Opportunities for student engagement in the Quartier de l’Innovation (QI) development project were a topic of a Nov. 6 webcast that allowed professors, alumni, and students to pose questions to a panel of experts on the project. Launched in May 2013, the QI is an initiative that aims to turn[Read More…]
News
News, off and on campus.
Rethinking the role of the academic senate
As hearings concerning Canadian Senate reform begin today, McGill has begun a process to consider the reform of its own academic senate. Across Canada, academics, students, and professionals alike are engaging in discussion about the Senate’s role at universities. At McGill, these concerns may soon lead to change; at the[Read More…]
Student groups claim McGill’s sexual assault policies insufficient
Both the Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students’ Society (SACOMSS) and the Union for Gender Empowerment (UGE) have condemned McGill’s lack of a sexual assault policy following the publicizing of a case involving the alleged sexual assault of a former Concordia student by three McGill football players. The case,[Read More…]
SSMU Council endorses funding for anti-oppression training
Last Thursday’s Council also endorsed funding an anti-oppression training program that would teach students and floor fellows in McGill residences how to deal with issues of discrimination, oppression, and harassment. The project was presented to Council by Emily Clare, an alumnus and former vice president of University Affairs. “The 2011[Read More…]
PGSS passes three new non-optoutable student fees
Members of the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) have approved three new fees as a result of the PGSS Autumn 2013 Referendum By-Election. Beginning next semester, graduate students will pay a $1.50 per semester fee to the McGill Writing Centre and a $0.75 per semester fee for to the McGill Tribune.[Read More…]
McGill students’ criminal case draws attention to disciplinary procedures
A case involving three McGill student athletes charged with sexual assault 15 months ago has drawn attention to the process by which McGill deals with the conduct of its students. On Nov. 1, the Montreal Gazette reported that three current McGill students on the Redmen football team were arrested on[Read More…]
Students to vote on Midnight Kitchen, SSMU Daycare fee
Students will head to the polls Nov. 6 up to 15 to vote in the upcoming Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU)’s Fall referendum period. Four questions have been approved to appear on the ballot—two regarding the existence and a funding increase for the Midnight Kitchen, one regarding a fee[Read More…]
Fire at Macdonald Campus destroys storage barn, two silos
A storage barn and two silos at Macdonald Campus were destroyed by a fire that started just before 6 a.m. Thursday morning. The cause of the fire is unknown and remains under investigation. Employees and students performing morning chores in the cattle barn spotted the flames and shut the firewall[Read More…]
Panellists talk barriers to women in politics
Barriers to the participation of women in politics were at the forefront of a panel discussion hosted at Thomson House on Oct. 28. The event, “Yes SHE Can,” was co-hosted by the McGill Political Science Students’ Association and McGill’s Women in House program. The panel featured four experts on women[Read More…]
Could McGill have a Fall reading week?
As the Fall semester drives on towards finals, many McGill students look wistfully towards other universities that have implemented a Fall break in recent years. While Fall reading weeks used to be unusual for Canadian universities, the additional break is quickly becoming the norm. For the first time this year,[Read More…]
