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A second protest condemns the University's silence Last Thursday, A second student-led demonstration raising awareness for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took place at MacEwan University. The protest was called a “walkout” as students were encouraged to leave...
Tim Tang resigns Tim Tang, the associate vice-president of students at MacEwan, has resigned from his role and will return to the University of Alberta to take on an equivalent position with the same title. Tang has been with MacEwan for two years and oversaw a...
Crowds gathered for an emergency sit-in at Edmonton’s legislature grounds last Wednesday with calls to end the Israeli siege of Gaza. The event began with a short ceremony commemorating the victims, and many attendees were grieving. Gaza’s suffering is close to...
The aftermath of the horrific Hamas attack on Israeli Kibbutz has unleashed a bloodthirsty and brutal Zionist retribution upon the Palestinians. The real tragedy, however, is that this violence was, and still is, avoidable. Any solution that does not call for the...
During Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Canada, Yaroslav Hunka, a Waffen-SS veteran, introduced as a Second World War veteran “who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians,” received rapturous applause from the House of...
At 4 p.m. on Monday, roughly 60 people gathered in front of MacEwan University’s Robbins Health Learning Centre to demonstrate their support for Palestine in the wake of increasing violence with Israel. Protestors adorned themselves with green, white, and red...
After 1333 students out of a possible 15,548 eligible voters (8.6 per cent) cast their digital ballots, the results are in. Every candidate who ran this year will have a seat on the Students’ Council. The percentage of voters has increased by 32.3 per cent compared...
Did you know that MacEwan has a students’ council? It has 14 councillors and five executive committee members who represent the student body of MacEwan. Right now, it's election season for the councillors, and the Griff is here to help explain how this specific...
From Oct. 3 to Oct. 4, nominated candidates for the upcoming students’ council elections all set up in the SAMU building between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. MacEwan students were able to attend “Meet the Candidates” and learn more about the nominees for the student council...
On Sept. 20, 2023, the Students’ Council meeting started with an overview of SAMU’s 2023 Financial Audit which was presented by Patrick Moore, an assurance partner from Meyers Norris Penny (MNP).The presentation was followed by a question period. The primary topics...
The SAMU Executive Committee forum took place on March 9 in the SAMU building Lookout. The candidates for the election are: President: Gabriel Ambutong VP Academic: Stephan Vasquez; Nathan Poon VP External: Jakob Cardinal; Ismaeel El-Hakim VP Operations &...
SAMU Executive Committee (EC) elections for 2023 to 2024 are coming up next week on Mar. 14 to 16 and many fresh faces are running to amplify student voices. Several current Students’ Council members are running for EC positions and are currently campaigning for...