By Peggy Curran, published 2010/02/09 in University City (Montreal Gazette)
The campaign to Demilitarize McGill will live to fight another day.
Or at least another month.
McGill is citing a procedural glitch for postponing a vote at Wednesday’s Senate meeting on a controversial rewrite of the university’s ethics guidelines for research.
While the plan to change wording Regulation on the Conduct of Research may come up for general discussion, officials say it won’t be put to a vote until at least the next meeting of the university’s governing body next month.
Nikki Bozinoff, a recent McGill graduate and spear-carrier for Demilitarize McGill , says her people won’t be taking any chances and will show up, just in case senators opt to overlook the technicalities and go ahead with the vote.
On Tuesday, she sent an open letter to McGill’s senators which outlines the group’s perspective on what’s at stake.