Text Text 11/6/21, 12:42 AM Students, Demand Content Warnings from Your Professors - The McGill Daily The McGill Daily LING 210 dropouts since 1911 Students, Demand Content Warnings from Your Professors The old boys’ club called academia needs to be more mindful of dehumanizing content in course materials by Valentina de la Borbolla / November 23, 2020 Like 5 C Tweet hances are you have encountered trigger or content warnings in TikTok videos, Netflix shows and even songs. It seems like the “TW” acronym is everywhere that difficult conversations are taking place. But why are some professors still not including them in course syllabi or before sensitive lectures? Many McGill classes deal with difficult subjects of oppression, mass violence and dehumanization that still have effects on the daily lives of students. The topics covered in such classes must be discussed: conversations about racism, gendered violence and homophobia are essential in working towards a safer and more inclusive world, but it’s essential to do so in a way that students can learn without reliving the trauma. These conversations should not happen at the expense of the students who suffer the effects of said violence.  Although some people argue that content warnings give free passes for students to skip class (we’re looking at you, boomers), warnings are actually the best way to make sure all students https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2020/11/opinion-students-demand-trigger-warnings-from-your-professors/ 1/5 �11/6/21, 12:43 AM Students, Demand Content Warnings from Your Professors - The McGill Daily can engage with the content of the class. Students are full and complex people, with lives outside of class, and it is unrealistic to expect students to hermetically compartmentalize their experiences. Trauma is not something you can just choose to ignore.  I recently emailed a professor asking to have content warnings in lectures covering racism and other forms of oppression. I explained that being caught by surprise by a lecture that talks about these issues could potentially resurface previous trauma and subject students to reliving very painful experiences. The professor was very understanding and assured me he would include content warnings in the future. Professors want to listen to their students and make their learning experiences as inclusive as possible.  “This is partly due to the fact that McGill’s faculty has been historically white, male, cisgender, heterosexual, and able-bodied.“  However, despite good intentions, many professors still haven’t incorporated content warnings into their courses, probably not understanding their importance or even where and how to include them. This is partly due to the fact that McGill’s faculty has been historically white, male, cisgender, heterosexual, and able-bodied. Only 39% of surveyed faculty reported belonging to an ethnic, racial, or other minority group. This means that most of the faculty has the privilege to choose to be informed about minority rights, which is not the case for people who are confronted with the daily reality of oppression.  Students have the responsibility to contact their professors and ask to have content warnings. Recognize that racialized students, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and neurodivergent students should not carry the burden of educating their white, cisgender-heterosexual, neurotypical professors and peers on top of dealing with trauma. Even if the types of trauma and oppression being discussed in a class do not directly affect you, you still have a responsibility to educate yourself about marginalized experiences that are not your own, listen, and notify professors and classmates when they cross the line. It is crucial to create safe learning spaces where all students feel comfortable around their professors and their peers, and where they do not feel victimized by the content of the class. In many cases, sending out a polite email to the professor is enough. Here is a sample you can https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2020/11/opinion-students-demand-trigger-warnings-from-your-professors/ 2/5 �11/6/21, 12:43 AM Students, Demand Content Warnings from Your Professors - The McGill Daily use to email your professors, either at the beginning of the semester or as issues arise. Obviously, the email can be adapted to specific circumstances, but it is key to explain why you feel it’s critical to have content warnings and be open to any questions they may have. If you want to make your pitch to professors impossible to reject, the University of Michigan published a helpful article detailing how and why professors should implement content warnings in course materials.  Dear Prof. X,  I hope you are doing well! I read over the syllabus and noticed that many of our lectures will touch on very difficult subjects that could potentially resurface trauma in some students. I was wondering if it would be possible to include trigger and content warnings at the beginning of lectures and in the syllabus in order to make sure all students feel safe and cared for in this class. The University of Michigan has an article explaining the importance of trigger warnings as well as how to include them in learning materials. Thank you for your time and consideration,  [Your name] Contacting your professors and asking for content warnings is an important step towards building a safe and inclusive learning environment, and it proves to them and to your peers that you are engaged with what you are learning and that you are committed to your community. Speaking up is key to setting a precedent for being considerate of all students’ experiences, and shifting academia to be critical and empathetic. This should be at the top of all students’ and faculty’s agenda. The article was updated on November 23, 2020. 0 Comments Sort by Newest Add a comment... 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MARC-ANTOINE GERVAIS Contributeur A près le mouvement de dénonciation #MeToo (#MoiAussi au Québec, ndlr), le traitement réservé aux auteurs allégués d’« inconduites sexuelles » fait maintenant l’objet d’un débat ardent. Dans la foulée du dépôt d’une seule accusation contre Gilbert Rozon – et surtout du rejet de 13 plaintes portées contre lui – plusieurs ont pris d’assaut dans les médias un principe fondamental de la justice criminelle : la norme de preuve hors de tout doute raisonnable, qui favoriserait indûment l’accusé. Or, celle-ci est une composante de la présomption d’innocence, qui jouit d’une protection constitutionnelle et qui est une condition sine qua non à toute société qui se veut être une démocratie libérale. Le système de justice pénale doit peutêtre se refaire une beauté, mais la solution ne réside certainement pas dans l’abaissement de la norme de preuve. qu’il avait la croyance sincère mais erronée que la victime consentait aux attouchements. La simple croyance subjective n’est d’aucune utilité à l’accusé : il faut démontrer que la plaignante avait communiqué, par ses paroles ou par son comportement, son consentement aux gestes reprochés ; la passivité ou le silence ne su sent pas. Dès qu’un « non » est exprimé, il y a essentiels (identité de l’auteur, actus reus et mens rea) doivent être prouvés hors de tout doute raisonnable ; les poursuites criminelles doivent être conduites conformément aux procédures légales et à l’équité. Le doute raisonnable peut être appréhendé comme un doute fondé sur la raison et le bon sens ; il doit découler de la preuve (ou de son absence) et être plus que de priver un·e citoyen·ne de sa liberté et de l’exposer à l’opprobre de la société du fait de sa conduite criminelle dépend de cette lourde charge qui pèse contre la Couronne, à savoir celle de prouver que l’inculpé est coupable hors de tout doute raisonnable. est écartée du processus. C’est plutôt dans la poursuite en responsabilité civile – une avenue présentement sous-exploitée – que la victime joue un rôle central. Il s’agit d’un moyen plus facile pour elle de tenir son agresseur responsable des gestes commis à son égard. Étant enchâssée dans la Charte, la norme de la preuve hors de tout Le recours en responsabilité civile L’agression sexuelle en droit La déclaration de culpabilité requiert la preuve de deux éléments : l’actus reus (« acte de culpabilité »), qui réfère à l’élément objectif de l’infraction, et la mens rea (« esprit criminel »), qui se rapporte à l’intention de commettre l’infraction. Voyons ensemble de quoi il s’agit dans le contexte de l’agression sexuelle. Quant à l’actus reus, il comporte trois composantes : l’attouchement (1), à caractère sexuel (2), réalisé sans le consentement de la victime (3). L’examen du consentement se fait de manière subjective, en analysant l’état d’esprit de la victime au moment où sont survenus les attouchements : il faut se demander si la plaignante, dans son for intérieur, y consentait ou non. C’est donc dire que le témoignage de la victime est nécessaire à cette étape, et qu’il doit être scruté sous la loupe, à la lumière de l’ensemble de la preuve. Fait important : il n’existe pas de consentement tacite eu égard aux agressions sexuelles. Quant à la mens rea, les projecteurs sont alors braqués sur l’accusé : avait-il l’intention de se livrer à des attouchements sur la plaignante? À ce stade, l’erreur peut être utilisée comme moyen de défense pour nier l’intention criminelle. L’accusé doit prouver 7 Société IYAD KAGHAD « La présomption d’innocence est garante des droits les plus fondamentaux de la personne, dont la liberté et la dignité humaine » absence de consentement, à moins que la victime, par ses paroles ou par ses gestes, ait signifié ultérieurement à l’accusé qu’elle ait changé d’avis. Dans tous les cas, le moyen de défense de la croyance sincère ne peut être utilisé que si l’accusé a pris les mesures raisonnables pour s’assurer du consentement de la plaignante. La présomption d’innocence Notre système pénal canadien est fondé sur un concept de prime importance dans toute société démocratique : la présomption d’innocence. Celle-ci est protégée formellement par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés. Elle a pour corollaire trois implications qui façonnent le déroulement des procès criminels : le fardeau de preuve repose sur la Couronne (l’accusé n’a pas à prouver son innocence) ; tous les éléments frivole ou imaginaire. Cela dit, le standard n’est pas celui de la certitude absolue. S’attaquer à la norme de preuve hors de tout doute raisonnable revient à s’en prendre directement à la présomption d’innocence, car, comme nous l’explique la Cour suprême, les deux concepts sont inextricablement liés : Si la présomption d’innocence est le fil d’or de la justice pénale, alors la preuve hors de tout doute raisonnable en est le fil d’argent, et ces deux fils sont pour toujours entrelacés pour former la trame du droit pénal. La présomption d’innocence est un droit prévu à la Charte canadienne et à la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme ; elle est garante des droits les plus fondamentaux de la personne, dont la liberté et la dignité humaine. La légitimité du pouvoir de l’État doute raisonnable est là pour rester en droit canadien, hormis modification constitutionnelle – une procédure aussi onéreuse qu’improbable. Même si la pérennité de cette règle ne semble pas en jeu, il est impératif de la défendre et d’en chérir l’existence. Certes, elle avantage l’accusé dans les procès pour agression sexuelle, une infraction qui concerne en grande majorité les femmes et qui ne laisse souvent pas de preuve directe. Toutefois, Michael Spratt et Annamaria Enenajor, deux avocats de la défense s’exprimant à une conférence de la Société Runnymede à Toronto, ont tous les deux qualifié de « mythe » la croyance populaire selon laquelle il est plus di cile de prouver la culpabilité d’auteurs d’agression sexuelle. La poursuite criminelle est contrôlée par l’État et elle sert à punir l’auteur de l’infraction; la victime Toute personne est tenue de réparer le préjudice (corporel, matériel ou moral) qui découle de son comportement fautif. Ainsi, la victime d’une agression sexuelle peut poursuivre en responsabilité civile son agresseur afin d’obtenir une compensation sous forme d’argent. Ce recours civil se distingue de la poursuite criminelle sur un point essentiel : la norme de preuve. Contrairement au crime d’agression sexuelle, la faute civile se prouve selon le standard de la prépondérance des probabilités : on jugera que la victime doit être compensée s’il est plus probable qu’improbable (50% plus un) que l’agression ait été commise. En conséquence, il est beaucoup plus facile de poursuivre l’auteur d’une agression sexuelle au civil qu’au criminel. Le recours en responsabilité civile permet d’obtenir des dommages-intérêts (de l’argent) pour réparer son préjudice, mais il o re aussi à la victime la reconnaissance du tort qui lui a été causé. C’est d’ailleurs ce que recherchent les 14 plaignantes qui poursuivent Gilbert Rozon dans une action collective. Il y a néanmoins un bémol important : ce type de recours étant sous le contrôle de la victime, celle-ci n’a plus de procureur pour la défendre. Ainsi, les honoraires des avocats peuvent constituer une barrière au recours en responsabilité civile. Les plaignantes peuvent aussi s’adresser aux petites créances – où il n’y a pas d’avocats – mais le montant maximal du dédommagement est de 15 000$. Le système de justice est loin d’être parfait et plusieurs solutions pourraient être envisagées pour pallier les deux problèmes les plus criants des victimes d’agression sexuelle : le traumatisme des procédures et le manque d’accessibilité du recours en responsabilité civile. La présomption d’innocence, droit de la personne essentiel à toute démocratie libérale, devrait néanmoins être épargné dans les propositions de réforme. x le délit · mardi 22 janvier 2019 · delitfrancais.com � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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The Daily’s Ian Beattie challenges the paper’s response to opponents of pro-life groups W hen Choose Life first appeared on campus last year, a significant portion of the student body reacted strongly against their application for club status. In a Hyde Park that appeared in The Daily in November 2008, the Union for Gender Empowerment Collective wrote that “by condemning abortion as an option, pro-life propaganda is targeting, alienating, and shaming a minority group within the student body – those who have had or are considering abortion” (“Pro-life education will endanger students”). When Choose Life gained club status and they revealed themselves as everything we were afraid they’d be, some students demanded the revocation of their club status – others even called for a ban against all future pro-life groups. The basic argument has stayed the same: that all pro-life groups, not just Choose Life, endanger the safety of certain students. Over the past few months, The Daily’s editorial board has said little on the topic, but has quietly opposed this movement in the student body. Sadly, we have done so in a disingenuous and inadequate fashion. We’ve either ignored or set up sham arguments in response to the anti-Choose Lifers’ concerns, and it’s been easy for us, since we hold the more widely accepted opinion. Take, for example, our condemnation of the Anti-Discriminatory Groups general assembly (GA) motion in November. According to The Daily, “this motion makes the faulty leap of logic that all pro-life groups are the same” (“The Daily’s GA Recommendations,” February 7). It is true that this generalization was made in the resolution. But we ignored the essence of this generalization – that pro-life groups aren’t just all “the same,” but are inherently discriminatory and hateful. As Liam Olson-Mayes, who co-wrote the motion, told me, “The term ‘pro-life’ is seriously rooted in this historical, political context, which has very much occupied itself with legal struggles and efforts to criminalize abortion.” By ignoring this premise and the varying implications of the term “pro-life,” we gave ourselves the freedom to speak in patronizing tones about “leaps in logic,” without engaging with the argument behind these connections. If The Daily doesn’t believe that pro-life groups are inherently dangerous to students, we need to explain why. More importantly though, this is an argument which ignores and thereby silences the anti-Choose Lifers. By opposing their positions but not engaging with any of their arguments, we eliminate them from the discourse. All along, anti-Choose Lifers have argued that pro-life groups are unacceptable on campus, not just for their actions, but for the very premise of their existence – that women should “choose life.” “I think that there shouldn’t be any organization [at McGill] that can advocate for this change in social conditions that would lead to the widespread death of women. I think that that’s totally inappropriate, and is not up for discussion,” Olson-Mayes said. “By having this organization, which is legitimated as it exists as a SSMU club, to me that’s just totally bizarre and totally wrong – that what we’re actually going to represent one side of the The Daily’s unsigned editorial content The topics of The Daily’s editorials are chosen by the editorial board on Mondays, written by one editor, and then revised collectively by the whole board on production nights. Because we’re a consensusbased body, we try to make sure as many of us as possible agree with what’s written – but obviously that’s not always feasible. debate which is advocating for social conditions under which women are going to die en masse.” No matter your politics, if a group engages in a politics of hate, it’s not okay for our student society to be giving them a home – even if they’re quiet about it. The Daily has yet to come up with a meaningful response to this argument. We said in our GA endorsements that “a pro-life group could exist on campus that respects students’ safety and provides beneficial medical services.” That’s not the point. According to anti-Choose Lifers, the problem isn’t just what pro-life groups do – it’s what they are. The very premise of their existence is hateful. Now, three months later, we’re making the same mistakes. This past week, in our referendum endorsements (Editorial, March 8), we again wallowed in the comfort of representing the status quo, instead of engaging with those who say we are wrong. Without qualification, we wrote that “if approved by students, [the motion on body sovereignty] should not be used as a way to categorically ban either prolife or pro-choice groups.” Such a connection would likely be controversial and unpopular on campus. But why would it be illegitimate? We have to start providing the other side with some answers, not just telling them to shut up. As an editor with nearly three years of experience with The Daily and having seen the paper go through some nasty political scraps, I have found our handling of this issue especially disappointing. We usually find ourselves strongly on one side of an issue, not, as we are now, standing in a position of political moderation, lecturing the fringes. Dailyites know better than anybody that there is nothing more stifling or frustrating in political discourse than coming up against the blank, indifferent wall of majority opinion. Yet as soon as The Daily has found itself in a moderate position, we’ve engaged in the exact same tactics that we always rail against. I did not write this article with the intention of advocating a ban of pro-life groups. I’m writing because I feel that regardless of the issues, my paper has engaged in institutional cowardice. The Daily’s moderate position may be tenable – but we have yet to justify it. We all know that abortion is a political minefield, and the easiest thing to do in debates surrounding it is to disengage or play the middle ground. But if students on campus are saying, loudly and clearly, that they feel they are being endangered and that marginalized groups are being discriminated against, we’d better have some pretty serious answers for them if we’re not going to back them up. Our response to this issue is not only a matter of abortion politics, it’s a matter of rhetorical domination and political suppression. The antiChoose Lifers are advocating a marginalized and apparently unpopular opinion. By glossing over their concerns and failing to respond to the questions they have raised, The Daily has not only disagreed with them, we’ve silenced them. Although The Daily often advocates for marginalized groups, we occupy a position of considerable power on campus. It’s absolutely crucial that we don’t use this position to rob the less powerful of their dissenting voices by not entering into dialogue with their concerns. Maddie Ritts, who wrote the GA motion with Olson-Mayes, told me that she found The Daily’s impact on the discourse around pro-life groups this year “really scary.” Having spent close to 40 hours a week with them since the beginning of the year, I can’t overstate my respect for this year’s editorial staff. But I do feel that in this instance, we’ve behaved irresponsibly and ignored the effects of our actions. I hope the anti-Choose Lifers continue to make their voices heard in our paper, and I hope that when they do, we as an editorial board will have the courage to engage with them. I can’t help but feel that doing so would make us change our position. At the very least, though, we have to stop making members of our paper feel like they’re yelling at a wall. Ian Beattie is a U2 English literature student. He’s also one of The Daily’s Culture editors. Engage with his views in a way that doesn’t marginalize or silence them at ian. beattie@mail.mcgill.ca. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ian Beattie Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010/03/18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Choose Life op-ed reproductive health reproductive justice https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/20a909bb837f24ab7d894090b9c2100a.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=ekG4cFoWkBEKgao0MjvGC3lHRvRs03RSL85-g840t0ivCCRZgQPduncrUb7d609yBf-eS2-7U0ePtufWjskh03PfNCwcZxVze1GGf49dGzrKj5nr9JpN-Fg1oum-gAMU6kGpeMPmyUuzB3EiA9ddx4QW%7E2vYRF7BRhALR3GJMrJkl6wE47ahbV0d6jl6iuN4IXoRlMD4AvLNK2MT9mep2uv0K07xdH48R11A8JXsCqa1YFsFLIWQuLoLRYTHxpq-dZJlPptaCqjvnN6FSjWfqpHcaEs5WLeDaezG555oXRJENTxGcjIgUH6GSTUr0meU9AvgSDEIy4aEZwPEVbUmtg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a544fa7d5b8e8216cbaeb350bc72b0f0 PDF Text Text Commentary The McGill Daily, Thursday, February 4, 2010 5 In which I deconstruct the family jewels Dignity needs defending Radically reread Lisa Miatello T his past summer, I found myself at a party and in a bit of a sticky situation. Here’s the story: As I was walking down the hallway, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a small chalkboard hanging on the wall. Taking a closer look, its title read, “House Rules.” Here we go, I thought bitterly. Scanning the rules quickly, my eyes fell upon Rule #3: “No fat chicks.” And to drive this point home, #3 was accompanied by Rule #5: “Remember, no fat chicks.” Disgusted, I didn’t think twice before furiously rubbing that shit out with my palm. Meanwhile, some dude (let’s call him Dude for the sake of simplicity) had seen what I had done and didn’t take too kindly to it. So Dude started talking smack. He told me that I have “no right” to erase their house rules, about this being private property, that we live in a free country, and that everyone’s entitled to their (bullshit) opinions. Blah blah blah, enter ways to justify oppressive behaviour here. True to form, I started arguing with him. Our dispute rapidly descended into a series of verbal cheap shots aimed by Dude at yours truly. In a matter of minutes, I learned about his contempt for women, his aversion to fat people, and his distaste for lesbians. To add insult to injury, during his diatribe, he mocked me, mimicked me, and waved a pair of drumsticks in my face. It was straight up disrespect, and it infuriated me. This brief but heated interaction tapped into years and years of anger I had felt – still feel – toward our society’s homophobia, sexism, and fatphobia. Dude’s words and behaviour threw me back to the hordes of boys and men that I have known whose reactions toward women run the gamut from subtle disdain to sexual violence. I considered all the ways I had reacted to this sort of treatment in the past. Submitting to this disrespect had meant accepting the idea that women are inferior, worthless, stupid, and weak. It had meant internalizing the devaluation that men like this had impressed on me. Talking back when disrespected had meant being called a crazy bitch, being dismissed, getting reprimanded and punished, or being ostracized. It’s only through laboured politicization that I have come to understand the roots of this sort of violence and the anger it generates. We grow up learning that entire groups of people are deemed less valuable and less human than others. It sucks, to the say the least. With this truism in tow, I’ve become more and more convinced that when all else is lost, all we have left is our dignity. For that reason, preserving it, defending it, and fighting for it has become central to my actions. So how did this altercation with Dude end? I grabbed hold of his drumsticks and kicked the douchebag in the nuts. If I could do it again, the only thing I would do differently would be to kick him harder. Militant feminist: 1. Patriarchy: 0. A ill D aily LI’L HYDE PARK Setting the record straight on the Bookstore fter reading “Haven Books: a cheap alternative” by Ben Paris (Commentary, January 11), my staff and I felt compelled to address the errors and misinformation throughout the article. We think that this misinformation serves to hurt both the McGill Bookstore and the community at large. First, the McGill Bookstore is fully owned and operated by McGill University. It was, at one point, run by Chapters/Indigo for a five-year period that ended in May 2003. Since that time, the Bookstore has been self-financed and is not subsidized by the University. Not only do we autonomously finance all operating expenses of the Bookstore, but regularly deliver year-end surpluses to the University. Over the last three years alone, $1,125,000 ($375,000 per annum) has been transferred to Student Life and Learning and has been used for student financial support. We also support students sig- L McG Lisa Miatello pens a column on this parchment every second week. Dignify her at radicallyreread@ mcgilldaily.com. HYDE PARK David Strutz Sally he in | T nificantly in other ways. For example, we currently employ approximately 60 McGill students, and do so in a work environment that is sensitive to student schedules and academic work loads. Second, the mark-up charged on textbooks is not “huge.” Bookstores do not set textbook prices – publishers do. Our profit on the sale of each textbook is not 40 per cent, but substantially lower at an average of 23 per cent. That is, on a $100 book, the publisher receives $77, and the Bookstore, $23. Furthermore, a portion of this $23 is used to cover the day-to-day expenses involved in operating a bookstore; for example, shipping charges on received merchandise, salaries and benefits, and mortgage payments. Third, we offer students the opportunity to sell their used textbooks back to the bookstore year-round not only to meet our needs but also on behalf of some 20 other Canadian campuses. Although our cash-upfront buyback model differs from the one offered at Haven Books, students should be aware that the option to both sell and buy used textbooks exists here as well. Students are free to choose the option that best suits their needs. Finally, the restriction on advertising by Haven Books is related to a restriction on the use of University resources (such as email) to promote a commercial endeavour. However, nothing prevents Haven Books from buying ads in The Daily, the McGill Tribune, or other media. The McGill Bookstore is in a competitive market, and students will decide where to buy their new and used books. However, it is important for students to know the facts: the McGill Bookstore is here to support the academic mission of the University, is committed to serving student needs, and contributes to student financial support by transferring surpluses to Student Life and Learning. David Strutz is the Associate Director (Retail & Parking) of Ancillary Services. Write him at david.strutz@mcgill.ca. Stay classy, pro-choice crowd Dear campus activists who’ve opposed Choose Life this year: The kids behind Choose Life are in the minority here. They are small in numbers and, as events on campus have shown in recent months, there’s a strong consensus against their tactics and the way they do business. Even people who are generally opposed to abortion wrote into The Daily saying that Choose Life and their affiliates give the prolife movement a bad name, and are, on the whole, kind of tacky. Don’t encourage them. Given their numbers and the scale of their actions, without all the hype, the wind would have gone out of their sails a long time ago. Which is why I find this GA motion to categorically ban any pro-life group from SSMU particularly distressing. The wording of the motion defines groups with a pro-life ideology as inherently oppressive, a leap of logic that ploughs over any differentiation between all the people out there who aren’t too keen on the idea of abortion: “The SSMU further resolves to condemn any group, student association, or organiza- tion whose goals and methods compromise the safety and health of any person or engage in acts of discrimination such as but not limited to pro-life groups.” You are only giving the people behind Choose Life ammunition and legitimizing their claim to being oppressed by the Left. This idea is central to the way they’re framing themselves as conservative underdogs being put down by an intolerant pro-abortion majority. You glorify Choose Life by providing them with the epic, forceful opposition their self-image requires. Meet their actions with disregard and disinterest instead of indignation, and this self-image won’t hold water. If you think their tactics are beneath your dignity, do not dignify them. The best way to oppose people you violently disagree with is to put them in their place. You can achieve this, first, by staying classy and keeping your place firmly in the moral high ground. Proposing censorship has you losing it pretty fast. Please don’t let this lapse pass into policy. —Braden Goyette � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Braden Goyette Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010/02/04 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Choose Life op-ed reproductive health reproductive justice https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/04dca74543542cefaac2cb56d01db719.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=YN%7EjmBKy7mxlAXfJ7yiEtvU5quamvY%7EROmOrY8%7EUgfUXxS288BzX%7Emg8bTdolJaawg3bGTq1UDAQD2uJMNXckEZS9auQbK3Hl%7Ekwu3ARdT8exTeHqYP-NM218kdLz278LiJXBjDV%7EYvyKynas5UK1yS0gxO3YNyeJ204Q8ofrweD6kMYw0ME7GFubFO%7El1h8gX7u0ZXCJDkn6tDRBw3mpFse-0L0zsyv-l8sEEr2HgB9mnnvTv3JzsKCqtLaQWgWJvMpYm5-3hWrm%7EVLhd8y5aZ%7EkkVU6FBRsnbEK0CVz8KbTQMUDmlQqgmVqw51s%7EwIGx6dfuYoROWEey11eLnIUw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 2c3bb292a81b2ec75e1bf1a966047f08 PDF Text Text THE MSGILL DAILY • FORUM PAGE • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1993 COMMENT Violen.ce is everywhere So is the solution 51 per cent of women in Canada have been physically or sexually abused by men. What arc we going to do about it? Ycsterday's papers were slathered with the "news" that abuse is the norm, and not the exception. Women's groups have come to much the same conclusion in independent studies, but when Statscan says it, we have to listen. So listen. One quarter of respondents were victims of violence in a current or previous marriage. Physical injury was caused in 18 per cent of the attacks although police were only notified in 14 per cent of the cases. Violence against women has often been dismissed as a mere phenomenon, a rarity affiicting only a minority of women. And yet study after study reveals that these "women's issues", are socictal issues, and must be addressed as such. Women account for 53 per cent of the population. We arc certainly not a minority. Half of women, and thus one quarter of Canadians, are victims of violent physical and sexual abuse. Such an endemic problem requires fundamental changes. Our demands: • Violence against women stems from a basic power inequality between women and men in society. Serious reflection is long overdue on the factors encouraging such abuse, and the barriers women face in protecting themselves. • Poverty and a lack of other opportunities force women back into abusive relationships. Qualitative changes are needed in encouraging self-sufficiency and education so that women can lead independent lives. ·We need to create police task forces more sensitive to violence against women. Too often the police arc inadequately trained, and victims do not receive adequate support or response. • Anti-stalking laws and protection programs need to be enforced and publicized in such a manner that offenders realize that violence will be dealt with seriously. • Women's support groups and crisis networks must be at the forefront of legislative change not simply "consulted" after policy issues and legislative reform has already been decided. • The Liberals' pledge to increase funding to women's shelters is promising. Better community resources through local organizations provide an accessible place to turn. But most essential to an effective system of confronting violence against women are measures of prevention, not response. ·Community involvement should play a vital role; neighbours, eoworkers, friends, and employers cannot close their eyes to this ubiquitous abuse. Twenty-two per cent of the women reporting had not told others of their abuse before the Statscan report. In a society which "guarantees" equal protection to all of its citizens, these statistics represent an unacceptable reality. Too many of the steps which the Canadian government has taken to stop the rise of violence against women have done nothing more that scratch the surface. Wcall need to take a more active role in re-structuring how we deal with this issue. If the problem lies in the root of our society, that's where we should look for the answers. Kristcn Boon, Pat Harewood, Melanic Newton, Kristin Andrews The Daily welcomes all letters 1ader 300 words. Ass yo.r 1ame, progra•, year and pho1e •••ber. A1o1ymlty caa be provided; talk to an editor beforehand. We prl1t all letters provided thy . are aot racist, sexist, homoplloblc or slandero11. Opl1lo•s ea• be expressed la tile for• of a Hyde Park, 10 •ore thaa 500 words. NEW - CONTACT US BY E-MAIU Address: IMCD@MUSICA.MCGILLCA . 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By accepting Liefs refusal of a balanced, scientific debate on a crucial issue, McGill in effect silenced (and turned into a "noisy crowd") the sexual abuse survivors, health care professionals and mental patient advocates threatened by the FMSF's lobbying. (Faced with the same challenge two weeks ago, U of Toronto did organize a balanced panel. So did Harbourfront.) ByinvitingLieftoconducta twoday training session on child abuse allegations, McGill and the MGH had made a terrible mistake. The FMS Foundation is a powerful lobby representing men accused of sexual abuse and flooding the mass media with right-wing attacks on survivors and therapists. The Family Therapy Networker (Sept. 93) re- veals that they advise these parents in instigating lawsuits against children and therapists. One of their eo-founders has issued statements inviting pedophiles to assert their choice as 'God's will'. Memory experts are highly critical of the foundation's agenda and "theory"-an alleged 'syndrome', invented by the FMSF. By refusing to take into account this information (well-documented and submitted to organizers as early as Oct. 10) and the 1700+ letters and postcards received from concerned health-care professionals, community organizations, child protection workers, crisis centres and self-help groups demanding a balanced presentation, McGill and the MGH have in effect rejected accountability to the community. Was freedom of speech denied Thursday, Friday and Saturday? Yes, but is was that of survivors, mental health personnel and scientists. (It is obvious that Liefs speech was in fact greatly enhanced, via the media.) Aquestion and answer period was(finally) offered by Dean Crucss, but he chose to terminate it after the first question and revert to a unilateral lecture format. Wasn't that open provocation? For what purpose? Finally let's not forget that Thursday's lecture at McGill was a foil to pressures applied concerning Friday and Saturday's 'symposium' at the MGH, where the FMSF did control discussion of what child abuse allegations were to be deemed false. After weeks of challenge and grandstanding, organizers agreed to open a two-hour discussion period there. Still, Dr. Connie Kristiansen -who managed to list (Thursday evening) some of the many empirical studies which Lief merely dismisses, before she was cut off by Cruess - was kept for two hours from entering the premises (for looking 'too lesbian'). This is a real silencing, the kind of censorship and negligence survivors still experience form publiclyfunded institutions. A survivor thanked us with tears in his eyes for having stood up to McGill's clout Thursday. In-depth critical reports are coming out now that the FMS lobby has been outed. We are entitled to an intelligent debate on such a crucial speech-threatening issue. The problem was that McGill and Liefwouldn't have it. LETTERS We all own Toyotas To the Daily: You left wing psychos just can'tstand success can you? When a company is successful you do all you can to bring it down. When a becomes suc.ccssful you try to take it all away from him through high taxes. about lames McGill owning slaves 150 year.; ago and Otto Mass building mass destruction (clever pun) bombs. ('Ibings Maclean's Forgot Nov. IS) Ifyou don't like it then go to Nipissing or Hull, where there is a racial harassment policy in place and where thc#l ranking is unlikely to rear its ugly head. The SllJ"\\!}'Was done based on thequalityofeducation astudent can expect, not its history. Like it or not McGill is the best. What Editorial OHices: 3480 McTavish St., Montreal, Qc., room S.03, H3A JX9 Business & Advertising Office: 3480 McTavish St., Montreal, Qc., room HJA 1X9 editorial: 1514!398.6784 buslness/advertlslng:l514l398.6790 fax:l514l398.8318 happened hundreds of years ago is irrelevant. I'm sure at least one of your staff members drives a Japanese car. Does that mean they support the wartime atrocities committed by the country? No. Same way students here don't necessarily support the slaves, the Otto Mass bombs and CIA experiments (althouglt I've never heard of anything like that). .. the tuition hikes, McGill is one of the cheapest universttiCS m Canada. Look around you, the buildings arc slowly dccaying.Afcwhundrcddollarsayearincrcascintuitionisnccdcd to keep the university running. Iftuition rose $500, McGill would still be cheaper that Uon', Queen's and UBC. I would like to sec tuition stay at its current level, butthetimcwillcomewhen there will be no choice but to hike it. 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What's the Question? Hitchhike to the further reaches of many "civilized" countries and you'll run into earth grubbers who have "returned to the land," deliberately eschewing many of the trappings of the industrial age. Who are these Luddites that would have us all huddling around a fire in a cave? Why do they appear so opposed to human advancement, to technology? Their criticisms aren't totally absurd. Technology doesn't exist in a vacuum, but reflects judgements and values. It should reflect the values of those that use it not just those who control it. Applying technology means identifying a problem, setting criteria to define the problem and choosing the tool to solve the problem. What we see in the world today is a perversion of this process. When we identify a problem, we need to ask if it is actually a real problem and if so, does it really needs a "solution"? Do we really need fast food, genital deodorant, electric tooth brushes, or whiter than white clothes? Do we really need more useless stuff? It's absurd to develop a technology first and create a demand for it later. Technology should be a response. The criteria by which we choose our technology must also be debated. Nuclear energy was originally developed by the military, and viewed as a technology of amazing potential. But the military's main concern is destructive potential. Obviously the values of military development aren't the same as those of domestic development. By the standards the average householder is likely to use, nuclear energy is costly, inefficient, and hazardous. It is similar to using a howitzer to hammer a nail. Nuclear energy just isn't a reasonable solution to domestic needs like lighting our houses. Biotechnology is questionable for similar reasons. Who is establishing the standards that leads to research in herbicide resistant plants? We need to ask if mono-culture farming is really the best way to produce our food. Many of the costs of conventional agri-business are obscured by the low values given to ecological and social issues. And transportation is a real problem, but automobiles are not the best solution. They serve petroleum companies needs more often than it serves our own. Humans are ill-equipped, physically, to survive. Our technology compensates for this and has proven to be evolutionarily successful. .. so far. Unfortunately there seems to be a mystique within our society that technology can answer all our needs. Techonology doesn't answer our needs. We must answer our own needs by selecting the right tool to do the job. EricSmiley ·- Library Inefficient l ETT ERS redundant if the books were just to be stamped with due dates in the backs. The library from which the book originates, its title, author, and call number are already printed in the book. Just give me the due date stamped in the back and save me all the excessive information and glitz. Not only is this a bother, its a waste of time and paper. The circulation department tells me an average of 30 000 of these slips are issued every day. I've been told that these slips are helpful for renewals and eliminating human error at the circulation desk, but is renewing so difficult or human error so prevalent without these slips as to justify 30 000 of them to be issued every single day? I think not. The old stamped due date slips used much less paper and could be used over 30 times each. I suggest we have enough information overload and irrational computerization to contend witl1 as it is. Let us, then, recvaluatc this inconvenient and inefficient process. Todd Wilkinson U3 Sociology To the Daily: I have a qucition. Why cannot books borrowed from the libraries simply be stamped with the due date in their backs as before? I thought the point of the recent, and very expensive, library reorganization was to make the system more convenient and efficient; instead, with respect to circulation, I find it much less so. Now when taking out several books, a ream of due date information, generated on computer print-out, is hastily folded and slipped into one of the books. More often than not, I find this has slipped out by the time I want to check when a certain book is due. Even more typically, when several books for several courses are taken out on several different occasions, figuring out which book is due when (especally once the print-outs have been lost) becomes somewhat less than a convenience. . As for efficiency, what is the purpose of these s.Jips? All the information contained on these new sli s is All contents e1991 Daily Publications Society. All rights rescrvcd. The content of this newspaper is the responsability of the McGill Daily and does not necessarily represent the views of McGill Univc1Sity or the Students' Society of McGill University. Products or companies advertised in this newspaper arc not necessarily endorsed by the Daily staff. Printed by David Martin Development Inc., The Daily is a founding member of Canadian University Press, Presse Cludiantc du Publi· Pcq and CampusPius. . Coverage Unfair To the Daily: Following three days of non-stop, one-sided Palestinian rhetoric on campus I feel compelled to publicly protest. McGill students have been bombarded both by the Daily and by a day long "cultural" exhibition right out of the PLO's main library. LETTERS On Monday the week got off to a flying start with three articles written by members of McGill's Palestine Solidarity Committee. Two of the articles, written by Ania Kazi, were given an entire page by the Dail;'s editors. These compelling articles couldn't of been further from the facts. Yet the Palestinian version ofthctruth survived the editor's axe and was splashed across the pages of the Daily. I find it important to point out that an article in Monday's Daily on a Hillel activity which saw to students gather at 3:30A.M. in solidarity with the Israeli delegation in Madrid recicved such horrible press. I guess I had better not Continued on page S HYDE PARK Redmen name exacerba tes racist images - Opinion of Ned Blackhawk, member of the Native Awareness Coalition. The newly established Native Awareness Coalition (NAC) at McGiU is attempting to raise Native awareness on campus and to dispel existing misperccptions ofN atives. We consist primarily ofMcGill students, several of whom are Natives, and are encouraged by McGill's growing commitment to cultural diversity. As an underrepresented minority faced with unequal opportunities,Nativeshavehad little impact on the McGill community. Yet, despite the existing difficulties of a small Nativc community, entrenched ignorant mispcrceptions, and a general apathy towards Native issues, we at the NAC believe that agrowing interest in Native issues is necessary at McGill. We want to encourage the McGill community to embrace Native awareness and discard existing stereotypes, the most blatant of which is the use of the name Redmen. The name Rcdmen and its accompanying logo of a stereotypical Native greatly misrepresents all Natives. It portrays us as aggressive, mean, warlike, in essence as "savages." The bright red skin, the protruding forehead, and angry visage reinforce this racist image. To represent entire cultures, all with their own traditions, languages, and customs, under one image remains fundamentally ignorant. Compounding upon this ignorance, the use of stereotypes reinforces existing misperccptions and exacerbates racist images. These images not only remain ignorant to existing cultural distinctions Printed on 100% recycled paper contributors janinc Luce, Kristen Hutchinson, Fiona McCaw, Vivian Wietzner, Shannon Aldingcr, Renato Sogueco, Ncelam Sandhu, Dave ley, SCOTT, Mike Newman, Sara Robson, Laurel Hughes but also ignore the devastation wrought upon Natives by previous cultural impositions. It basically re-enforces the historical notion that Natives are inferior and that their cultures do not merit acceptance. More concretely, the effects of such ignorance merely prohibits opportunities for Natives. At McGill, Natives form a small minority, as many of us simply want to peacefully coexist with other culturally diverse groups. Yet, the misperccptions we encounter inevitably restrict our own personal experiences, as we psychologically suffer seeing our entire experiences and cultures misrepresented in one simple name and logo: Redmen. Many of us have grown hardened and indifferent to such ignorance, but this does not account for our sufferings, as we remain the only group within society that still experiences such blatant racism. "Negro" is no longer an acceptable name for African-Americans, but "Indian", yet alone Rcdmen, still persists. Although numerous racist images ofNatives persist, from the Atlanta Braves to the Washington Redskins, we believe that this does not justify or rationalize continued racism, especially at an academic institution committed to cultural diversity in a pluralistic society. Every minority experiences some persecution, from pc;>lice brutality to wayward glances, yetevcryformofracism remains founded on the basic assumption that one culture remains inferior to another. Redman is simply one of many cultural impositions. People should try to understand others and never cast entire cultures into generalized categories. Redmen we are not. The NAC muts every Friday atl6h30 in Leilcock 721. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ned Blackhawk Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991/11/11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF anti-Indigenous racism athletics colonialism Indigeneity Native Awareness Coalition (NAC) op-ed https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/2624e458c04a312c26b3715969d51e28.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=XhI%7EqLKfdgRpDiZE7jfsrQyjXODBPHX0tou8DVo%7ETPnLtd95zBT074S6gNa2VJx0KCzRndhLFMQMTW9PB47mYNOwq8aLVyiUixWb-Ze7AYp8lDy1MaAx839ZTpkgfv8pUvtv%7EAveaMPSZHVjXeSCPsfUrN2WIC92gso1jsZthb-NC12SJM27UnZ2kRt23q9voIC5ABXXAdRplHVMDIf-m7vi6QK-guiMuAAdhRozvQhCkgfmnZZSwlhh9F-jVgdsFJPVdoo067SLG6SzV97x-yq46NJQ1GeaH7bo1ZyIhC6Cx7HUf9c6v60xXjkMFLLW-hJHQ9qg4zD48mShwOZkyA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM bcc89c04c733300ecf42f0ca58801b31 PDF Text Text February 17, 2020 mcgilldaily.com | The McGill Daily Commentary 7 Stop Romanticising Feminist People who Studies: A Perpetuate Violence Need, Not An The Phenomenon of the “Serial Option Killer Heartthrob” Nimra Maniar Commentary Contributor content warning: violence, sexual violence *Spoilers for the show You ahead* “J oe Goldberg is so hot.” Comments like these – usually written by overly-excited, hormone-fueled teenage girls – are not out of the ordinary to see on the internet. However, as I scrolled through my timeline, this comment in particular caught my eye. Not because it was directed towards some new floppy haired popstar with the voice of an angel, but because it was about Joe Goldberg: a serial killer from the new hit Netflix series You. This is problematic. With Netflix being one of the largest media streaming services in the world, the premiere of You generated over 43 million viewers. That means over 43 million people viewed Hollywood’s glamourized portrayal of a serial killer, romanticized through a “twisted love story,” which in reality is not a love story at all, but instead a selfish onesided obsession leading to horrific murders. Not to mention he has a literal cage to keep humans captive. However, there is this growing online fandom for Joe, which seems to be able to look past his heinous crimes, focusing on how “dreamy” he is, not realising the true danger of a person like him in a real-life context. The casting of Penn Bagley – an attractive young actor with a perfectly chiselled jawline – to play Joe is definitely a factor contributing to the phenomenon of our fascination with people who perpetuate violence. When Hollywood casts good looking people to play killers – adding a romantic backdrop to top it off – it often leads to their looks overshadowing the fact that they are dangerous. The average viewer’s main takeaway is how Joe is “misunderstood” and “dedicated” for his love, not that he is delusional, unremorseful, and self-centered. His character is only concerned about what he wants and does not care about the harm he causes along the way. Bagley himself has been puzzled by the response, often reminding fans that his character is nothing to admire, adding that “it says something about how much we are willing to be patient and forgive someone who inhabits a body that looks something like mine – the colour of my skin, my gender, these sorts of privileges, and how much less willing to forgive people who don’t fit those boxes.” This bias we have towards traditionally attractive white men, regardless of the atrocious crimes they have committed, is nothing new and can be observed throughout history. Ted Bundy, a notorious serial killer in the 1970’s who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous women, was often described as “handsome,” “funny,” and “charismatic.” He developed a twisted fan following among young girls, the very type he had targeted in his murders. They would send him love letters in prison and turn up to court hearings just to catch a glimpse of him. He even ended up marrying one of his admirers, Carol Anne Boone, in prison. Over time he has become one of the most infamous serial killers, with various movies and documentaries being made about him to this day, the latest being Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile starring A-list Hollywood actor Zac Efron. One might wonder why Bundy specifically has been given so much media attention, among the various other serial killers throughout history. Though the reason partly lies in the fact his crimes were horrific, more specifically it can be attributed to the fact that people could not wrap their head around the idea of how someone who looked like him could commit them. His looks had created a sort of “halo effect,” where the media attention he was receiving was mostly centred around his charm and how he did not fit the mold of what a serial killer should look like. The mindset that the media is creating among young people of romanticising people who perpetuate violence instead of portraying them accurately for the destructive force they truly are, is scary. There is nothing to be gained from pretending serial killers belong in a teen romance novel, and that they can be fixed, saved, or changed. We need to start seeing them for who they really are, instead of putting them on a pedestal and undermining the trauma they cause and lives they destroy. So the next time the camera pans to Penn Badgley’s near-flawless face, just remember, serial killers are so not hot. Daisy Sprenger | Illustrations Editor Daisy Sprenger | Illustrations Editor U Anaïs Régina-Renel niversities pride themselves on diversity. We see it in the Staff Writer advertising, which screams “you have a place here” when the moment comes for prospective students to apply. But it has recently become clear that these same institutions don’t provide every student with programs that are critical to learning about themselves and navigating the world around them. The programs that are available do not well reflect the claimed diversity and inclusivity that the quotas aim to represent. We have seen this recently at Harvard University with their scandalous denial of tenure for Doctor Lorgia García Peña, professor of Latino and Caribbean studies. Now, it is McGill that is losing graduate options in Gender and Women’s studies. The importance of a program is evaluated through elitist and gender- and race-based criteria of profitability: We have to think about who benefits from these programs, and what their intentions are with these degrees. Hint: It is not a white, straight, American, male student who wants to invest in a fossil fuel company who is enrolled in these departments. By removing and failing to support such programs, universities are failing students, closing doors in front of them, and restricting areas of study and research that already bear the weight of gender- and racebased discrimination. McGill is replicating these mistakes by applying the same biased system, that is to say, limiting the number of seats and granting the tiniest spaces in classes that would support various marginalized identities, even though the demand is bigger, granting the tiniest spaces for these classes. These are only a few examples that make us ask this purportedly “diverse and inclusive” institution: are you taking us seriously? Suspending the graduate option in Gender and Women’s Studies is a form of control over the knowledge and success through academia, of specific (if not targeted) populations, that has to be antagonized. These institutions that enroll students of all genders, ethnicities, religions, and races don’t provide them with knowledge about themselves, and limit their possibility to invest in themselves. Graduate studies allow students to specialize in specific fields and eventually free themselves from the limitations of undergraduate programs, that include, in the case of social studies, American centricity and white gaze. Suppressing the graduate option of Gender and Women studies prevents the students involved with the IGSF department to do so, which is already a major issue with feminist studies in general. Feminist studies is a relatively new field and is such an advance for women and other people marginalized by their gender identity, and McGill has just made sure to dismiss it and take a step back for women. This decision affects current and future graduate students in 15 Masters programs and 11 PhD programs. Not only was this decision abrupt, but it lets down the many who applied to programs related to feminist studies at McGill, who were seeking the advertised knowledge, opportunity, and inclusivity McGill claimed to offer. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Volume 109 Issue 18 Page Number(s) 7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Feminist Studies: A Need, Not An Option Description An account of the resource A commentary piece reacting to the news that the administration will be cutting the Graduate Option in Gender and Women's Studies Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anaïs Régina-Renel Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020/02/17 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF academics Admin op-ed