On Feb. 22, McGill University and the Association of McGill University Support Employees (AMUSE) announced that they had come to a tentative agreement on both the economic and non-economic issues affecting casual workers at the university. The proposed agreement, which needs to be approved by a ratification vote at AMUSE’s[Read More…]
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Admin accepts J-Board invalidation of fall referendum
On Tuesday Feb. 14, the SSMU Judicial Board (J-Board) invalidated QPIRG’s fall referendum question. The J-Board ruled the question to be unconstitutional because it dealt with two separate questions, asking students to simultaneously support QPIRG’s continued existence, and a change to make the organization’s fees opt-outable only in person. In[Read More…]
Senate discusses James Admin occupation and its causes
The Feb. 15 meeting of McGill’s Senate included discussions on Principal Heather Munroe-Blum’s responses to Dean Jutras’ recommendations regarding the events of Nov. 10 and the administration’s refusal of the CKUT and QPIRG fall referenda results. Closed to the public, the senate meeting appeared to be a response to events[Read More…]
The flaws of the admin’s provisional protocol
McGill Tribune The most significant event on campus this week was not the 118 -hour long occupation of the James Administration Building. It was the administration’s response. Last Sunday, in an email to the student body, Vice Principal Anthony Masi unveiled a “provisional protocol,” a set of guidelines which[Read More…]
McGill administration recognizes CKUT’s existence
Last Wednesday, the administration announced that it recognizes, in principle, the existence of CKUT Radio. The administration had previously rejected the results of the fall referendum, in which CKUT and QPIRG each posed a question calling students to support the organizations’ existence and a move to make opt-outs[Read More…]
Students occupy James Admin, call for Mendelson’s resignation
This is a developing story and the Tribune continues to monitor the situation. Developments will be added as they occur. Around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 7, a group of about 20 students occupied the office of Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson on the sixth floor of the James Administration[Read More…]
Students occupy James Admin, call for Mendelson’s resignation
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune This is a developing story and the Tribune continues to monitor the situation. Developments will be added as they occur. Around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 7, a group of about 20 students occupied the office of Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson[Read More…]
Admin, students discuss safety
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, SSMU, PGSS, MCSS and the Office of the Deputy Provost held a consultation fair in the SSMU ballroom to facilitate conversations between students and school administrators on various campus issues, including personal safety, consultation methods, and free speech. Participants were divided into small groups of around[Read More…]
Admin invalidates fall referendum results
Campus organizations QPIRG McGill and CKUT Radio face an uncertain future following the McGill administration’s announcement that it will not accept the results of the fall referendum. Last November, the fall referendum featured two questions on whether QPIRG and CKUT should exist and if their student fees should cease to be opt-outable via the Minerva[Read More…]
Admin was right to refuse the referenda
The administration has decided not to recognise the mandates of two recent student referenda, conducted last fall by elections-SSMU concerning McGill’s branch of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG), and CKUT, McGill’s student radio station. The result may be that the referenda are revised and repeated later this semester. [Read More…]
