The McGill Debate Union spent the last weekend of January in Toronto competing in the North American Debate Championship alongside teams from Yale, MIT, and Princeton. Bringing six teams and two judges with them, the union enjoyed immense success—with two teams in the main break, or elimination round, two teams[Read More…]
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Student demonstration disrupts Public Services Job Fair
Last Thursday afternoon, a crowd of approximately 100 demonstrators protesting against Quebec’s proposed tuition hikes entered the McGill campus. The demonstration, organized by an autonomous committee of students from four different campuses—Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Concordia University, and McGill University—began walking at 11:00 a.m.[Read More…]
J-Board hears case regarding referendum
Madeline Richards Madeline Richards. Last night, the SSMU Judicial Board (J-Board) heard a case submitted by former SSMU President Zach Newburgh and co-founder of the Prince Arthur Herald Brendan Steven, against respondent Rebecca Tacoma in her function as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Elections SSMU. (Full disclosure: Newburgh sits on[Read More…]
Asbestos exporter takes leave from Board of Governors
Asbestos exporter and member of the McGill Board of Governors (BoG) Roshi Chadha announced last Wednesday that she will take a leave of absence from her positions on McGill’s BoG and that of St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation, in a move that follows calls for her resignation by anti-asbestos activists. Chadha[Read More…]
Craig Kielburger puts philanthropy in a business context
Elisha Lerner / McGill Tribune Internationally renowned Canadian activist Craig Kielburger opened the Desautels Business Conference on Sustainability (DBCS) last Thursday, Jan. 19 with a keynote speech that addressed the importance of developing sustainable solutions to global issues. Currently in its ninth year, the DBCS is a three-day long[Read More…]
McGill reveals more about future Quartier d’Innovation
Kyla Mandel / McGill Tribune) During a report to Senate last Wednesday, McGill University revealed the details of its plan to develop the Quartier d’Innovation (QI), a research and entrepreneurship-driven innovation hub. The QI is intended to be a dynamic neighbourhood driven by research and innovation coming from the university,[Read More…]
Senate talks Nov. 10 report
Members of the university senate gathered last Wednesday in order to discuss the investigation and recommendations regarding the events of Nov. 10. The investigation was conducted by Dean of Law Daniel Jutras, and was released Dec. 15. In her opening remarks, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum stated that she accepts all six[Read More…]
High-flying McGill student meets with Pakistan PM
Courtesy of Zohaib Asad In 2011, Pakistani student Zohaib Asad earned a record-breaking 28 ‘A’s in the University of Cambridge International O-Level Examinations, a high school examination program run by the University of Cambridge that’s taken in over 80 countries. This month, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani invited[Read More…]
Education Week a response to fall issues on campus
From Jan. 12 to 20, SSMU hosted (Reclaim Your) Education Week, a seven-day series of workshops, discussions, and presentations that sought to raise awareness about a number of issues on the McGill campus, including tuition hikes and the struggles of marginalized groups on campus. Education Week was made possible by[Read More…]
Mobile Security App will soon hit campus
A new application will allow on-campus smartphone users to call for emergency campus support at the touch of a button. On Jan. 19, Guardly announced the release of a free mobile security application for students, faculty, and staff at 67 universities and colleges across Canada, including McGill University. This is[Read More…]
