On Feb. 5, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) will be hosting its Winter semester General Assembly (GA). Five motions are scheduled for voting by all SSMU members. The GA needs 100 people present to reach quorum and pass binding resolutions. Motion Regarding the Guarantee of Freedom of Dress[Read More…]
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Holiday Inn to be transformed into privately-owned student residence
Plans to convert the Holiday Inn hotel on Sherbrooke Street into a private student residence were announced last week. Campus Crest Communities Inc., a student housing developer; and Beaumont Partners SA, a real estate investment company, acquired the hotel located at 420 Sherbrooke on Jan. 15th. The joint venture partnership[Read More…]
McGill rescinds ATI appeal, will not pursue discretionary powers
McGill has withdrawn from their pursuit of the jurisdiction to disregard Access-to-Information (ATI) requests, according to a statement released Jan. 24. The settlement concludes a legal dispute that began in December 2012, when the university sought the right to ignore ATI requests at its discretion due to an increased volume[Read More…]
SSMU to consider severing ties with Quebec student roundtable
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) could seek to leave the Table de concertation étudiante du Québec (TaCEQ), after fellow member association at the Université de Sherbrooke (REMDUS) voted 73.2 per cent in favour of leaving the student federation Friday. TaCEQ is a federation of student associations that represents[Read More…]
Wait times decrease at Mental Health and Counselling Services due to surge in funding
Wait times for students accessing McGill’s Mental Health Clinic and Counselling Clinic have been reduced dramatically due to an increased $400,000 of funding in the Fall of 2013. In comparison to this time last year, the waitlist for Mental Health Services has decreased from 270 to 56 persons, while wait[Read More…]
Delving deeper: McGill’s research partnerships with corporations
Last November, a report by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) criticized McGill’s collaboration with Bombardier Inc., a publicly traded aerospace corporation, and eight other partners. The report warned that a lack of protections for academic freedom in collaborative research agreements between universities and industries could affect universities’ integrity.[Read More…]
Council votes against taking stance on Leacock restructuring
Members of the Students’ Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) legislative Council voted against taking a stance on the People, Processes & Partnerships (PPP) plan last Thursday. Introduced in November 2012, the PPP plans to consolidate the administrative staff of departments within the Faculty of Arts into six hubs, which would[Read More…]
Faculty voice concerns about administrative restructuring at AUS Town Hall
Last Wednesday, the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) hosted a Town Hall for faculty members to voice concerns about the plan to restructure the administrative staff within the Faculty of Arts. Called People, Processes, and Partnerships (PPP), the plan was initiated by Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi in Nov. 2012 in[Read More…]
Food for thought: exploring the limitations of your meal plan
Many McGill students are all too familiar with having their meal plan cards turned down at certain vendors on campus. While accepting meal plans may seem like an obvious choice to the student, the system behind the service is much more complicated. This week, the McGill Tribune takes a look[Read More…]
Senate discusses investment, enrolment
Topics covered at McGill Senate’s meeting on Wednesday included increases in government funding for universities, McGill’s most recent enrolment numbers, and the launch of McGill’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Reinvesting in McGill Principal Suzanne Fortier announced that Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Pierre Duchesne has[Read More…]
