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The McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) and the McGill administration have resolved the remaining outstanding issue on their collective agreement and are preparing to finalize proceedings. The agreement, ratified by MUNACA’s members on Dec. 5 after months of negotiations, marked the end of the union’s three-month strike last fall.[Read More…]

MUNACA On the first day of classes, McGill students arrived on campus to the sound of picketing. MUNACA, the union representing roughly 1,700 of McGill’s non-academic staff, went on strike starting Sept. 1 after months of strained negotiations between the union and the university finally broke down. A better wage[Read More…]

Last Thursday, April 5, Quebec Education Minister Line Beauchamp proposed a new student loans plan, in response to the student movement that has been opposing planned provincial tuition fee increases of $1,625 over five years.  Beauchamp said that the government will not back down from the plan to increase tuition[Read More…]

On March 27, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum spoke to the McGill Tribune, the McGill Daily and Le Délit  about this year’s events and  what to look forward to in 2012. McGill Tribune: Next year will be your last year McGill’s principal. What are your goals for your last term, and what[Read More…]

Michael Paolucci Michael Paolucci A motion to censure SSMU VP External JoÃl Pedneault failed at SSMU Council’s meeting last Thursday, March 29, with a narrow vote of 11 for, 11 against, and one abstention. The motion, submitted to the floor by nine movers, cited several reasons to censure Pedneault, including[Read More…]

On March 27, Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi held the third of four open fora at Macdonald Campus. In addition to a group of about 30 attendees, most of whom were faculty members and staff, Provost Anthony Masi and Deputy-Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson were also present. The[Read More…]

The McGill Association of University Teachers (MAUT) released to the public its report “Governance, Protest and Security: Report of the MAUT Committee to Examine the Implications of the Events of Nov. 10, 2011″ on March 22. MAUT is an organization of academic staff that aims to foster academic freedom, to[Read More…]

Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Over 200,000 people marched through the streets of downtown Montreal on March 22 to demonstrate against provincial tuition increases.  The protest, the largest in Quebec history, came two days after the Quebec government released its annual budget, confirming that university[Read More…]

On March 13, the McGill Board of Governors (BoG) convened for its fifth meeting of the academic year to discuss topics of interest to the community, including McGillLeaks, the possibility of a student strike, and the internal investigation launched on asbestos research. Chair of the Board Stuart Cobbett began the[Read More…]

Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Arts undergraduates voted against entering an unlimited student strike at a special General Assembly (GA) held on Tuesday, March 13. The motion, which was defeated by a vote of 609 to 495 and included 16 abstentions, would have allowed the[Read More…]