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Working Group on Principles of Commemoration and Renaming
In response to our changing legal and moral standards, universities and other institutions have confronted calls for change 鈥� for instance that they cease commemorating a historical figure whose legacy no longer seems so worthy of celebration or that they change a name, for example that of a scholarship or building. With this broad context in mind, the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) has recently mandated Dean Anja Geitmann and Dean Robert Leckey to co-chair a Working Group on Principles of Commemoration and Renaming. The Working Group will recommend principles to guide the University in responding to calls for change in relation to naming and commemorative practices. The Working Group will submit a final report to the Provost at the end of 2018.
The Working Group is committed to consulting broadly and to benefiting from a wide range of perspectives and suggestions. We will invite a representative set of student and community groups to make brief presentations to the Working Group in March. We will hold open Town Hall meetings in September at which members of the University community will be able to share views on our draft report. In the meantime, there is an immediate opportunity to submit written submissions.
Written submissions
The Working Group welcomes brief written submissions from individual members of the University community and from on-campus groups (e.g., unions, student associations, clubs, media organizations). Submissions speaking directly to the principles that might guide McGill in responding to calls for change in relation to naming and commemorative practices would be extremely helpful. We recognize, though, that framing principles applicable to a range of cases is ultimately the task of the Working Group and that individuals might prefer to anchor their submissions to a particular case or cases.
Submissions, which should not exceed two pages, should be a Word or PDF attachment sent to commemoration.renaming [at] mcgill.ca (this address). If the submission is made on behalf of a constituency, please indicate it clearly.
Groupe de travail sur les principes r茅gissant la comm茅moration et les changements de nom
En raison de l鈥櫭﹙olution des normes juridiques et morales au sein de notre soci茅t茅, les universit茅s et autres institutions sont appel茅es 脿 changer leurs fa莽ons de faire, notamment en cessant d鈥檋onorer la m茅moire de personnages historiques dont l鈥檋茅ritage ne semble plus digne d鈥櫭猼re c茅l茅br茅 ou en modifiant le nom d鈥檜ne bourse d鈥櫭﹖udes ou d鈥檜n pavillon. Dans un tel contexte, le vice-principal ex茅cutif et vice-principal aux 茅tudes a r茅cemment demand茅 脿 la doyenne Anja Geitmann et au doyen Robert Leckey听de copr茅sider un Groupe de travail sur les principes r茅gissant la comm茅moration et les changements de nom. Le Groupe de travail recommandera des principes directeurs permettant 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 de donner suite aux demandes de changement en mati猫re de comm茅moration et de nom. Les membres du Groupe de travail听pr茅senteront听un rapport final au vice-principal ex茅cutif 脿 la fin de 2018.
Le Groupe de travail entend mener de vastes consultations et s鈥檌nspirer des commentaires et des suggestions de la communaut茅 mcgilloise. En mars, nous inviterons un groupe repr茅sentatif compos茅 d鈥櫭﹖udiants et de membres d鈥檃ssociations communautaires 脿 faire de br猫ves pr茅sentations au Groupe de travail. En septembre, nous organiserons des assembl茅es g茅n茅rales ouvertes pendant lesquelles les membres de la communaut茅 universitaire auront l鈥檕ccasion de s鈥檈xprimer sur la version pr茅liminaire de notre rapport. Entre-temps, ils sont invit茅s 脿 nous soumettre d猫s maintenant leurs observations 茅crites.
Observations 茅crites
Le Groupe de travail examinera avec int茅r锚t toutes les observations 茅crites soumises par des membres de la communaut茅 universitaire et des groupes de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill (p.听ex., syndicats, associations 茅tudiantes, clubs, organes m茅diatiques). Les observations portant sur les principes devant guider l鈥橴niversit茅 lors des comm茅morations et des changements de nom seront particuli猫rement utiles. Nous reconnaissons toutefois que l鈥檈ncadrement de ces principes dans leur ensemble rel猫ve essentiellement du Groupe de travail et que les membres de notre communaut茅 pourraient pr茅f茅rer formuler des observations portant sur un ou des cas en particulier.
Les observations, pr茅sent茅es dans un document en format Word ou PDF d鈥檜ne longueur maximale de deux pages, doivent nous parvenir par courriel 脿 commemoration.renaming [at] mcgill.ca (cette adresse). Si les observations sont formul茅es au nom d鈥檜n groupe, le document doit en faire clairement mention.
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Consultations
The Working Group will consult broadly as it completes its work. A schedule of public meetings will be maintained here.
Working Group Draft Report is available here.
| Town Hall | Wednesday, September 12, 2018 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Faculty of Law, room 312, New Chancellor Day Hall (3644, Peel Street, entry by the law library at 3660, Peel Street) |
| Town Hall | Wednesday, September 26, 2018 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, room MS2-022, Faculty Lounge, Ground Floor Macdonald Stewart Building (21111 Lakeshore) |