Demilitarize Remembrance

On November 11th, 2015, the Royal Canadian Legion brings active and veteran members of the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), artillery, armoured vehicles, and other weapons to McGill’s downtown campus for Montreal’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony.

Anti-recruitment presence at TechFair 2015

Students opposed to military recruitment were present at this year’s edition of the McGill TechFair, where Canadian spy agency CSEC and defense contractor CAE, among other companies with military ties, were recruiting McGill students. At New Residence Hall on October 7, 2015, the anti-military students held a banner reading ‘Demilitarize McGill’ and distributed the flyer reproduced below. Anti-recruitment actions at this job fair in the late 2000s were the principal reason that Canadian Forces recruiters were dis-invited from the event. Students and others are aware they can do the same for CSEC, CAE, and all organizations involved in strengthening military power.

Blockade of James Administration (March 2015)

The James Administration Building was shut down by a group of around 30 people on the morning of March 24, 2015. Opponents of military research and austerity blocked access to the building starting at 7:45am and remained in place despite a heavy police presence on campus. The James Building contains the offices of the Vice-Principal, Research and the Office of Sponsored Research, which oversee military research contracts on campus. Many workers had gone home for the day by the time the group decided to end the blockade at 10:00am.

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