At McGill, the main conduit for student input in decision-making is committees, working groups, advisory councils, and other bodies that meet and deliberate. When decisions that impact students are made, students must have a role, as provided by both Quebec’s Act respecting the accreditation and financing of student associations and[Read More…]
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Students organize protest, programming, and pickets in historic three-day strike for Palestine
From April 2-4, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) engaged in a three-day student strike to pressure the university to cut financial and academic ties with the Israeli state. In addition to demands for McGill to divest from and cease partnerships with institutions complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians,[Read More…]
McGill announces intent to end contractual agreement with SSMU, taking parties to mediation
On the afternoon of April 7, the McGill community received an email on behalf of Interim Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Angela Campbell with the subject line “Termination of the SSMU-McGill Memorandum of Agreement.” The email—which condemned the Students’ Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) student strike the week before—outlined[Read More…]
Students express concern over changes to future Frosh schedule
McGill Campus Life and Engagement (CLE) recently opened leader-volunteer applications for freshmen orientation events. With the university’s decision to delay the Fall 2025 move-in date for first-year students in the downtown campus by one week to Aug. 23 and Aug. 24, many McGill students have expressed concerns over the schedules[Read More…]
McGill governance meeting highlights: Week of Jan. 13-17
The McGill Senate, Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) Council, and Legislative Council of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) each held their first meetings of the semester during the week of Jan. 13-17. Senators explored the potential impacts of Bill 74 and Bill 83, and concerns regarding McGill’s new policy[Read More…]
McGill Senate concludes 2024 with reflections on guest speaker policies and financial standings
McGill’s policy on controversial speaker events, the university’s projected $45 million CAD deficit for fiscal year 2026, and the school’s fundraising standing were among the topics of discussion at the university Senate’s final meeting of the calendar year on Dec. 4. The meeting commenced with two memorial tributes to the[Read More…]
McGill hosts Mosab Hassan Yousef talk despite students’ objections
Faced with criticism from 14 student groups and over 3,000 students, McGill moved—but did not cancel—a talk by Mosab Hassan Yousef from the McIntyre Medical Building to Zoom on Nov. 26. Yousef is the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef. Defecting from Hamas in 1997, Yousef acted as a[Read More…]
Discussions of campus security and academic freedom dominate McGill Senate meeting
The McGill Senate convened on Nov. 13 to address issues such as the increased police and security presence on campus, the adjusted move-in date for first-year students, and academic freedom. The meeting began with memorial tributes to the late Professor Michael Smith, Professor Emeritus Bohumil Volesky, and Professor James Archibald. [Read More…]
Oct. 7 student demonstrations dominates discussion at McGill Senate meeting
The McGill Senate convened for its second meeting of the academic year on Oct. 16 to discuss the new Deputy Chancellor, the student demonstrations of Oct. 7, and Bill 74. First on the agenda were memorial tributes for Professor Emeritus of Surgery Harvey Sigman, Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences Sherman[Read More…]
Hundreds rally in solidarity with Palestine day before Superior Court of Quebec grants McGill an injunction
This is a developing story Several hundreds of protestors rallied in solidarity with Palestine through police-lined streets in downtown Montreal on Oct. 7. Protestors dispersed after police employed tear gas following individuals smashing the lower windows of the Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute (SASSI) on Avenue des Pins. The following[Read More…]
