"Redbirds works because it connects with the Martlets name," Lacroix said. McGill Sports Centre Currie Gym 475 Pine Ave. West Montreal, Qc H2W 1S4 Phone: 514-398-1539 The Official Site of McGill Athletics & Recreation Search Go . McGill University's varsity men's sports teams will now be known as the Redbirds. This is a fight that has been going on for years at one of Canada’s oldest and most prestigious universities. “Redbirds works because it connects with the Martlets name,” Lacroix said. McGill Redbirds Soccer centre-back Juliano Cobuzzi, U4 Engineering, spends most of his spare time on the soccer pitch and in the kitchen, two places central to his upbringing.. Cobuzzi’s soccer career began under the watchful eye of his father, his first coach. The long-overdue announcement came more than a year after an initial email from the office of Principal Suzanne Fortier, sent in April 2019, which stated that McGill would be dropping the slur formerly used as the name for the men’s varsity teams. Some of his earliest memories centre around his time playing soccer. The decision comes over a year after McGill decided to drop the controversial “Redmen” name following decades of pressure from Indigenous groups and students and non-Indigenous allies to change the name, a racial slur. The McGill Redmen officially changed their name to Redbirds. On Nov. 17 McGill announced a new name for the men’s varsity teams: Redbirds. McGill University announced Tuesday that the men’s varsity teams will be renamed the Redbirds. Dimitrios Sinodinos, a fourth-year McGill engineering student and football team member, said he is excited to be a Redbirds player next season, and … MONTREAL - McGill University’s men’s varsity sports teams will be known as the Redbirds going forward, the university announced Tuesday. The McGill Redbirds football team represents McGill University athletics teams in U Sports and is based in Montreal, Quebec.The program is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1874.The team won its first collegiate championship in 1902 and also won in 1912, 1913, 1919, 1928, 1938 and 1960 prior to the inauguration of the Vanier Cup in 1965. Dimitrios Sinodinos, a fourth-year McGill engineering student and football team … Contact. The Montreal school settled on …
