The Concordia University Part-Time Faculty Association (CUPFA) voted for an unlimited strike mandate at a special General Assembly held Nov. 4. The vote follows unsuccessful negotiations with Concordia’s administration over a new collective agreement. CUPFA’s former collective agreement with Concordia expired at the end of August. Since then, CUPFA representatives[Read More…]
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Demanding student voices at the top
There has been some recent discussion on campus and in some of the student press about the process to appoint a new Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning). I would like to correct some misconceptions that have been circulated about this process. The Advisory Committee for the Appointment of a[Read More…]
Hope and Change
Since leaving Canadian politics, Michael Ignatieff has been forceful, intelligent, charismatic, and well-spoken. In other words, he has become the diametric opposite of the Michael Ignatieff who led the Liberal party to its worst parliamentary showing in recent memory. Speaking at the BBC’s annual Free Thinking Festival, Ignatieff decried the[Read More…]
When, if ever, can speech be sanctioned?
Is there free speech on our campus? That depends on who’s talking. According to the libertarian Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), when it comes to protecting controversial speech, McGill University—like most Canadian universities—fails miserably. In the wake of these accusations, we must rethink the boundaries we set between offensive[Read More…]
McGill Principal hosts campus media round table
On Nov. 2, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum spoke with the McGill Tribune, the McGill Daily, and Le Délit about the Fall semester and her expectations for her last year as principal. McGill Daily: A lot of people have described the report [on past McGill asbestos research] as being self-serving and without[Read More…]
Safe Spaces on campus do not repress free speech
Last week, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) issued a report on the state of campus free speech in 2012, in which the Calgary-based libertarian think-tank examined the degree and limits to free speech at Canadian universities. The overwhelming majority of schools in the report received failing grades. McGill’s[Read More…]
On Tar Sands exceptionalism and ‘commodity fetishism’
Now that the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) has taken on a mandate to lobby the McGill Administration to divest from Tar Sands, many of us seem to agree—at least, on the topic of ‘goopy bitumen’ from Alberta. Ultimately, I still have a few questions about our priorities. When[Read More…]
CKUT and M-SERT to run fee increase referendum questions
This fall’s referendum period for the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) will include questions on increases in SSMU base fees for both the McGill Student Emergency Response Team (M-SERT) and CKUT, McGill’s campus-community radio station. The campaign period runs from Nov. 1 to 11, and polling will take place[Read More…]
Daily Publication Society to hold existence referendum in winter
The Daily Publication Society (DPS), the student-run publisher of the McGill Daily and Le Délit, will not run its existence referendum until the Winter semester, at which time it will do so independently of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). McGill requires student associations to hold existence referenda every[Read More…]
What Happened This Week in Canada?
2011 short-form census may skew language data Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to replace Canada’s mandatory long-form census with a voluntary survey may have skewed new language data derived from the 2011 short-form census. Last week, Statistics Canada languages expert Jean-Pierre Corbeil analyzed the data, and observed a shift in[Read More…]