Blog posts by University Affairs staff members

Our ATI Workshop in Brief

On Wednesday September 25, the University Affairs Secretary General and I held a ‘access to information request workshop’. To those who couldn’t make it to our workshop on Wednesday, don’t worry! The highlights are reported... Read more


September 30, 2024 | Abe Berglas | Posted in: Team UA' posts

The State of Deadnaming

Originally written at the end of summer. Some things may have changed.

Deadnaming at McGill is an issue floating around all trans people. We accidentally out ourselves while using the printer or logging into MyCourses, we... Read more


September 27, 2024 | Abe Berglas | Posted in: Team UA' posts

The Official Record of Senate

The philosophy of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised (RONR) is that “the minutes should contain mainly a record of what was done at the meeting, not what was said by the members. The minutes... Read more


September 14, 2024 | Abe Berglas | Posted in: Team UA' posts

A Disquieting Trend for Student Input at McGill

The SSMU VP University Affairs  supplies McGill committees with student members. I take this as a serious responsibility. Students have a stake in where our tuition goes, our education, and the services offered to us.... Read more


Tags: committees, McGill, university committees
August 26, 2024 | Abe Berglas | Posted in: Team UA' posts

 Apply to be an Undergraduate Rep on a University Committee

There are as many as 41 University-level committees, to which there are 118 undergraduate student representatives. McGill University is huge, and most of the groundwork for new initiatives on campus begins in such committees. Most... Read more


April 9, 2018 | Nathan Mendel | Posted in: Team UA' posts

McGill Committees Report – Fall 2017

Reports from student reps in McGill committees available here.

There are as many as 41 University-level committees, to which there are 118 undergraduate student representatives. McGill University is huge, and most of the groundwork for new initiatives on campus begins in such... Read more


February 18, 2018 | Erin Sobat | Posted in: Team UA' posts

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