This past week’s coordinated departmental strikes have raised a multitude of questions, concerns, criticisms, and misinformation. To clarify the purposes and intentions of these strikes, The Tribune has gathered five questions circulating on social media to answer, all relevant to understanding student activism on a deeper level. Why are students[Read More…]
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The Tribune Explains: Departmental strikes for Palestine
In the November 2023 Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Fall Referendum, 78.7 per cent (5,974 voters) of SSMU constituents voted in favour of the Policy Against Genocide in Palestine. Undergraduates also voted to go on strike for Palestine through the SSMU in April 2025 and October 2025. Now, in[Read More…]
The student empire strikes back
Between Nov. 7 and 14, 28 departments will hold general assemblies (GAs) to vote on strike motions in support of Palestine for the week of Nov. 17. As of Nov. 10, three of the 28 passed a motion to strike. The motions, although independently submitted to each faculty, share four[Read More…]