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Biking banned on campus
Administration stresses pedestrian safety
Since May 28, cyclists have been asked to dismount their bikes across the downtown campus. While there is no official legislation enforcing the rule, the administration is trying to establish a norm across McGill that prioritizes pedestrian use of space....
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Administration releases landmark budget
Part one of a four-part series: deficit to be eliminated by end of fiscal year
On May 25, the Board of Governors approved the McGill University Budget 2010-2011, an ambitious document that has the potential to dramatically alter the direction of the University and its finances in coming years. Among the goals set forward in...
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Admin scoops up Marriott for new, new, New Rez
Third hotel in seven years costs McGill over 10 million dollars
This past spring, McGill purchased the Courtyard Marriott hotel, with plans to make it the university’s newest student residence. The building is located at 410 Sherbrooke West, just east of campus. When it opens in the fall of 2011, it...
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MUS Frosh theme sparks controversy
Abandoned Tribal theme leads to questions of Frosh reform
With public accusations of racism launched at one faculty over a contentious frosh theme, this year's perennial orientation has been marked by a controversy that raises questions of oversight and possible structural changes to frosh in the years to come....
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Student government opposes census changes
SSMU and PGSS release joint statement with Concordia groups condemning government’s decision
McGill student groups are up in arms over the Harper government’s June decision to scrap Canada’s mandatory long-form census, saying they fear the change will strike at the quality of student research. On August 11, McGill’s Post-Graduate Student Society (PGSS)...
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Unidentified youth falls from MacDonald Engineering
Youth taken away in an ambulance; injuries still unknown
With Frosh in full swing, a youth fell while scaling the [MacDonald Engineering building][1] and was taken from the scene by ambulance Wednesday. McGill Security Services confirmed that the youth was neither a McGill student nor a Montreal resident, and...
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TaCEQ outlines plans for coming year
Tuition hikes and provincial recognition dominate second annual general meeting
The provincial student lobbying association that represents SSMU held its annual general meeting last weekend, Mat 14 and 15. The Table de concertation étudiante de Québec (TaCEQ), of which SSMU is a founding member, is one of three main provincial...
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Unpaid security guards walk out
Scandal plagued security firm owes McGill agents five weeks of pay
McGill security agents walked off the job last Friday, April 30, after going as long as five weeks without pay and battling a bankrupt employer.
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McGill Residences expands with the purchase of third hotel
Set to open fall 2011, Courtyard Marriott will be converted to student housing
McGill has bought the Courtyard Marriott at 410 Sherbrooke O. to convert into student housing for fall 2011. A member of the Board of Governors – the University’s highest governing body – as well as Doug Sweet, director of McGill’s...
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Ministry of Education may punish McGill for MBA tuition hike
Provincial government's cuts could amount to over $3 million
Tensions between the province and McGill have flared again, as Quebec’s Ministry of Education threatened massive funding cuts this week, which would penalize McGill for tuition hikes to its MBA program. Education Minster Michelle Courchesne said the ministry would axe...
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Kenney to expedite refugee claim process
Critics say changes might endanger lives, restrict right of appeal
Canadian minister of citizenship and immigration Jason Kenney announced an overhaul of the government’s system for determining refugee status last week. The proposed changes focus on expediting the asylum claims process, deporting failed claimants as quickly as possible, and reducing...
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Women protest cuts to aboriginal community fund
Ottawa sit-in ends in arrests, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada cites security concerns
Six non-native women protesting the recent discontinuation of federal funding to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) were arrested in Ottawa on March 29, approximately one hour into a sit-in at Indian Affairs minister Chuck Strahl’s office. The protest was organized...
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Quebec budget implements new health care fees
Activists critical of Ministry of Finance's proposed "user fee"
The provincial budget presented two weeks ago by the governing Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ) is being criticized by proponents of public health care for the new fees it proposes. The budget calls for two new fees to cover the...
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How students stopped the governance bills
Bills 38 and 44 caused a ruckus in the fall, but were abandoned after widespread protest
One of the biggest issues for Quebec students this year has been the debate surrounding Bills 38 and 44 and the matter of university governance. The bills – which deal with university and CEGEP governance respectively – would have required...
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When picket lines go online
Journal de Montréal employees start up new publication
Search 4545 Rue Frontenac on Google Street View and you will see picketing workers on the sidewalk outside of the Journal de Montréal head office. Although the image is from last October, 253 unionized employees – journalists, photographers, editors, and...