The Quebec Public Research Interest Group at McGill (QPIRG-McGill) held their annual Culture Shock event series—dedicated to anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity—from Oct. 6 to Oct. 27. The student-run and student-funded organization selected food as the event’s theme, delving into food as a human right, as an aspect of[Read More…]
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Pro-Palestine protests rally against McGill University and Legault
Content Warning: Descriptions of Israel-Palestine conflict, mentions of death, violence, and mourning Hundreds protested against McGill University’s administration and Quebec Premier François Legault on Friday, Oct. 20, condemning Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza and the suppression of Palestinian voices on the university’s campus. Friday’s Montreal protests came after two weeks of[Read More…]
Education professors apply to become McGill’s second faculty union
In November 2022, Quebec’s Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT) certified the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL) as the bargaining unit representing the Faculty of Law’s tenured and tenure-track professors, a first in McGill’s history. Less than a year later, the Faculty of Education, almost double the size, has[Read More…]
The Tribune Explains: Quebec tuition increases
On Oct. 13, the Quebec government announced its plan to increase tuition for out-of-province Canadian university students. The policy will nearly double out-of-province tuition at McGill from the current $8,992 to $17,000 annually for Arts students. With concerns swirling around the McGill community about how this will affect students and[Read More…]
McGill and AGSEM hold second bargaining meeting for new collective agreement
A second round of negotiations between the McGill administration and the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) took place on Oct. 19. According to the union’s press release, the four-hour session was focused on aligning the new contract with McGill’s policies on intellectual property, labour relations, and university[Read More…]
The Dread of McGill’s Deferred Maintenance
Climate change and degrading infrastructure are forcing McGill University into a game of catch-up—will they ever win?
Rising Israel-Palestine conflict: Reactions at McGill and across Montreal
Content Warning: Descriptions of Israel-Palestine conflict, mentions of death, violence and mourning Montreal’s Israeli and Palestinian communities organized events and rallies during the week of Oct. 8 in reaction to the escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza. The Tribune covered events across the McGill campus and city. The Hamas attack[Read More…]
McGill students and staff respond to new language requirements for the PEQ
On June 7, the Quebec government, led by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in the National Assembly, implemented changes to the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ)—a program which many international students at McGill rely on as a path to permanent residency. The PEQ has two branches: One for temporary foreign[Read More…]
McGill’s lack of varsity sports culture needs to change
McGill has a long history of pioneering innovation within the sports world: James Naismith, the creator of basketball, studied at McGill, the university’s annual carnival hockey game first took place in 1883, and McGill participated in the first American football game of all time. In April 1874, McGill played Harvard[Read More…]
McGill Board of Governors votes to change title of ‘Principal’ to ‘President’
McGill’s Board of Governors (BoG) convened its first formal meeting of the academic year at 4 p.m. on Oct. 5. The in-person contingent of the meeting took place in room 301 of the James Administration Building, while others joined on Zoom. The open session of the meeting, which started just[Read More…]