The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) held its first Board of Directors (BoD) meeting of the academic year on Sept. 16. The meeting began with Deputy Speaker Yasmin Beeai adopting the meeting agenda with zero opposition. Susan Aloudat, SSMU Vice-President (VP) University Affairs, successfully moved to postpone Beeai’s approval[Read More…]
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First SSMU Legislative Council meeting of the year discusses proposed edits to Accountability Plan
The first Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Legislative Council (LC) meeting of the academic year began on Sept. 11 by introducing all in attendance, with 16 out of 34 voting members on the Council present. Speaker Jonathan Dong and Deputy Speaker Yasmin Beeai could not be present in person,[Read More…]
McGill’s notice of default with QPIRG demonstrates hostility towards student activism
On Aug. 8, four McGill unions signed an open letter in solidarity with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) in response to McGill’s notice of default on QPIRG’s Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). In the notice, the university threatened to suspend student funding to the group if it did not[Read More…]
Negotiations continue over QPIRG and McGill’s MoA
In January 2025, McGill Interim Deputy Provost (Student Life & Learning) Angela Campbell issued a notice of default of McGill’s Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill. The university warned QPIRG that it will suspend the student funding that QPIRG receives if the[Read More…]
SPHR commemorates student movement victories, including PAGIP’s ratification, one year after Palestine Solidarity Encampment
On May 4, Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance (SPHR) at McGill hosted a community gathering and fundraiser for Gaza on McGill’s Lower Field. These eight hours of programming marked the anniversary of the Palestinian Solidarity Encampment, established by student protestors on the Lower Field one year prior. In an[Read More…]
McGill condemns everything but genocide
After an academic year marked by Israel’s intensified genocide in Gaza and heightened campus dissent, McGill has not only failed in its responsibility to preserve student safety and educational democracy: It has intensified hostilities by vilifying the Palestinian liberation movement. On March 27, a strike motion submitted by two McGill[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…]
SSMU LC repasses Policy Against Antisemitism in final moments of year’s last session
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU)’s Legislative Council (LC) aimed to resolve unfinished business at its last meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year on April 3. The session saw the LC’s re-approval of the Policy Against Antisemitism, which faced legal opposition after it first passed in December 2024. The[Read More…]
Recap: McGill allows SSMU VP University Affairs to remain in their position following disciplinary case
A precarious few weeks have come to an end as the Interim Dean of Students Tony Mittermaier communicated that Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Vice-President (VP) University Affairs Abe Berglas could remain in their position. The decision follows the Committee on Student Discipline’s finding that Berglas had violated the[Read More…]
Students, you must strike for Palestine. No justice, no class.
On March 3, 2025, Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance (SPHR) at McGill submitted a motion to the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Speaker, calling for a three-day student strike in support of Palestinian liberation. Accordingly, SSMU hosted a Special Strike General Assembly (SGA) on March 27, during which[Read More…]