The fall semester’s referendum questions passed with an overwhelming majority, announced Elections McGill last Thursday. Two of these questions were to determine whether QPIRG McGill and CKUT Radio should continue to receive student funding and if these fees should be opt-outable in person rather than online via Minerva. QPIRG’s existence was approved by a vote of 65.6 per[Read More…]

Alex Tran / alextranphotography.com The third annual TEDxMcGill Conference took place on Sunday Nov. 13, and included talks from 15 inspiring speakers including world-renowned neuroscientist Brenda Milner, Olympic figure skater-turned-McGill MBA student Craig Buntin, and Alain Tascan, co-founder of Ubisoft Montreal. Themed “Redefining Reality,” and broken into three sequential “acts”[Read More…]

Elisha Lerner / McGill Tribune Elisha Lerner / McGill Tribune Over 20,000 students from all over Quebec gathered on Thursday, Nov. 10 at Place Émile-Gamelin near UQAM to demonstrate against the provincial government’s proposed tuition increases. The Quebec government announced that it would be increasing university tuition for local students[Read More…]

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Zareen Ali / McGill Tribune   On a visit to India in 2004, three sisters were struck by the inequality of the country’s education system and were inspired to do something about it. In a joint venture, Zareen Ali, U3 management, and her sisters Maria and Amena, a McGill alum[Read More…]

Simon Poitrimolt / McGill Tribune Over the last year, Bar des Arts (BdA), run by the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS), has seen a series of changes in policy that have frustrated many students.  Founded in 2007, BdA is a staple service of the AUS, open Thursdays from 4:00 to 9:00[Read More…]

Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Last week, the SSMU executive held a series of Town Halls to address General Assembly (GA) reform. Under a dozen students attended the Town Halls, which were intended to solicit feedback from and engage students in a discussion on various suggested changes to the GA.[Read More…]

In the early hours of Friday morning, SSMU’s Legislative Council voted on two motions with huge implications for the future of the society. In a confidential session, the council voted in favour of signing a new Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the McGill administration, and voted against accepting the administration’s[Read More…]

The fall referendum period continues this week, with questions that put the ongoing existence of QPIRG McGill and CKUT in jeopardy. This semester’s referendum questions are on whether the groups should continue to receive student funds and if said fees should cease to be opt-outable via Minerva and instead be[Read More…]

ipolitics.ca Quebec’s political landscape experienced a major upheaval last May when the federal Bloc Quebecois lost its dominant role in the province. Quebec may once again find its politics shift with the addition of a new provincial political party. Last week, François Legault, a former Parti Quebecois (PQ) cabinet minister,[Read More…]