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Sign on the door of a downtown Montreal metro station in the afternoon of the shooting, inviting Dawson students to Concordia University for shelter while subway service is halted. A large number of the evacuees were also directed to the nearby Concordia University, where the Concordia Student Union (CSU) is located. The CSU cancelled all ...
McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research University located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter, [12] the university bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant, [13] whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College. In 1885, the name was officially ...
Lépine killed fourteen women (twelve engineering students, one nursing student, and one employee of the university) and injured fourteen others, eleven women and three men. [3] [5] [22] Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968; aged 21), civil engineering student; Hélène Colgan (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Leacock is a ten-storey, Brutalist concrete structure currently housing the Departments of Humanities, Social Sciences and Islamic Studies at McGill. It contains offices on the upper floors and lecture rooms on the lower floors, including the largest lecture room at McGill, Leacock-132, which seats up to 650 students at a time. [3]
A pro-Palestinian protest was also held outside of the Louisiana State University student union. [166] The following day, 10 people were arrested at a protest involving Loyola and Tulane University students where, according to the New Orleans Police Department, four officers were injured while clearing Jackson Square of protesters. [167]
At McGill University, pro-Palestinian groups have protested against the institution's investments in Israel-related funds, including weapons manufacturers. [6] In a referendum held on 20 November 2023, 78% of participating students voted in favour of a policy calling on the university to cut ties with companies "complicit in genocide", as well as condemn Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip. [7]
Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday evening, prompting calls from civil rights organizations and the victims’ families for authorities to look into ...
In Montreal, the estimated population of black people was 7,000 in 1961, which increased to 50,000 by 1968. McGill University was the first choice of university for many students but, since they had a strict admission policy, they could not be easily accepted.