Declan McCool has reached an out-of-court settlement of his defamation suit against his accuser, McGill University, two student unions and the McGill Daily.
This year’s monumental shift to online learning has forced student clubs to adapt their event planning. As many clubs transitioned to virtual recruitment and meetings, the IRL (In Real Life) Events app kicked off its #irl11k contest in December 2020. The contest encouraged student organizations at universities across North America to propose virtual campus event ideas, with the winning campuses receiving a reward. At the start of 2021, McGill was awarded $11,000 to be distributed between three organizations on campus.
After a competitive evaluation process, events submitted by the McGill Hellenic Students Association (MHSA), Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS), and McGill Formula Electric (MFE/FSAE) were selected by IRL to split a prize of $11,000. Campus ambassador for IRL Events, Ionna Tzima, U3 Arts, explained the contest.