Whether one is a driver, a pedestrian, a runner or a cyclist, on a part-time or full-time basis, seasonally or all year round, the issue of biking on the island of Montreal has definitely come up more than once in our conversations with friends, family or coworkers. The same debate appears in the media, in...

The SSMU is hiring and we want you to apply! If you are interested in any of the positions listed below, please visit https://www.smartrecruiters.com/studentsocietymcgilluniversity to fill out an online application. Marketing Representative Looking for a flexible job? The SSMU is recruiting a Marketing Representative to represent the organization and to seek sponsors. You are a self-driven,...

Please help SSMU and ASEQ better serve your needs by responding to the ASEQ-SSMU Survey here: http://ihaveaplan.ca/survey/ssmu/ This survey serves as a measure of student satisfaction with the current health and dental plan and is used to see how the current plan and process for filing claims can be improved. Please take 5 minutes to...

  Le jeudi, 7 novembre dernier, le gouvernement du Québec présentait officiellement devant les députés de l’Assemblée nationale le controversé projet de loi 60, communément connu sous le nom de « Charte des valeurs ». Les grandes lignes du projet de loi avaient été dévoilées publiquement il y a de cela près de deux mois, une période...

This semester’s classes will soon be finished and the time is coming to fill out your course evaluations. If you are new to evaluations or you have questions, please read the following points: Course evaluations are the primary and most important form of student input about teaching performance considered in decisions about merit and promotion. It is...

The third symposium on Quebec’s international relations will be held in Montréal, on Monday November 11, at the ENAP (École nationale d’administration publique) campus. The event is organized by the Groupe d’étude sur les relations internationales du Québec (GERIQ), in partnership with the ministère des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur (MRIFCE),...

Maybe you have a: • broken cell-phone sitting on a shelf in your room • bunch of scratched CDs that you never listen to piled up in the living room • small bag of dead batteries that have been in the corner of your room for months • digital camera from 2007 on your dresser...

This is an exciting time to be a student at McGill involved in sustainability work. Having been a student here for 5 years (2005-2010), and then working at SSMU for the last two years as Sustainability Coordinator, I’m really excited about what is shaping up. I’ll try give a bit of the flavor of why...

The SSMU had to opportunity to attend the first televised debate between the Montreal mayoral candidates this weekend. Organised by McGill University and CBC-Radio Canada, the debate took place on campus, in the prime location that is Redpath Hall. A little under 200 students and supporters attended the hour and a half long debate that...

What? The World Social Sciences Forum 2013 Who? The International Social Science Council When? From October 13th to 15th 2013 Where? Palais des Congrès, Montréal Theme? Social transformation and the digital era Digital era and social sciences Many agree that we are currently facing an era of unique transformations, and that these will hit the...

The Redpath Hall is being set up today in order to host tomorrow’s mayoral debate. As part of municipal elections campaign, city hall candidates will outline their views tomorrow from 6pm to 7h30pm. McGill will co-host the debate in co-operation with Radio-Canada and CBC. While tomorrow’s debate is entirely in French, an English debate will...

Dominant themes Governance, integrity and transparency, public transportation, infrastructure and urban spaces, families’ exodus, cultural and economic restarts. Parties Projet Montréal Projet Montréal was founded in 2004 by Richard Bergeron and Claude Mainville. This party actually has 13 elected representatives, including actual mayors of Plateau Mont-Royal and Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie, respectively Luc Ferrandez and François William Croteau....