[timeline_excerpt]The development plan was extremely methodical and detailed. It included everything from a statement explaining why such a program is necessary to the complete estimated financial cost, per step, of the entire project and the estimated funding long term funding requirements.[/timeline_excerpt]

[timeline_excerpt]Indigenous students threatened to leave the Canadian Federation of Students, of which SSMU was a member, unless the national student lobby group made better representation of Indigenous issues a priority. Many Indigenous students claimed that the CFS was simply not addressing the many concerns of Indigenous students – including treaty rights, self-determination, land claims and settlements, discrimination of campus and the preservation of traditions, cultures, and languages. Some students also had a problem with the Federation’s decision making procedure, which was majority rule, since many Indigenous groups used consensus based decision making. Educational funding was one of the areas that the CFS was said to be most ineffective. While Indigenous student aid was a federal responsibility, the CFS put emphasis on lobbying at the provincial level. The result was many Indigenous students not receiving sufficient postsecondary financial aid.[/timeline_excerpt]

[timeline_excerpt]Part of the mandate of McGill’s Committee Advising on Matters of Social Responsibility was to monitor McGill’s divestment from companies with a direct investment in South Africa. The Committee tracked companies that may invest in South Africa by mergers or acquisitions. The companies were then informed that they may have investments in South Africa and McGill has a policy against such holdings. If the companies did not amend their portfolios, divestment would proceed. By 1990, the utility of the Committee was called into question with many suggesting that its process was purely administrative and could be carried out by the University Secretariat.[/timeline_excerpt]