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Arts Undergraduate Society VP Events resigns
Jordan Venton-Rublee • November 15, 2012
During last Wednesday’s Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) Council meeting, VP Events Josh Greenberg was notably absent. Speaking with The Daily following the closed session, AUS President Devon LaBuik stated that Greenberg resigned from his position for “personal reasons.” Greenberg’s resignation took place last week according to LaBuik. As of Wednesday… Read More
Leaked 2011 study questions university underfunding
Laurent Bastien Corbeil • November 12, 2012
McGill administration claims methodology is flawed Read More
PGSS prepares for education summit
Lola Duffort • November 12, 2012
Dean’s appointment discussed Read More
News brief: SSMU consultations on higher education summit
Lola Duffort • November 12, 2012
SSMU has begun a campus-wide consultation process in preparation of the upcoming summit on higher education, planned by the provincial government for the spring. SSMU VP External Robin Reid-Fraser has been meeting informally with faculty association executives, and plans to hold a series of strategic summits open to the entire… Read More
News brief: Mac campus grads pass referendum
Annie Shiel • November 12, 2012
On Friday, the Macdonald Campus Graduate Student Society (MCGSS) voted to separate from the Macdonald campus’ undergraduate society and remain only a member of the downtown Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS). The referendum passed with 176 in favour, four against, and four abstaining. 184 out of 563 Macdonald campus graduate… Read More
Panel addresses cuts to refugee healthcare
Cem Ertekin • November 12, 2012
Bill C-31 eliminates coverage for certain refugee categories Read More
Examining the state of animal rights in Montreal
Carla Green • November 12, 2012
City seeks to strengthen animal protection laws Read More
Overthrow or adjust: which can save the planet?
Lucile Smith • November 8, 2012
Midnight Kitchen hosts anti-capitalism and environmental organizing workshop Read More
Faculty of Law holds panel on Syrian conflict
Nastasha Sartore • November 8, 2012
More than 100 people attended a panel last Friday at Moot Court, Chancellor Day Hall, presented by the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) at McGill to discuss the civil war in Syria. Panellists included two political science professors and a Syrian-Canadian imprisoned and tortured for two years under the Assad… Read More
Syrian-Canadian student embedded with Free Syrian Army
Karel Asha • November 8, 2012
Survives government bombing and witnesses massacre in Binnish Read More
Philosophy students’ general meeting sees fierce debate
Annie Shiel • November 8, 2012
Disagreements arise over when to sign statement on accessible education Read More
Former disciplinary officer, anarchist appointed new Dean of Students
Michael Lee-Murphy • November 8, 2012
“Except for a little blip after World War II until approximately now, universities have been institutions that at least maintain, if not accentuate, inequality in society.” Student radical? Nope. McGill Daily editorial? Not that either. It’s a statement that would make sense coming out of the mouth of self-identified anarchist,… Read More
The Daily speaks to activist Micah Grzywnowicz about the state of trans* rights
Dana Wray • November 8, 2012
Recent legislation is progress, but not enough Read More
AUS strips East Asian Student Association of funding
Jordan Venton-Rublee • November 5, 2012
Association’s seat reinstated, funding will remain suspended Read More
American students at McGill navigate absentee voting
Hannah Besseau • November 5, 2012
Democrats Abroad McGill offers assistance Read More