On March 27, Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi held the third of four open fora at Macdonald Campus. In addition to a group of about 30 attendees, most of whom were faculty members and staff, Provost Anthony Masi and Deputy-Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson were also present. The[Read More…]
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SSMU may raise student fees to pay for Shatner utilities
Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Last Thursday, March 29, SSMU Council discussed the status of the lease on the Shatner Building. “We’ve been in negotiations about the lease since our mandate was not renewed some time in the first semester,” Emily Yee Clare, VP University Affairs, said. Last November, Council[Read More…]
Montreal’s Inter-Tribal Youth Centre closes indefinitely
The Inter-Tribal Youth Centre (ITYC) was closed indefinitely on Friday, March 30 due to funding shortages. The ITYC was located in the basement of its parent organisation, the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal (NFCM), and together they constituted the frontline in sheltering Montreal’s urban aboriginal community. The ITYC was the[Read More…]
Students mobilize in four-pronged protest
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Last Thursday, March 29, a four-pronged student demonstration wound its way through downtown Montreal in a festively themed demonstration that aimed to disrupt the economic activity of the downtown area and highlight several political grievances of the students. The protest,[Read More…]
Internal review on asbestos research is inconclusive
On Tuesday April 3, Dr. David Eidelman, vice principal (health affairs) and dean of medicine, announced the completion of the preliminary internal review of professor J. Corbett McDonald’s research on the health effects ofchrysotile asbestos. The review was conducted by professor and chair of the department of epidemiology, biostatistics, and occupational health Dr.[Read More…]
Motion to censure SSMU VP JoÃl Pedneault fails by narrow vote of 11-11-1
VP External JoÃl Pedneault among three students excluded from McGill campus
On March 26, SSMU VP External JoÃl Pedneault and two other anonymous McGill students were excluded from the McGill campus for five days, until Friday, March 30. Pedneault’s exclusion from the campus followed an incident after a UQAM professor held his class in room 348 of the Frank Dawson Adams[Read More…]
MAUT releases report on implications of Nov. 10
The McGill Association of University Teachers (MAUT) released to the public its report “Governance, Protest and Security: Report of the MAUT Committee to Examine the Implications of the Events of Nov. 10, 2011″ on March 22. MAUT is an organization of academic staff that aims to foster academic freedom, to[Read More…]
Richard Schultz on new NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair
thomasmulcair.ca At the New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership convention in Toronto last weekend, members of the NDP elected their new party leader, McGill alumnus and current Outrement MP Thomas Mulcair. On Monday, March 26, the Tribune sat down with Richard Schultz, Chair of the McGill department of political science and[Read More…]
Hundreds of thousands protest tuition hikes
Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Over 200,000 people marched through the streets of downtown Montreal on March 22 to demonstrate against provincial tuition increases. The protest, the largest in Quebec history, came two days after the Quebec government released its annual budget, confirming that university[Read More…]
