Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi hosted a virtual town hall on McGill’s finances and the 2024-2025 budget on Nov. 19, addressing the university’s growing fiscal challenges. The meeting discussed McGill’s projected $37 million CAD deficit by fiscal year 2028, driven by governmental pressures on enrollment-driven revenue, including a[Read More…]
Tag: Tuition Hikes
Assist, don’t resist, TAs in their strikes for better rights
On Monday, March 25, McGill teaching assistants (TAs) began striking following months of failed bargaining and 19 meetings with the university to negotiate a new collective agreement (CA). Last week’s strike vote found 87.5 per cent of the TAs in favour of striking, providing the Association of Graduate Students Employed[Read More…]
McGill Senate discusses Palestine, tuition hikes, and budget cuts
The McGill Senate convened on March 20 in Leacock for its third meeting of 2024. Central topics were student calls for McGill to cut ties with Israeli institutions, the tense atmosphere on campus over Israel’s siege on Gaza, and the ongoing legal battle between McGill and the provincial government over[Read More…]
Over 28,000 students go on week-long strike against tuition hikes
From March 11 to 15, over 28,000 students from McGill and Concordia went on strike against the tuition increases proposed by the Quebec government. Representing nearly 96 per cent of those on strike, Concordia students led the charge, mobilizing hundreds in a demonstration on March 13 and picketing classes throughout[Read More…]
McGill sues Quebec over tuition hikes, cites discrimination and lack of consultation
On the morning of Feb. 23, McGill announced that the university has filed a lawsuit against the Quebec government over tuition hikes. These mean that new out-of-province students attending anglophone universities in Quebec will pay roughly 30 per cent more than in previous years. This announcement came alongside the news[Read More…]
McGill sues Quebec over tuition hikes, cites discrimination and lack of consultation
On the morning of Feb. 23, McGill announced that the university has filed a lawsuit against the Quebec government over tuition hikes. These mean that new out-of-province students attending anglophone universities in Quebec will pay roughly 30 per cent more than in previous years. This announcement came alongside the news[Read More…]
SSMU execs discuss deficit spending, bureaucratic inefficiency, and tuition hikes at GA
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) held its biannual General Assembly (GA) in the University Centre Ballroom on Monday, Feb. 5. Around 25 people attended, meaning the meeting failed to meet a quorum of 350. This rendered the meeting merely a consultative forum; votes on motions were thus non-binding. [Read More…]
SSMU Legislative Council debates fee increase referendum questions
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) convened for its second Legislative Council meeting of the year on Thursday, Feb. 1. The meeting discussed motions regarding fee increase referendum questions in the Winter 2024 referendum cycle. Deputy Speaker Sierra Fallis began by announcing that a motion regarding approval of the[Read More…]
McGill, Concordia students go on a three-day strike against proposed tuition increases
From Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) and Concordia Student Union (CSU) led a student strike against the Quebec government’s tuition hikes first proposed in October 2023. On Nov. 29, the provincial government announced that Canadian students from outside of Quebec will have to[Read More…]
Cutting corners in higher education must be avoided at all costs
Higher education is not immune to the consequences of economic instability in Canada and around the world. Staff, faculty, and students at Queen’s University are all too aware of this, following The Queen’s Journal’s reporting on leaked documents that reveal a drastic budget deficit and the school’s plan to cut[Read More…]
