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As per the Constitution, the Union will be holding its second Annual General Assembly on Friday, September 29, 2023, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm in the Senate Room, Leacock 232.

Items on the agenda:

Executive committee reports
Financial statement March-August 2023
Bargaining update
Elections of the Union Executive Committee

The following positions are open for nomination:

President
Vice President
Grievance Officer
Communication and Mobilization Officer
Budget Officer

The nomination form can be found here.

Nomination forms must be signed by the nominee and five (5) members of the Union in good standing. The form must include the candidate’s name, the position(s) applied for, the department of the candidate, languages spoken, and relevant contact information.

Completed nomination forms should be submitted by email at mail@mcliu.ca or to be dropped at the Union office, located at 3641 University Street, suite 105, Montreal H3A 2B3, by appointment.

The deadline for nomination is Friday, September 22, 2023, at noon.

The following nominations have been received:

President: Raad Jassim (Faculty of Engineering, Desautels and SCS)
Vice President: Ahmad Munir (Faculty of Arts)
Grievance Officer: Nick Papatheodorakos (Desautels)
Communication & Mobilization Officer: Fabienne Cyrius (Desautels)
Budget Officer: Tariq Nizami (Desautels and SCS)

Get-together, September 1, 2023

09-2-2023

September 1st Get-Together

At left, Union President Raad Jassim addresses the gathering. At right, the union executive, standing left to right: Budget Officer Tariq Nizami, President Raad Jassim, Mobilization Officer Fabienne Cyrius, VP Bargaining Ahmad Munir, Grievance Officer Maître Nick Papatheodorakos.

Temporary closure of Davis House as a preventive measure

08-22-2023

This email is to inform you of the temporary closure of Davis House as a preventive measure taken by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS).

This decision was taken in response to recurrent concerns regarding the air quality in Davis House. The health, safety, and wellness of all remains FMHS’ priority.

FMHS is working to identify suitable alternate spaces for the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy teaching, research and administrative functions presently housed in Davis House.

A communication has been sent to all concerned, of which a copy is attached below.

We will keep you abreast of the evolution of the situation.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Yolande Wong, MBA, CRHA
Human Resources Advisor / Conseillère en ressources humaines
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences / Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé
yolande.wong@mcgill.ca

Dear SPOT colleagues,

In response to recurrent concerns regarding the air quality in Davis House, in consultation with Dean Fellows and the FMHS leadership, we have decided to temporarily close the building to regular use by staff, faculty and students.

We are working now to identify suitable alternate space for the SPOT teaching, research and admin functions presently housed in Davis House. We are in a process with Marlene and Spencer and and the Building Infrastructure Management Office to determine what those re-arrangements will involve. Faculty members are encouraged to work from home or from other locations they have access to (where feasible), while the University and the FMHS teams identify suitable alternative space.

We have identified the space and activities affected and are operationalizing a working plan. Davis House will be placed on card reader access. Colleagues will be able to visit their office to pick up needed items, but otherwise are requested to not work from their offices. In order to retrieve items, a mask should be worn as a precautionary measure.

As far as teaching space goes, most of the impact will be on the activities scheduled in D20, D3 and DB6. We are reviewing the Davis room bookings with Marlene in order to identify needed relocations. If there are other ‘ad hoc’ expectations for the use of Davis, please do advise me and your program director so they can be included in the planning. I ask that you not contact Marlene directly please. If you have further questions, please reach out directly to me.

We appreciate that this is disruptive. All involved are working to resolve this quickly.

Best regards,
Laurie

Laurie M. Snider OT, PhD
Director & Associate Dean
School of Physical & Occupational Therapy | McGill University
3654 Sir-William-Osler Montreal, QC H3G 1Y5 |
514-398-4501 | www.mcgill.ca/spot/