The Confederation of Faculty Associations of McGill (COFAM), a group of four McGill faculty unions, announced on Aug. 5 that they filed an application for judicial review in the Superior Court of Quebec to challenge the constitutionality of Quebec’s Bill 89. COFAM consists of the Association of McGill Academic Staff[Read More…]
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Superior Court rejects McGill’s injunction request to extend restrictions on campus protests
On Oct. 21, the Superior Court of Québec dismissed McGill’s provisionary injunction request to limit protest activities on campus. The request came after the university successfully obtained a 10-day injunction barring campus demonstrations under specific conditions following a protest on Oct. 7. McGill and Concordia students organized this protest to[Read More…]
TAs urge McGill to uphold contract at back-to-school rally
Call-and-response chants of “Union! Power!” punctuated the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM)’s back-to-school rally on Sept. 4. AGSEM, the union representing teaching assistants (TAs), exam invigilators, and Academic Casuals such as graders and tutors at McGill, held the event to mark their full return to instruction after[Read More…]
