Welcome to Net Zero, your daily industry brief on clean energy and Canadian-resource politics. The Lead The Yukon government has struck agreements with several mining companies, resulting in the firms relinquishing a combined 5,031 mineral claims in the territory’s Peel watershed. The agreements are the result of the Peel land use plan, which was signed […]
MONTREAL After repeated demands and bouts of vandalism, McGill University has removed a statue of the school’s namesake James McGill. The university says it was removed from the school’s lower campus Friday after last week s act of vandalism added to previous damage. McGill (1744-1813) was a Scottish merchant who immigrated to Canada and became a furs and ammunition merchant. During his lifetime, McGill owned at least five Black and Indigenous slaves. A McGill spokesperson told CTV News the statue is being repaired and will remain out of the public eye indefinitely. Once it’s fixed, the university says it may be replaced in the lower campus or relocated somewhere else.
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Former McGill University Board of Governors (BoG) member Ehab Lotayef has resigned from his position as governor over the BoG’s refusal to table a motion that would mandate McGill to create and display an equity statement on campus. Lotayef wrote about his resignation and his experience sitting on the board […]