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...
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) unequivocally condemns the provincial government’s decision to deregulate tuition for all international students pursuing post-secondary education in Québec. Announced on May 17th by Education Minister Hélène David, this change will allow individual universities to raise fees for international students at their own discretion (instead of the provincial government...
Link to the Open Letter Today, Wednesday April 4th, at 11am, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) sent an open letter to the McGill Administration calling for an external investigation to be launched into the Office of the Dean of Arts’ handling of complaints against faculty members. This letter was written after our frustrations...
SSMU is recruiting for summer and fall 2018! There are a variety of on-campus, paid positions. Click through the link below to check out what openings are available and submit your application(s). The deadline to apply for the majority of positions is April 5th! Our HR team has drop-in hours (until the deadline) every Monday...
As we move into the new semester, many projects at the SSMU are beginning to pick up steam once more, and it is with that in mind that we wish to update the membership on our progress with our Gendered and Sexualized Violence Policy Project, and other anti-sexual violence work at the union. 1) Gendered...
A reminder that the Fall club audit is due January 31st, 2018 by 11 PM at this link: https://ssmu.wufoo.eu/forms/s16vhlop11u5zmd/ All clubs regardless of their financial status are required to submit an audit to maintain their club status. All information pertaining to the club audit was presented at the mandatory club audit workshops held on October...
On October 18th, the National Assembly of Québec passed Bill 62 which, as well as the imposition of other worrying limits to religious accommodation, bans the wearing of face coverings while either giving or receiving public services. This legislation, which blatantly targets women who choose to wear veils, uses the language of “state religious neutrality”...
Club workshops will be held the first week of November. It is required that these workshops are attended by two executives of your club in order to maintain SSMU Full Status clubs. Please register your group here. The Services Summit will be held on Saturday, November 11th 2017 from 12pm-5pm. Please register your Service here.