Last Thursday’s Students’ Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) legislative council opened with a discussion of the SSMU executives’ open letter to the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS), which addressed the poor organization and communication before and during the AUS General Assembly (GA) last Tuesday. The letter, published online in the McGill[Read More…]
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Exceptional referendum to decide QPIRG’s existence
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) will host an exceptional referendum period from April 10 to April 16, featuring a question regarding QPIRG’s existence and a question that would require motions passed at General Assemblies (GAs) to be ratified online via referendum. QPIRG’s Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), a[Read More…]
Students sleep outside in “5 Days for the Homeless”
Alexandra Allaire / McGill Tribune Last week, students across Canada took part in the seventh annual “5 Days For The Homeless,” a week-long event aimed at raising awareness and money for homeless youth. The initiative began at the University of Alberta’s business school in 2005 and has quickly spread to[Read More…]
Josh Redel wins SSMU presidency by 23 votes
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune The position of President of the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) was decided by just 23 votes in the winter referendum, announced on March 14 in Gerts. With 40.9 per cent of the vote, Engineering Undergraduate Society President Josh Redel defeated Shyam Patel, current[Read More…]
Social Work Student Association begins unlimited strike
Yesterday, members of the Social Work Student Association (SWSA) picketed outside of Wilson Hall, the building that houses the School of Social Work. Members of the SWSA voted in favour of an unlimited general strike at a General Assembly (GA) held on March 14. With 47 in favour, 29 against,[Read More…]
Invisible Children reps address Kony controversies
tbo.com Kony 2012, a video produced by the charity Invisible Children, went viral about two weeks ago, trending on twitter and Facebook, and hitting 80 million views on YouTube. On March 13, McGill’s Amnesty International chapter hosted a viewing of the video to provide students with a venue for discussion[Read More…]
EUS President Josh Redel wins SSMU presidency by 23 votes
The position of president of the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) was decided by just 23 votes in the winter referendum, announced on March 14 in Gerts. With 40.9 per cent of the vote, Engineering Undergraduate Society President Josh Redel defeated Shyam Patel, current SSMU VP Finance and Operations,[Read More…]
Motion to strike defeated at AUS GA
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Arts undergraduates voted against entering an unlimited student strike at a special General Assembly (GA) held on Tuesday, March 13. The motion, which was defeated by a vote of 609 to 495 and included 16 abstentions, would have allowed the[Read More…]
