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                  <text>News

yer 25, 2004

Mental Health scrambles
to
meet surge in demand

the Senate confidentiality agreement.
According to Robinson, however, the
vote in’ favour of his nomination. was
unanimous.

“{t is absolutely surprising that there
was a controversy four years ago,” she

LEON GREK

said, “It was a very unfortunate’ incident,

News WriTER

to-no fault of Mr. Cleghorn.”

i l senate erupt‘over the nomi-

University has
er Royal Bank
itive Officer
flaw.
embers of McGill
ke nomination of
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on the basis

-was unethical. The
“Shim the degree,
-confidential sesd-conflict at the

A
Principal
Jennifer Robinson
ly selected Cleghorn
Br year because of his
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and adminis-

factor contributing
crisis of that year.

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available to com-

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be,

to’ the

student.

employ

debt

Building,

suggesting that it amounted to solicitation for money from RBC.
Cleghorn is a graduate of'McGill and
a member of its Board of Governors.
He served as the Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of RBC until his

served

as

chairman

of

his wife,

established
Hormone

(CCSS), which governs the Student
Services fee, will decide how much

able,.

additional funding Mental Health

full-service

mental

health

have the money.

the Pattie
Laboratory

demand

you

students.

have

natives

The

for services,”

to come from an increase in the
Student Service fee, which cur-

rently ranges from $171.50 to
$206 for full-time students. Shore
said that such an increase would
be relatively small,- however.
“It’s not going to cost $100
more a year, it might cost ten dol-

lars, it might cost five dollars to
do this.... It’s about the price of a

in

the

short

term,

like

Senate

Committee

on the

Students hope Mental Health
Services will improve, soon.
“Jt was very disappointing. We put
so much time and effort into working on it. For it to. be taken down
so. casually, without: giving us a -reason.... It sucks,” said Hamdan.

Originally, SPHR had planned to
erect a physical “wall,” but were prohibited by- the university administration. No other displays were specifically forbidden,
“Basically, [Di Grappal just told us,
‘don’t get creative,” said Hamdan.

|

THE BLACHER AND GLASROT FAMILIES
RIAL AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST RESEARCH

SPHR said they were not aware
that the artistic representation

No “wall” for SPHR:
Concordia admin

ed in 2000. by Mr. and Mrs. Josef Glasrot, survivors of the Holocaust

Open to any student at McGill University, the

presented for excellence in research in Holocaust and related studies, ~

arly on the history of the ghettos of Warsaw and Kovno (Kaunas).
prepared in any course or independent research may be considered.
pd is administered by the Department of Jewish Studies in cooperathe Jewish Community Foundation. The award will be presented
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be based on primary or secondary materials and work

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of

ticularly

for

from. their administration after «their
illustrated representation of the IsraeliPalestinian

‘barrier was’

taken.

down

Wednesday..morning.
The illustration was put up Tuesday

as

part

of an

educational

exhibi-

tion. However, when Raya Hamdan,
SPHR’s executive of Finance and

Fundraising, arrived. at school early
Wednesday, she found Concordia
Security dismantling the display. The
+ security guards’ explained that they
were following the orders of Michael
Grappa,

President
SPHR
nation of
tration of

tact-information.

Solidarity.

would

Palestinian. Human. Rights. (SPHR)
Concordia are demanding answers

Di

is must submit 2 typed copies of their essays together with
can

its budget in March.
~ ” Ultimately,-new funding for
Mental Health Services will have

attend-

THE DEPARTMENT OF JEWISH STUDIES

ats of Montreal.

Services will ‘receive after it submits

So we’re years

McGill

CALL. FOR SUBMISSIONS:

of Student “Services

from having a building.”
But Shore noted that Student
Services is dévéloping new ways
to meet demand in the existing
space.
“We're talking about other alter-

having ‘some of our clinics in the
evenings.... We're going have to
try to find ways of double-using
ing McGill, who are farther from
certain offices. None of the solutheir home support structures.
“The more students you have ~ tions is completely satisfactory, but
we're doing our best.”
from outside; the greater the

out-of-Province.

Cleghorn Fund in Diabetes Research at
the Polypeptide
at McGill.

is

uted’ the increased demand” for
services to the higher number ‘of

the

McGill. Twenty-First Century Fund,
which ‘raised: $205-million,-and, along
- with

service

Dr. Norman Hoffman, Director
of:Mental Health Services, attrib-

as Chancellor

of Wilfred Laurier University until 2003.
also

the

currently housed.
“Part of the solution [to the
increased demand] is clearly, more
mental health professionals. But
quite honestly there’s no room for
them. This’ building is filled night
to the gills... We can’t add more
staff if we can’t add more space”
he ‘said, explaining ‘that’ Mental
Health Services needs to increase
the number of counsellors from 17
to at least 24.

an unnamed senator told the Montreal
Gazette in 2000.
Opponents
also questioned the
motivation behind the nomination,

and

where

Coordination

Hoffman also noted the importance of maintaining an affordservice at McGill.
“We. really want to continue a
full-service model. Montreal has
very few resources for people
unless they want to pay $60 to
$100 “a session.” .
Shore said that while Student
Services hopes to eventually
expand the Brown Building to
provide more space, these renovations should not be expected
in the immediate future:
“a building can't be expanded
in less than a couple of years.
There is an approval: process:....
You need city approval and all
kinds of things, and you have to

cent

date the extra staff in the Brown

time, lis] laying off 6,000 employees,”

in 2001,

per

services.
But Dr. Bruce Shore, Dean of
Students, that there’ would not
be’ enough room to accommo-

$1.8 billion in profit, and, at the same

retirement

50

more counsellors to keep up with
the rapidly rising demand for its

“There were some who asked
whether we should wait a few years,
because the Royal Bank has just made

He

‘opic
leaders.
and throughout
wn a commitment to

Gill
Mental
Health
Services will need to

members
“opposed
nomination because

they felt many of RBC’s practices were
unethical. The nomination was made at
the same time that a lange number of
RBC employees were. laid off, a move
that some senators believed was a major

he said.

ane 9l/3u&gt;1W

ment on the proceedings’ behind this
year’s decision, because it would breach

Some
senate.
Cleghorn’s» 2000.

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the

university's

Vice

of Services.
is still waiting for an explathe dismantling, to the frusits members.

present.
because

a

problem, . parit.

included.

a

written disclaimer that provided
definitions of the words “wall”
and “picture” in order to ensure
that no one thought they were
breaking the tules by erecting an.
actual barrier.
“We weren't trying to start a controversy, that’s not our aim, that’s not
what we're about,” Hamdan said.

Hamdan explained. that SPHR has
been attempting to arrange a’ meeting

with Di Grappa.

:

“We'd. like’ an’-explanation,” said
Hamdan. “We're going to do something about
here.”

it... We're

not stopping

The Concordia administration
will not speak to. the press until
Di Grappa. has_met with members
of SPHR.
—Claire.Crighton

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