Amidst the vibrant hum of friendly competition, close to 150 students gathered in the Rutherford Physics Building on Nov. 3 for the eighth Annual McGill Physics Hackathon. An enduring event, the hackathon has persisted seamlessly, even switching to virtual hacking during COVID-19. In its current edition, participants form teams of[Read More…]
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SSMU Legislative Council approves SSMU statement for empathy and against doxxing
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) gathered on Nov. 9 for its fifth Legislative Council meeting of the semester. Members of the council discussed students’ responses to tuition hikes, issues of food security on campus, and a potential statement in response to the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. The meeting started[Read More…]
AGSEM and McGill’s third bargaining meeting: New demands over collective agreement
On Nov. 9, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) entered its third bargaining meeting with the McGill administration. Since Sept. 21, AGSEM—the union representing teaching assistants (TAs) at McGill—has been negotiating terms for improved working conditions and wages following the expiration of their collective agreement in July.[Read More…]
Montreal needs more than shock to put a stop to pedestrian fatalities
The average number of pedestrian fatalities per year increased by 22.7 per cent in 2022 compared to the 2017-2021 average. According to the 2022 annual report from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), of the estimated 952 pedestrian collisions in the city, 20 resulted in pedestrian[Read More…]
Palestinian, Israeli, Arab and Jewish students need McGill’s institutional support now
Over the past four weeks, Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian students, community members and allies have demonstrated on the McGill campus. On Oct. 7, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack killing over 1,400 Israelis and taking over 200 hostages. In a brutal response consisting of airstrikes, ground incursions, and a siege on[Read More…]
Students are choosing apathy over engagement with SSMU
Unsurprisingly, forming strong opinions about something that you cannot see or readily gather information about can pose a challenge. This simple phenomenon obstructs the vast majority of McGill students from interacting with, caring about, or even knowing of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). The SSMU name floats aimlessly[Read More…]
Candlelit vigil at McGill honours victims in Gaza
Content Warning: Mentions of violence, death, and mourning The McGill Palestinian and pro-Palestine community members stood in collective grief by the Arts Building on the evening of Nov. 2, as hundreds gathered for a vigil to mourn the Israeli government’s killings of Palestinians in Gaza. The vigil was organized by[Read More…]
Trib explains: Environment degrees at McGill
What on Earth is going on with environment degrees at McGill? There are numerous programs, spread across different departments and faculties, each with their own take on one of the most critical issues humanity is facing. While students in the Bieler School of Environment share core courses, they specialize in[Read More…]
McGill disputes Associate Deans’ membership in law faculty union
On Nov. 3, McGill and the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL) gathered once again at Quebec’s labour tribunal office for a hearing to discuss whether the faculty’s Associate Deans belong in the union. Since November 2022, AMPL has been the certified bargaining unit for the Faculty of Law’s[Read More…]
McGill announces pause to $50 million French learning program
On Oct. 19, McGill announced a pause in the rollout of its five-year, $50 million Rayonnement du français initiative, intended to increase access to French-learning resources in order to improve students’ and staff’s knowledge of the language. In an email to the McGill community on Oct. 25, Principal and Vice-Chancellor[Read More…]
