University Affairs

[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]

[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 […]

[timeline_excerpt]In an article titled “And the Notorious McGill connection,” The McGill Daily outlined the implications of McGill officials continuing financial dealings with apartheid South Africa at a time when much of the global community had started divesting from the racist government and openly condemning the inhumane discrimination experienced by Black South Africans.[/timeline_excerpt]

[timeline_excerpt]In November of 1978, Dawson College’s board of governors voted to withdraw their accounts from the Bank of Montreal (BMO) because of its involvement with the South African apartheid government. Meanwhile, McGill and SSMU both continued to deal with BMO. McGill did not fully divest from South African investments until 1985.[/timeline_excerpt]