Sam Reynolds Sam Reynolds McGill was granted an injunction by Quebec courts Friday to control protesting at campus entrances. Striking MUNACA workers are now forced to stay four metres away from the university gates. The number of protestors will also be capped within the four metre boundary. Additionally, noise makers,[Read More…]
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Interview with MP Matthew Dubé
politwitter.ca The McGill Tribune sat down with Matthew Dubé, who found himself thrown into Ottawa’s political arena after his surprise victory in last May’s election, to discuss Jack Layton’s legacy and the future of the NDP. A former McGill student, he spent the summer between his constituency and Ottawa, preparing[Read More…]
McTavish under water
Sam Reynolds McGill students enjoying the warm weather early Thursday evening on McTavish Street found themselves along the banks of a gushing river. Around 5:30 p.m., a burst pipe at a pumping station on Dr. Penfield Ave. sent thousands of gallons of water flowing down McTavish Street. Water flooded a[Read More…]
Quebec backs down in MBA tuition battle
The Quebec Ministry of Education has recognized McGill’s Desautels MBA as a ‘specialized’ program, a year after McGill first began operating the MBA under a self-funded tuition model. That one controversial word has caused the Ministry to effectively retract the $2 million fine it had imposed on McGill in March[Read More…]
MUNACA on strike after negotiations with administration fail
Sam Reynolds Members of the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA), the union representing McGill University’s non-academic workers, went on strike Wednesday after the union and the university’s administration failed to reach an agreement on issues of compensation. Negotiations began in November 2010. Picketing began at 6 a.m. on Thursday[Read More…]
Turnitin users affected by downtime
Over the last few weeks, a number of Canadian universities have experienced problems with Turnitin, the digital paper-submission system which detects plagiarism by comparing students’ work to that of their peers. The University of Toronto and Ryerson University both posted university-wide notices regarding the outage, which began on March 9.[Read More…]
SSMU Election Results
Anna Katycheva Anna Katycheva Students’ Society Councillor Maggie Knight was elected SSMU president Friday night, beating opponent Cathal Rooney-Céspedes with 67.2 per cent of the 4,172 votes cast. Chief Electoral Officer Tais McNeil made the announcement in a two-thirds full Gert’s, which erupted in celebration at the announcement. A number[Read More…]
Rumours of federal election swirl as budget release nears
Anna Katycheva The Liberals and Conservatives have both fired attack ads at each other, rhetoric on all sides is almost a flashpoint, and just about every major news outlet in Canada has been running pieces on the imminent outcome: a federal election is around the corner. Harper’s budget, expected to[Read More…]
Quebec grad student dropout rate high, says CSE report
The Quebec Council of Superior Education (CSE) released a report last month about the high dropout rate among Quebec graduate students. According to the report, 44 per cent of Quebec doctoral students will not go complete their diploma, while on average 20 per cent of master’s students will take an[Read More…]
Nobel laureate alumnus Jack Szostak speaks at Moyse Hall
Dr. Jack Szostak, one of six McGill alumni who have been awarded with a Nobel Prize in Phisiology or Medicine in 2009, spoke at the university on Friday, delivering the keynote address at the Faculty of Science’s Undergraduate Research Conference. After the conference’s prize ceremony, Szostak was introduced by Dean[Read More…]
