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Ecologist speaks about need to conserve canopies
On Thursday, March 8, the McGill school of environment hosted a lecture by Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, a renowned forest ecologist and professor at the Evergreen State College in Washington. The event, which took place in New Residence Hall, was preceded by a round table with Nadkarni and students from the[Read More…]
JP Briggs
Emil Briones
Robin Reid-Fraser
Dean Manfredi’s Open Forum marked by low turnout
Discussions on safe space and flawed consultation processes marked the sparsely attended first meeting of Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi’s Open Forum on March 1. With just over 30 people in the audience, this first of four open meetings focused discussion on the four main issues raised by the Jutras[Read More…]
Sahil Chaini
Independent Student Inquiry released to the public
The Independent Student Inquiry (ISI) presented its final report and recommendations concerning the events of Nov. 10 at last Thursday’s SSMU Council. The ISI was created following criticism of Principal Heather Munroe-Blum’s announcement of Dean of Law Daniel Jutras’ internal investigation of the events. Originally supposed to present their findings[Read More…]
Allison Cooper
Board of Directors ratifies J-Board ruling
Michael Paolucci / Organization During the March 1 SSMU Council meeting, SSMU’s Board of Directors (BoD) ratified the Judicial Board (J-Board) ruling that invalidated the results of QPIRG’s fall referendum question. In a report released on Feb. 14, the J-Board declared the question to be unconstitutional because it dealt with[Read More…]
