Condemnation of Racist Attacks on Mi’kmaq Fishermen September 28, 2020   We, the SSMU Executives, Indigenous students, and allies at McGill University, condemn in the strongest possible terms both the recent violence perpetrated against the  Mi’kmaq fishermen in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, at the hands of non-Indigenous fishermen, as well as the Federal Government’s failure to...

Montreal, Quebec, August 2020 – As measures related to COVID-19 have impacted access to medical services across Canada, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) recognizes that supporting students’ well-being is more important than ever, and is taking steps to ensure that our members have health-care resources available whenever they need them.  As part of...

CONTENT WARNING: The following notice may prompt references to allegations of gendered and sexual violence. We encourage you to take care of yourself as you choose how to engage with this news. Listed at the end of the page are Montreal-based resources including crisis centres, active listening services, and 24-hour support services both on and...

CONTENT WARNING: The following notice may prompt references to allegations of gendered and sexual violence. We encourage you to take care of yourself as you choose how to engage with this email. Listed at the end of the email are Montreal-based resources including crisis centres, active listening services, and 24-hour support services both on and...

Dear SSMU Members, Recently, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government Minister for Immigration, Francisation, and Integration, Simon Jolin-Barrette, unveiled proposed reforms to the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ), a popular immigration program that offers international students and temporary foreign workers already in Quebec an expedited pathway to Canadian permanent residency. Through the PEQ, graduated international...

Content warning: anti-Black racism, murder, police violence. We encourage you to prioritise your mental and emotional wellbeing as you choose how you want to engage with this statement. Dear SSMU Members, No words can truly capture the grief and depth of emotion evoked by the murder of a Black person by a member of the...

Dear SSMU Members, On Wednesday, May 13th, 2020, the McGill University Senate passed changes to the Guidelines Regarding the Setting of the University Calendar of Academic Dates, facilitating the implementation of a Fall Reading Break at McGill, at the earliest, by Fall 2021. This change comes after years of student advocacy by the SSMU to...

McGill University’s Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students that need support in the classroom, in examinations, and on campus more generally. Although the OSD continues to serve students, complaints have mounted in recent years, and the OSD’s failure to address them jeopardizes its ability to fulfill its mandate. In Fall 2019,...

Dear McGill students, With classes ending, we are writing to present you with an update regarding COVID-19 and its impact on our members. We are trying to space these communications out as we are conscious that you are all still being bombarded with emails. We will try to cover here what has not already been...

CONTENT WARNING: The following statement addresses the issue of gendered and sexual violence, with particular reference to the shortcomings of institutions in handling complaints. We recognize that engaging in and struggling with bureaucratic reporting structures can itself result in degrees of trauma over and above dealing with experiences of sexual violence. We encourage you to...

Dear SSMU Members, We hope this update finds you and your loved ones safe, supported, and well. We recognize that this message is overdue, but we wanted to ensure that we had received as much information as possible from McGill before communicating with our membership, particularly since we know you are all receiving a high...

Hello, Following the recent recommendations announced yesterday by the federal government, we would like to amend and clarify what was written in yesterday morning’s listserv. The line regarding small gatherings was intended to highlight that our social ties and connections to family and friends remain important during this time. However, per the government’s guidance, it...