The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) called to order its second Legislative Council meeting of the academic year on Sept. 28. Most discussion items fell into one of two categories: Beginning-of-fall housekeeping and nominations to the Legislative Council’s various committees. The meeting commenced with Summer Reports from McGill’s Science[Read More…]
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Faculty of Education holds fifth annual Skátne Entewathahíta – We Will Walk Together event
On Sept. 29, McGill’s Faculty of Education held its fifth annual event for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day: Skátne Entewathahíta – We Will Walk Together. The event, which is an initiative led by Indigenous students and faculty members, began with an introduction[Read More…]
‘I’ll be thinking about this all my life’: Students react to asbestos exposure at McGill
Students at McGill’s Macdonald campus cite feeling frightened, isolated, and frustrated following the release of a report detailing the events that led to the asbestos-related closures of three buildings on the Macdonald campus in Winter 2023. The Internal Audit Final Report, which was released on Sept. 18, shows that Quebec[Read More…]
‘United we bargain, divided we beg’: AGSEM begins negotiations with McGill
The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) commenced a series of bargaining sessions with the McGill administration on Sept. 21. AGSEM’s collective agreement with the university expired on July 31, 2023. Since then, the union has been negotiating a new collective agreement and is demanding several changes be[Read More…]
“Some of us are traumatized”: McGill student pleas over asbestos exposure
Hiba Kamel, a third-year McGill PhD student, stood up poised and palpably angry at McGill’s asbestos town hall on Sept. 22. “Some of us are traumatized. Some of us have actually interacted with the dust,” she said. Kamel is a researcher in the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences department. She is[Read More…]
22nd annual Pow Wow celebrates Indigeneity and community
On Sept. 22, members of the McGill community gathered on the Lower West Field to celebrate First Nations, Inuit, and Métis cultures at the 22nd annual Pow Wow. The five-hour event, hosted by First Peoples’ House and the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, was started in 2001 and became the centre[Read More…]
Asbestos dangers at McGill prompted Quebec regulator interventions, new report reveals
Asbestos dangers to workers at McGill University’s Macdonald campus caused Quebec regulators to intervene on three occasions between 2021 and 2023, a new internal report has revealed. The Internal Audit Final Report of the Macdonald Campus Asbestos Investigation, which was released to the McGill community on Sept. 18, detailed the[Read More…]
Mohawk Mothers return to court as McGill begins drilling on New Vic site
Content Warning: Mentions of assault and death The Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) called an emergency three-hour hearing on Sept. 14 over the ongoing archaeological investigation into McGill’s New Vic Project site, where they believe there may be unmarked graves of Indigenous children. Prompted by McGill’s decision to commence drilling on[Read More…]
OSVRSE hosts ninth annual #ConsentMcGill campaign
Content Warning: Mentions of sexual violence McGill’s Office for Sexual Violence Response, Support and Education (OSVRSE) hosted the ninth annual #ConsentMcGill campaign—a week devoted to educating the McGill community about consent, healthy relationships, and sexual violence through various events and workshops—from Sept. 11 to Sept. 15. Created in 2016, OSVRSE[Read More…]
Media Relations Office hosts press event with Associate Provost for Indigenous Initiatives
On Sept. 13, McGill’s Media Relations Office hosted a roundtable interview for student media with Celeste Pedri-Spade, the university’s first Associate Provost for Indigenous Initiatives and an Associate Professor of Anthropology. Pedri-Spade, who began her five-year appointment in September 2022, is an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) and a member of the Lac[Read More…]
