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2020-2021 SSMU Executive Election Results

News • February 28, 2020

The results are in – here are your SSMU Executives for the 2020-21 year. President – Jemark Earle Jemark Earle Recieved 66.1 per cent of votes (2213 votes total). Ruth Silcoff Received 29.2 per cent of votes (933 votes total).   VP University Affairs – Brooklyn Frizzle Brooklyn Frizzle, U2… Read More

SSMU Executive Endorsements 2020

News • February 25, 2020

The following encompasses The McGill Daily’s endorsements for the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) 2020—2021 Executive team.   President Jemark Earle Experience: Earle has experience as VP Special Events of the Law Students’ Association (LSA), VP Internal of the Black Law Students’ Association at McGill (BLSAM), VP Student… Read More

PHOTOS: Demonstration in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation

News • February 4, 2020

Hosted by SSMU Indigenous Affairs and the Indigenous Student Alliance, McGill students gathered at the Y-intersection on Friday, January 11 to stand in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en Camps and all five Hereditary Chiefs from the Wet’suwet’en clans. From the event description: “We recognize and stand witness to the… Read More

Fall 2019 Referendum

News • November 11, 2019

The McGill Daily's Editorial Board's Endorsements Read More

Sign Petition against POLI 339

News • April 10, 2019

Students are speaking out against the McGill Admin’s complete disregard for student issues and violation of student democracy, by organizing a petition calling for the cancellation of the POLI 339 summer course, which includes a two-week exchange at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sign the petition here  

QPIRG Annual General Meeting

News • April 8, 2019

Or: A Star Trek Retirement Party Read More

SSMU Elections: Candidate Rundowns and Endorsements

News • March 25, 2019

Phoebe Pannier President Bryan Buraga Experience: Currently, Buraga serves as an Arts & Science Senator, which allows him to participate in SSMU Legislative Council and McGill Senate. Between those two bodies, Buraga has participated in many committees, including serving as director of the Board… Read More

*LIVE* SSMU GA Fall 2018

News • October 29, 2018

Live for the SSMU Fall 2018 General Assembly Read More

Introduction: SSMU elections pullout

News • March 20, 2018

SSMU elections endorsements Read More

SEDE prepares for Community Engagement Day

News • September 18, 2017

Organizers strive to move beyond the “McGill bubble” Read More

Hurricane Irma ravages the Caribbean

News • September 18, 2017

Beginning on Wednesday, September 6, Hurricane Irma wreaked a path of devastation across the Caribbean. As of Friday evening, the storm’s death toll stood at 84. It may continue to rise in the coming days, as the affected communities continue to assess the scale of the damage. For many… Read More

Brazil launches investigation into murders of Indigenous people

News • September 18, 2017

Brazilian federal prosecutors launched an investigation this week into the reported murders of ten Indigenous people by miners in the country’s remote Javari Valley. The violence first came to light in early August when FUNAI, Brazil’s federal department of Indigenous affairs, received reports that a group of gold prospectors had… Read More

International news briefs: September 11-15

News • September 10, 2017

Violence escalates in Myanmar and Yemen Read More

International news briefs: September 4-8

News • September 2, 2017

The NDP leadership race, flooding in South Asia, and Indigenous resistance from Peru to Palestine Read More