Updated: Mon, 10/07/2024 - 21:42

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au mardi 8 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Gabriel Gaston

Gabriel Gaston is a first-year M.A. student in Communication Studies, working under the supervision of Professor Carrie Rentschler. They are particularly interested in the ways that community, memory, and connection are retained in digital spaces. To that end, their research will engage questions designed to draw upon 2SLGBTQIA+, feminist, and intersectional theory to support an in-depth investigation of meaning-making and affect related to transgender experiences on social media sites. This thesis aims to interrogate how the complexity and fluidity of transgender identity construction is (and is not) compatible with the simultaneous permanence and ephemerality of digital media, online platforms, and data. 

Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Liberal Arts, Communication Studies, and Hispanic Languages.

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