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Long awaited J-Board case finally heard

Henry Gass • February 8, 2012

Eleven witnesses testify, judgement to be issued within thirty days on whether to invalidate QPIRG and CKUT referendum results Read More

Twenty students occupy Mendelson’s office

News • February 7, 2012

"It's a party, not a protest" Read More

McGill under fire for corporate-funded asbestos research

Henry Gass • February 4, 2012

Letter details McGill’s past and present relationship with Quebec asbestos industry Read More

McGill cutting MUNACA benefits

Henry Gass • February 4, 2012

Union appealing administration’s decision from before strike Read More

Private security in a public university

Erin Hudson • February 4, 2012

The first in a multi-part series on University security Read More

McGill Board member takes leave of absence

Henry Gass • February 4, 2012

Media scrutiny over her and McGill's role in the Quebec asbestos industry led to Roshi Chadha's decision Read More

Science General Assembly to be held at end of month

News • February 4, 2012

Article updated Feb. 6, 2012 At last Thursday’s Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) Council meeting, President Akshay Rajaram confirmed that SUS will be holding its first General Assembly (GA) for undergraduate science students. Rajaram told The Daily that the major motivations for the GA are issues that students are facing, namely tuition… Read More

Concordia and McGill students march against tuition hikes

Andra Cernavskis • February 4, 2012

Administration sends mass email as demonstration approaches campus Read More

Judicial Board activities reinstated

Kallee Lins • February 4, 2012

SSMU’s Board of Directors discusses constitutional changes Read More

Strategic summit focuses on student space

Jordan Venton-Rublee • February 4, 2012

A handful of McGill administration, SSMU executives, and students met to discuss student space on Friday during the latest SSMU strategic summit. Some of the topics at hand included the lack of usable student space, informal spaces for students to work, and campus greening. SSMU President Maggie Knight… Read More

Colloquium discusses student movements and the police

News • February 4, 2012

Police repression and student movements were the topics at this year’s first graduate colloquium in the Department of Sociology. Université du Québec a Montréal (UQAM) Political Science professor Francis Dupuis-Déri, discussed the relation between the police, student movements, and ideological considerations. The question session that followed alluded to attitudes and… Read More

PGSS announces anti-tuition campaign for 2012

Jessica Lukawiecki • February 2, 2012

Conference coincides with McGill email warning of potential demonstrations on campus Read More

New research on biofilms could decontaminate tailings ponds

Rachel Reichel • February 2, 2012

Environmentalists skeptical of University of Calgary professors’ research Read More

AUS GA loses quorum after an hour

News • February 2, 2012

Some of the issues discussed at last Tuesday’s GA included formation of a strike committee, tuition hikes, and reforms to AUS Frosh Read More

CKUT will run second referendum; QPIRG won’t

Tamkinat Mirza • February 2, 2012

Radio station wants fee to become non-opt-outable Read More