Overview

• On August 8, four McGill University unions representing professors, staff and teaching assistants issued an open letter accusing the administration of threatening a social-justice student group’s funding as retaliation for its pro-Palestinian stance.
• In January, McGill sent a default notice to the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) demanding it cease backing Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance or face funding suspension.
• The university announced in May that it would terminate its funding agreement with the undergraduate student union over its ties to pro-Palestinian protest activities.
• Unions contend these administrative sanctions constitute intimidation that undermines free speech rights and campus governance autonomy.
• McGill maintains its actions enforce conduct policies and contractual obligations and says the funding dispute has entered arbitration.