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A summary of organizing efforts around the "Change the Name" campaign at McGill over the 2018-19 school year.

Student activists hold a protest for the Change the Name campaign, an effort to change the name of the Men's Varsity athletics teams.

An article comparing the admin's inaction around the 3 McGill football players accused of sexual assault to other universities across the US and Canada who have dealt poorly with similar cases

A criticism of McGill's Consent Awareness and #ConsentWeek campaigns that suggests more attention has to be paid to holding perpetrators accountable and providing material supports to survivors of assault.

A letter addressed to several university administrators urging them to change the name of the Men's Varsity athletics teams.

An open letter to the McGill administration by several campus groups with a sexual assault policy proposal that is survivor-centred and addresses the gap(s) in McGill's sexual assault policies.

An article criticizing McGill for not changing the name of its mens sports teams despite backlash against the inherent racism of the name "Redmen"

An article examining the culture of silence at McGill Athletics leading to cover-ups of multiple sexual and domestic violence charges against students and what could be done to hold Athletics accountable

An article critiquing sensationalist coverage of sexual assault in media, and examining the role that media plays in achieving social justice for survivors

After student activists dropped a banner from the Arts Building in support of organizing efforts to change the name of McGill's varsity men's athletics teams, two McGill security officers remove it within minutes.
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