Surviving McGill, From Student to Student - The McGill Daily
Sep 11, 2023 · Here’s a guide from a disillusioned student: a guide to self-advocacy, empowerment, and survival, practices that sometimes go against McGill’s interests. The information isn’t a secret, but comes from experience and patience reading the jargon of policies. 1. Students have a right to see their marks for assessments.
Grade Inflation at McGill is not a Myth - The McGill Daily
Sep 12, 2022 · At McGill, between the Fall 2021 and Summer 2022 terms, 14.7 per cent of grades distributed were a 4.0, or A according to McGill’s undergraduate grading system. 37.4 per cent of grades distributed were a 3.7 or A-. This means that 52 per cent, or over half, of all undergraduate courses had average grades of an A or A-.
Changing Minds, Changing Institutions - The McGill Daily
Sep 20, 2021 · In McGill’s Spring 2021 “Checking in Today, Planning for Tomorrow” survey, only 14% of undergraduate students reported that they “Agreed/Strongly Agreed” that the “Social Engagement” aspect of their experience at the university was “progressing well.”. This problem of broken dialogue is not inherent to online learning; it is ...
News Archives - The McGill Daily
Fitznor promotes empowering future generations of Indigenous students. McGill Students Want to Thrive in Montreal’s French Culture. The Quebec Government Has Other Plans. Policies designed to protect the French language in Quebec are making it increasingly difficult for Anglophones to live and work in Montreal.
Revisiting McGill's Equity Plans - The McGill Daily
Oct 25, 2021 · It has been over a year since Principal Suzanne Fortier announced the implementation of McGill’s Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism (AP-ABR), based on the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan released in June of 2020. As the AP-ABR is only one year into its five-year trajectory, many objectives have yet to be completed – regardless, the university has maintained several of its ...
McGill Returns to In-Person Schooling - The McGill Daily
Sep 1, 2021 · On February 23, university administration informed students that many in-person activities will resume in the Fall 2021 semester regardless of the status of coronavirus in Montreal.This early announcement follows a tumultuous year of unpredictable lockdown measures. While it seems like a step towards normalcy, the Daily spoke with many students who feel it is a risky decision on the part of ...
#Uprootthesystem - The McGill Daily
Oct 4, 2021 · On Friday, September 24, thousands of protesters filled the parks and streets of Montreal in the first major climate strike since the start of the pandemic. The Global Protest of Climate Justice march, held at 1 pm at the Sir George Etienne-Cartier Monument near Mont Royal, was one of the many #Uprootthesystem strikes …
Recognizing COVID’s Impact - The McGill Daily
Jan 17, 2022 · Kristi Kouchakji, Secretary-General of the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS), explained in an email to the Daily that McGill’s case management doesn’t share information about reported cases due to confidentiality.As such, it can be difficult to ascertain the severity of positive cases – because of McGill’s reportedly high vaccination rates, many assume that COVID-19 cases in the ...
Last Year’s Student-Led Activism on Campus - The McGill Daily
August 31, 2022. The 2021–2022 academic year saw a range of student-led activism across the McGill campus as students mobilized against an institution historically unreceptive to change. The Fall 2021 semester kicked off with SSMU protesting for more stringent COVID-19 protocols. These included a vaccine mandate as well as an increase in ...
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McGill Commits to “Exploring” Divestment from Weapons Manufacturers Amid Pressure to Divest from Israeli Apartheid. Student organizers are skeptical that this process will lead to real change.