At a Board of Governors (BoG) meeting on Dec. 12, The Committee on Sustainability and Social Responsibility (CSSR) presented a report that did not recommend that McGill should divest from companies with financial ties to the Israeli state. CSSR Chair Alan Desnoyers presented the report to BoG, which the committee[Read More…]
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McGill’s joint Senate and BoG meeting sees dialogue on the university’s third century
McGill’s annual joint Senate and Board of Governors (BoG) meeting took place in the Faculty Club on Nov. 14, addressing the theme of “Building on McGill’s Record of Excellence for the Third Century: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead.” Maryse Bertrand, Chair of the BoG, briefly introduced the topic before handing the[Read More…]
McGill Board of Governors and Senate discuss barriers to accessing internships and exchanges
At 4 p.m. on Nov. 10, Chancellor John McCall MacBain kicked off the first in-person joint Board of Governors (BoG)-Senate meeting since 2019. The meeting, which took place at the Faculty Club at 3450 McTavish Street, centred on “experiential learning at the local, national and international levels.” Attendees worked to[Read More…]
McGill Senate and Board of Governors discuss new models of work in a world altered by COVID-19
Members of the McGill Senate and Board of Governors (BoG) convened remotely on Nov. 11 for their joint annual meeting. Discussions centred on how the university should move forward and fulfill its mission—the advancement of learning and the creation and dissemination of knowledge—in a landscape altered by COVID-19. Senators and[Read More…]