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The African Studies Committee provides a development plan for the McGill University Africana Studies Program Initiative.

[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]

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The Black Student’s Network compiles an anti-Black police brutality document.

[timeline_excerpt]The document was composed of newspaper clippings from various sources and examples of similar cases in Toronto and New York.[/timeline_excerpt]

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Indigenous students threaten to leave Canadian Federation of Students.

[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 […]

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McGill Board of Governors loses interest in South Africa.

[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 […]

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QPIRG is founded.

[timeline_excerpt]QPIRG (Quebec Public Interest Research Group) McGill was founded as a club in 1987-1988. It became an independent student group with space outside of the university center the following year. Its first initiative was the successful institution of a paper recycling program at McGill.[/timeline_excerpt]

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Creation of the First Nations and Inuit Education program.

[timeline_excerpt]The Office of First Nations and Inuit Education operates under the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. The office works in partnership with First Nations and Inuit education authorities throughout Quebec – such as the Kativik School Board (KSB), the Cree School Board, and so forth. It deliver community-based teacher education programs and professional development […]