There’s a drug problem in Canada. Part of it involves the recreational misuse of drugs, but another large aspect stems from drugs that doctors prescribe as treatment. Utilizing drugs for their unintended purposes cause deaths and health consequences throughout the country. Termed “off-label” prescriptions, a study from McGill released last[Read More…]
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Chris Bangs, candidate for President
McGill Tribune: What qualifies you for the position of President? Chris Bangs: I started my career working with SSMU as the founder of the Independent Student Inquiry. We were a completely autonomous student group; we worked closely with the VP University Affairs, and VP Clubs & Services Alison Cooper was another[Read More…]
Sam Gregory, candidate for VP UA
McGill Tribune: How does your experience qualify you for the position of VP UA? Sam Gregory: [There are] two experiences which I bring to the table that I think qualify me the best: the first is this year I’m working as … an ombudsman … for McGill food and dining[Read More…]
Joey Shea, candidate for VP UA
MT: What experiences qualify you for the position of VP UA? JS: I’m the VP Academic for the PSSA and last semester I chaired two of the hiring committees for the new political theory prof and the new international relations prof, and the new comparative politics prof—I wasn’t the undergraduate[Read More…]
Stefan Fong, candidate for SSMU VP Clubs & Services
McGill Tribune: What experience do you have that has prepared you for this position? Stefan Fong: When I joined McGill, I knew right away that I was going to be a part of a student group because that’s what I had done since high school and following on through CEGEP.[Read More…]
Arts forum addresses TA concerns about budget cuts
Students, union members, and administrators came together to discuss the Quebec government’s announced budget cuts at a student-led Faculty of Arts forum last Thursday. Topics covered during the forum included teaching assistants’ (TA) concerns with regards to the budget cuts, and the removal of 101 arts courses for the 2013-2014[Read More…]
Industrial relations program to be redesigned, “modernized”
McGill’s industrial relations program, which was in danger of being terminated earlier this semester, will face re-structuring that will allow the program to continue to exist within the Faculty of Arts. The industrial relations program is an interdisciplinary program that allows students to study labour-management relations. The program includes courses[Read More…]
Concordia’s full-time faculty union ready to strike
In the midst of difficult and on-going negotiations with the administration, the Concordia University Faculty Association (CUFA)—the union that represents all full-time faculty members at Concordia, including professors and librarians—voted 74 per cent in favour of a strike mandate on Mar. 9. The mandate allows CUFA to go on strike[Read More…]
Highlights from the Mar. 14 SSMU Council
Revision of Tuition and Student Fees Certain charges to students’ fees are to be reviewed by the Students’ Society of McGill Unviersity (SSMU) and faculty members. A motion presented at the SSMU Winter General Assembly (GA) on Feb. 27 called upon SSMU to “conduct a thorough review of all tuition[Read More…]
This election matters, and every vote counts
This week, as you are bombarded by emails and Facebook invitations to vote in the SSMU executive elections, you may come up with a number of excuses for why you can’t, or don’t want to vote. Some of these might be legitimate, but if you say that it takes too long, that you just don’t care, or that SSMU doesn’t matter, you are sadly misinformed.