admin • October 27, 2008

As of this month, McGill’s food service provider, Chartwells will offer a fully-sustainable seafood menu through its partnership with SeaChoice, a Canadian organization that helps people select ocean-friendly seafood. Tazim Mohamed, general manager of Chartwells for McGill, said the University and its students are paying more attention to the sustainability… Read More

admin • October 27, 2008

Fed up with drawn-out negotiations, about 150 of McGill’s non-academic workers picketed outside the Roddick Gates Thursday, shouting, “solidarity” and “What do we want? A fair contract.” McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) has been negotiating a new contract with the University since December, and rejected the most recent offer… Read More

Shannon Kiely • October 27, 2008

Brooks, Alberta is a slaughterhouse town. The town’s largest employer, Lakeside Packers – a meat processing plant acquired by American multinational Tyson Foods in 2001 – staffs about 2,400 employees, including many of Dinka origin from southern Sudan. Because Dinka society is centred on cattle in bride wealth exchanges and… Read More

Erin Hale • October 27, 2008

The challenges of Montreal food banks Read More

Henry Gass • October 23, 2008

McGill teaching assistants fear lost wages are gone for good Read More

admin • October 23, 2008

Native land claims spark hostility toward Vancouver 2010 Olympic symbol Read More

admin • October 23, 2008

After letting the chance of a student space in Cafe Rama slip away last spring, SSMU has decided to survey student-run food services at other Canadian Universities. “Basically, a lot of people were unhappy with the decision – well that’s an understatement,” said SSMU President Kay Turner. One reason,… Read More

Niko Block • October 23, 2008

Gatineau garage closure follows in Wal-Mart anti-union busting Read More

Emily Clare • October 23, 2008

Heads of State encourage foreign investment at conference Read More

admin • October 20, 2008

Peace Talks and Israel’s Control of Palestine Monday, October 20, 7 p.m. QPIRG building, 3647 University Jesse Rosenfeld, a McGill graduate in International Development Studies, is now a journalist based in Ramallah, Palestine. His presentation focuses on Israel’s occupation of Palestine following the Annapolis peace negotiations. No cost. Garbage Man… Read More

Shannon Kiely • October 20, 2008

SSMU councillors voted overwhelmingly against adopting as policy for the remainder of the academic year the six General Assembly (GA) motions that failed to reach quorum at the event and in the subsequent online ratification. SSMU President Kay Turner argued in Thursday’s meeting that Council could justifiably adopt the… Read More

Lendon Ebbels • October 20, 2008

SACOMSS hopes survivors can appeal policy decisions Read More

John Lapsley • October 20, 2008

Days after promising to bail University de Québec À Montréal (UQÀM) out of its $380-million debt, Minister of Education Michelle Courchesne announced she will finally send a bill to the Quebec National Assembly that addresses provincial university governance. The debt UQÀM has incurred over the past three years is in… Read More

Alison Withers • October 20, 2008

Sweeping guidelines make politically-sensitive areas off-limits to students, but not faculty Read More

admin • October 20, 2008

Int’l tuition hikes opposed Over 30 students from different Quebec universities protested the provincial deregulation of international tuition outside of the Quebec City summit of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) on Friday. Most participants were graduate students from the universities of Sherbrooke and Laval, according to Joel Pedneault,… Read More