Historically, police units have been known to target unhoused, queer, transgender, disabled, mentally ill, lower-income, Indigenous, Black, and other marginalized communities. Unhoused individuals sleeping on a park bench in Montreal can get fined up to $1000 CAD. Atif Siddiqi, who is transgender, alleged that the police laughed at them when[Read More…]
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Letter to the Editor: What’s Left Unsaid of Unionization at McGill—On Abuse of Power and the Impetus for Structural Reform
Last week, the Labour Tribunal ordered McGill to cease meddling in the activities of the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL), the first faculty union at McGill. This decision, rendered amid a strike that resumed on Aug. 26, garnered national media attention, with many beyond the McGill community expressing[Read More…]
The Tribune Explains: Phishing email scams
Phishing scams are nothing new to McGill staff and students, but some have reported feeling like the number of fraudulent messages in their university inboxes is increasing. The Tribune unpacks the threats phishing poses to members of the university, McGill’s efforts to mitigate it, and what staff and students should[Read More…]
SPHR McGill calls on students to wear keffiyehs as sign of Palestinian solidarity
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) at McGill called on students to wear a keffiyeh on campus on Sept. 5 as a way to show solidarity with pro-Palestinian mobilization. Other pro-Palestinian activist groups from across Montreal joined their call, including SPHR Concordia, Groupe de Solidarité pour les droits humains des[Read More…]
Know Your Team: McGill Kendo Club
Many McGill students only encounter the McGill Kendo Club through brief glances into the glass windows of the Aerobics Room on their way to the B2 gym. In the hallway, the dull whirl of the air conditioner and the B2 stereo system muffle most of the noise coming from the[Read More…]
TAs urge McGill to uphold contract at back-to-school rally
Call-and-response chants of “Union! Power!” punctuated the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM)’s back-to-school rally on Sept. 4. AGSEM, the union representing teaching assistants (TAs), exam invigilators, and Academic Casuals such as graders and tutors at McGill, held the event to mark their full return to instruction after[Read More…]
Ask The Trib: Your guide to thriving socially in your first semester at McGill
Dear Tribune, I’m starting my first year at McGill and am struggling to figure out how to connect with people and make friends, whether in my program or elsewhere on campus. I feel lost socially and worry that this might prevent me from fully enjoying and making the most of[Read More…]
The Tribune Explains: SSMU’s Gender Affirming Care Plan
Accessing gender-affirming care at McGill can be overwhelming, intimidating, and time-consuming. As we reach the mid-point of the Change-of-Coverage and Opt-Out Period, which falls between Aug. 14 and Sept. 27—The Tribune brings you a guide to SSMU’s Gender Affirmation Care (GAC) Plan, which was first introduced in Fall 2023. Who[Read More…]
Students walk out of classes to compel McGill to cut financial ties with Israeli state
More than 150 students walked out of classes and gathered in front of the James Administration Building at 1 p.m. on Aug. 30 to protest McGill’s complicity in the genocide of Palestinians and to demand divestment from companies and academic institutions with financial ties to the Israeli military. Protestors filed[Read More…]
McGill begins fall term without Faculty of Law
McGill began the fall semester on Aug. 28 with its Law professors on strike. The Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL) first called the strike in April amidst a stalemate in their collective agreement (CA) negotiations with McGill. AMPL then decided to pause their strike in June when McGill[Read More…]
