https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/064c9c47e7ce5c4decfc6bc74888b63c.pdf?Expires=1782345600&Signature=he-z5z8hqLoy4T3xXDyzEqnT0I1pr0cfIFViGPzwZpk8qX33YHcjAZiUjcTq4RuRLvs2f3oQcQyO4SzrpFv1X3X3VZQOhn1vYHG5SxSI5BWu34sYsTln6ZvOC%7EEyuYL7dmtGEtSu32buYAaWVtgCUnTpGE96dRdjvt4hOazSoV3vfUIh8Xf1vhnCXKFiJkyKXo1XMHufMWLJ7X9ACQTRzjv32T0aDP4uVwiAMrVj9a0KjAgD5Jp2Db7vAQxD-OZt0ujsXELGE6caWQ28OzElK3X3Md4anhlpKCDZkfswIBJiwPMmGoZUY5Ieu5gBH%7EOMYfOra3DwoTokeynpvaekNw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 069bc921cb2052b55af89a7ce124989d PDF Text Text 4 NEWS September 09, 2019 mcgilldaily.com | The McGill Daily McGill Manfredi Up for Reappointment Students Share Their Thoughts While deliberations continue, The McGill Daily had the chance to speak with members of the community about Manfredi’s tenure, many arlier this summer, Principal of whom were dissatisfied with Suzanne Fortier sent out an his work. email informing students of an advisory committee for the McGill’s Sexual Violence Policy Connor Spencer, a former SSMU possible reappointment of Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) VP External who was involved in Christopher Manfredi. His five- creating SSMU’s Gender and Sexual year term (which began in 2015) Violence Policy, spoke to the Daily is almost complete, and McGill about her experience working with community members now have the the administration to develop a better chance to voice their comments university-wide policy. She specifically mentioned Manfredi’s rhetoric or concerns. Sitting on the committee towards student activists throughout are Principal Fortier, four their campaign for a better policy, professors, four members of the writing that “his communications to Board of Governors, two student the McGill community [in] April and representatives (including SSMU May 2018 made it very clear he did not VP-University Affairs Madeline take the student demands seriously.” A January 2019 McGill senate Wilson), and the Secretary-General. Yasna Khademian The McGill Daily E The Daily Publications Society is currently accepting applications for its Board of Directors. 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Phoebe Pannier | The McGill Daily report conducted by iMPACTS, a collaborative organization to address sexual violence on campus, also referenced numerous times the language that administrators – including Manfredi – used when communicating with students. “This issue of language, and of the tone of communication between stakeholders at the university,” the report states, “was raised numerous times, with many participants expressing the opinion that the McGill administration often employs overly corporate, academic, or legalistic language in its communication with members of the community, which is perceived to be unsympathetic and lacking in empathy.” Indeed, Spencer received a formal, personal letter from Manfredi (in the aftermath of the open letter SSMU wrote in 2018), which she shared “[Manfredi’s] communications to the McGill community [in] April and May 2018 made it very clear he did not take the student demands seriously.” -Connor Spencer with the Daily via email. In this correspondence, Manfredi writes to Spencer, “Your letter […] states: ‘The administration has made no attempt to address abuses of power in a meaningful or significant way […].’ This assertion, like many others in your letter, has no basis in fact.” Indigenous Affairs Tomas Jirousek, the Indigenous Affairs commissioner at SSMU and a leader of the campaign to change McGill’s varsity football team name, also spoke with the Daily about his experience with Manfredi. “Indigenous students had clearly expressed our concerns regarding the name, and despite this fact, the Provost and administration failed to take action until we, as Indigenous students, engaged in a grassroots campaign to address this issue,” he writes. [...] �NEWS [...] And while Jirousek tells the Daily he appreciates the Provost’s work in launching the Task Force on Indigenous Education Indigenous Studies, he says that Manfredi has failed to proactively take on the calls to action of the final report. The 2017 report has a number of immediate, medium, and long term recommendations, including increased Indigenous enrollment, increased funding for Indigenous students, K-12 outreach, and an “McGill requires a proactive Provost who is willing to take positive and concrete action on Indigenous issues without needing to be constantly pressured into doing the right thing,” -Tomas Jirousek increase in seats specifically for Indigenous students planning to study medicine, among other calls to action. “McGill requires a proactive Provost who is willing to take positive and concrete action on Indigenous issues without needing to be constantly pressured into doing the right thing,” Jirousek writes. “For those reasons I firmly believe that the Provost should not be reappointed.” These complaints regarding Manfredi’s work with students at McGill extend further. In an email to the Daily, Wilson – who sits on the reappointment committee and works with the administration in her role as VP University Affairs – writes that his interactions with student advocates often feel overwhelmingly performative. “If he wasn’t required to consult students on particular issues, I have doubts that he would do it at all,” she says. Specifically regarding the changing of the R*dmen name, Wilson writes that he “preferr[ed] to argue over semantics in a document rather than engaging with the lived McGill September 09, 2019 mcgilldaily.com | The McGill Daily experiences of students who the well, with one questioning Manfredi in a town hall, asking, “Can we learn name has harmed.” in a big class? You [can talk] to your TA once a week, or […] you [can] Dean of Arts Before his appointment to Provost learn in a small environment with and Vice-Principal Academic, people that really care about teaching Manfredi was formerly the Dean of every time you go to class.” About a Arts. In the Faculty of Arts, he put year after the changes were initially forth one of the most controversial announced, the Art History and budget cuts at McGill – eliminating Communication Studies Graduate 100 arts courses available to students Student Association (AHCS-GSA) adopted a motion of non-confidence in 2013. This budget cut, which in the Provost, garnering around redistributed funds away from 200 signatures. “After a year of official smaller classes and into larger where students, introductory courses with more TAs, ‘consultation’ was heavily opposed. As a matter of faculty, and staff repeatedly fact, the elimination of these courses expressed extensive reservations had a direct impact on temporary about the viability of this plan as course lecturers, who told the both a cost-saving measure and Daily they were not made aware of an organizational strategy, the the cuts until they were publically [Provost’s plan] remains largely unchanged,” the AHCS-GSA wrote announced. “No one from the faculty spoke in the Daily in 2014. with the union that represents course Problems with the lecturers at McGill, even to give us a heads-up, let alone to consult with Committee’s Composition Wilson also shared her thoughts us on this move,” former AGSEM President Lilian Radovac said in 2013. regarding the composition of the Students were firmly opposed as committee. Out of the 12 members 5 sitting on it, she is the only undergraduate student there. “[Manfredi] oversees McGill’s academic affairs, [...] the whole reason students are at this university. To have only one student on the committee to recommend a decision on his reappointment is a gross misrepresentation,” she says. Jirousek also shared his thoughts on the committee’s composition, writing that, “as Indigenous students we have the right to have our voices heard with regards to the reappointment process, especially considering the Provost’s work with the Indigenous community.” While it’s unclear whether or not Provost Manfredi will be reappointed for another five years, McGill community members are welcome to submit their thoughts to the Advisory Committee. You can send your opinion via email to advisories@mcgill.ca, or via mail to 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 313, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4. Montreal “If you care, carry it” CMHA Launches Opioid Overdose Education Campaign Kate Ellis The McGill Daily O n August 29, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) launched “Carry It Toolkit,” a campaign aimed at post-secondary students to educate them about the role they can take in preventing opioid overdoses. The toolkit consists of a variety of info sheets that discuss topics such as how to develop a campus protocol for addressing drug overdoses and tips for safer drug use. This toolkit was created in response to the growing opioid crisis, which has had a serious impact on young people. According to the CMHA, youth aged 15-24 have the second fastest-growing rates of hospitalizations from opioid harms in Canada, with a 62 per cent increase between 2014 and 2016. In 2018 alone, the opioid overdose crisis claimed 4460 lives in Canada. As CMHA Interim CEO Fardous Hosseiny elaborated, “it can affect anyone of any socioeconomic background or any age or any gender.” In an interview with the Daily, Hosseiny said that one of the main points of the kit is to educate students on “what naloxone is and how you can get [it].” Naloxone is “a temporary antidote to an opioid overdose. It acts fast, forcing opioids to unbind from the receptors in the body.” In Canada, it is available in two forms: an injectable and a nasal spray called NARCAN. Individuals in Quebec can obtain both forms at their local pharmacy In 2018 alone, the opioid overdose crisis claimed 4460 lives in Canada. for free, without identification or a prescription. Promoting naloxone is the same as “EpiPens [...] or defibrillators,” stated Hosseiny — they are a first-aid item and should be treated as such. If members of the McGill community are looking for ways to be better prepared in the event of an opioid overdose, there are resources for naloxone training and education on campus. All of the workshops are hosted by Naloxone & Overdose Response Training for Non-Medical Professionals, founded by McGill Social Work student Richard Davy. PGSS is holding a workshop on naloxone and overdose response training on September 25, and there are two more free workshops happening on September 9 and 18. Following the training, participants receive a free naloxone kit. As Hosseiny concluded, “the worst thing to do in the case of an overdose is nothing.” Brianna Cheng | Illustrator � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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