Please note that Monika Fabian has been sanctioned for sending unsolicited emails to seek endorsements from campus groups. It’s important for our students to have opportunities for involvement outside the classroom. Monika Fabian has strong background experience in ensuring that these opportunities continue to be bountiful and accessible within the SSMU. She has[Read More…]
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Evan Jolicoeur
I am currently in my 3rd year of a BScN program. Throughout the years, I have been an active member, in a number of diverse organizations including political, student bodies, environmental organizations and have sat on committees and advisory boards. Currently I am the Vice-President CNSA (Canadian Nursing Student Association) on[Read More…]
Carol Fraser
Please note that Carol Fraser has been sanctioned for putting up unapproved campaign posters. I’m Carol Fraser, and I’m running for VP Clubs and Services because I’m passionate about student life and student-run initiatives. As VP I’d improve Midnight Kitchen’s new 302 space, foster the development of community-building clubs and[Read More…]
Wilson Ventura Chan
My goal as a Medicine Senator is to gain and promote awareness of the issues revolving around our student body at McGill and to voice the students’ opinions on these matters, especially those that reflect the attitudes of my constituency. Currently, as a medical student, and also having completed a[Read More…]
Referendum Questions
Council-Initiated Questions: Referendum Regarding the Ambassador Fee Whereas, Students have chosen to create a fund to help subsidize participants in extra-curricular and academic competitions and conferences since 2010; Whereas, The fee is subject to renewal this year; Whereas, Participation in extra-curricular and academic competitions and conferences is an asset to the[Read More…]
Sameer Apte
Currently, I serve as Med-2 President, but in 10 years at McGill I have always been a student advocate. Last year, I worked with the faculty on the M.D. Accreditation committee to ensure the quality of our education. Presently, I am on the advisory committee with Dr. Munroe-Blum, McGill’s principal,[Read More…]
President Newburgh Takes Students’ Jobbook Questions
Matt Essert Students’ Society President Zach Newburgh discussed his controversial involvement with Jobbook.com, a social networking website designed to match students with employers, at SSMU Council on Thursday for first the first time in front of the general public. Newburgh preceded his prewritten remarks, which lasted about half an hour,[Read More…]
Two of five General Assembly motions pass
Matt Essert The winter 2011 General Assembly took place last Thursday in a quarter-full Adams Auditorium. Although quorum was reached at several parts of the GA, only two out of four motions debated successfully passed with quorum. Despite efforts made in the previous weeks this semester’s general assembly was sparsely [Read More…]
Former Concordia student sues university over expulsion
thelink.theorem.ca On January 20, Ashraf Azar, a Concordia University student expelled for plagiarism in 2004, entered the Quebec Superior Court to begin a new lawsuit against Concordia. This lawsuit, unlike the previous one filed in 2007, seeks a court injunction in place of monetary damages. “If I really had[Read More…]
CEGEPs try to cope with overflowing student population
In the last couple of years, overcrowding has become a major problem in Montreal CEGEPs. Simply put, there are more students who have the proper academic credentials than there are spots available. On January 20, the Gazette reported that the Quebec government is going to wait until after the March[Read More…]