Today, McGill made the necessary decision to change the Redmen name as Principal Suzanne Fortier announced that “[e]ffective today, McGill University’s men’s varsity teams will cease to be called the Redmen.” In doing this, the administration had demonstrated a willingness to move towards reconciliation and has reaffirmed our community’s collective obligation in addressing the wrongs...
What is Safehome initiative? SafeHome is an accompaniment service offered by WalkSafe and DriveSafe of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) from December 4th to December 21st (10 pm to 1 am). The service will be available from the McLennan Library to provide a greater sense of security to students while traversing from campus...
Recently, the Government of Quebec adopted a deeply troubling law under the guise of secularism that would prohibit certain Quebecers of faith from participating in public life and in the public sector. The academic community has long been a bastion of diversity and free thought. Pluralism enriches our communities and makes Quebec a more prosperous...
SSMU supports and stands with the Walkout for Climate Justice taking place tomorrow, March 15. We fully endorse its demands for sweeping institutional and governmental climate action. SSMU recognizes that climate change already causes grave social injury to communities including, but not limited, to Indigenous peoples, migrant workers, and people of colour, across the world. These...
The next step is to change the name. The first step should have been to change the name. The only step with regards to this decision is to change the name, and it is a step should have been taken years ago. The University’s decision to continue to delay and postpone this step is disappointing....
The SSMU Awards of Distinction are designed to recognize students who have demonstrated a combination of strengths in both extra-curricular activities and academics at McGill University. Scholarships valued at two thousand dollars ($2,000) each, will be awarded. To be eligible, a candidate must be an SSMU member* who will have completed twelve (12) credits during...
McGill’s renovations project at the University Centre continues to move slowly. We remain hopeful that we will resume operations for the 2019-2020 academic year. The building closure poses significant challenges to the quality of service we offer students. It also has considerable financial implications: renting downtown Montreal real estate is quite costly, and the added...
SSMU Statement Regarding Incident of Racial Profiling against a McGill Student We at SSMU are horrified and deeply troubled to learn from SSMU member and McGill School of Social Work student Jean Kagame of the racial profiling he experienced from the Ontario Police last week. Throughout his studies at McGill, Kagame has been an involved...
SSMU stands with and in support of the Social Work Student Association (SWSA) decision to join over 55,000 Quebec students striking against unpaid internships this week. The Comités unitaires sur le travail étudiant (CUTE)’s Campagne sur le travail étudiant is grounded in principles of dignity and equity and cuts to the very heart of an...
Today, students voted overwhelmingly to change the Redmen name. Today, SSMU members stood behind Indigenous students on campus who have called on McGill to address their feelings of anxiety, discomfort, and isolation on campus. Today, we as a student body, stood for the values of respect and inclusivity on campus. We are elated by the...
This week, Vice-President (External Affairs) Marina Cupido submitted their resignation, effective immediately. Marina’s resignation is related to mental health concerns, and we wish them well going forward. We are going to take a somewhat unusual approach with this statement: it is the last thing we are working on together as a team, and while we...
CW: Sexual violence This morning, the CBC broke the news that a professor from McGill’s Institute of Islamic Studies, Ahmed Ibrahim, has filed a $600 000 defamation lawsuit against two individuals: a student and a professor from the Institute. The lawsuit claims that these individuals launched a “smear campaign” to have him dismissed by...