Rethinking environmental risk assessment for Indigenous communities

Across Canada, Indigenous communities are grappling with a severe environmental crisis. Approximately 4,500 sites on reserve lands are listed as contaminated in the Canadian Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory, representing 29 per cent of all such sites nationwide. This disproportionate concentration of contaminated sites has resulted in significantly higher exposure to[Read More…]

SSMU Legislative Council discusses updates on Black Student Inclusion policy, MoA renegotiation, and First Year Council election

The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) held its fourth Legislative Council meeting of the year on Thursday, Feb. 27, discussing a Black Student Inclusion policy, Coucillor updates, and the granting of full status to several McGill clubs.  The meeting began with an announcement from a representative of Agence Voltaic,[Read More…]

Black Women’s Entrepreneurship event discusses the road to an inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem

On Feb. 4, McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management organized a panel discussion titled Black Women’s Entrepreneurship: Research vs. Reality. The event’s discussion tackled a striking statistic: Only two per cent of Canadian businesses are Black-owned, and fewer than 30 per cent of these are led by women.  Bringing together prominent[Read More…]

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