a conversation with four years of mcgill presidents’ emails

by jane

SUZANNE FORTIER: As some of you may be aware, the sculpture of James McGill on lower campus was vandalized last weekend.

hell yeah may he rest in piss

SUZANNE FORTIER: We know that James McGill’s personal history included different dimensions.

he enslaved people

SUZANNE FORTIER: The University has taken steps to recognize publicly the complexity of his life.

bitch, please

SUZANNE FORTIER: The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has been a source of deep preoccupation to many of us.

have you publicly recognized the complexity of the situation?

SUZANNE FORTIER: McGill University thus stands in solidarity with Ukrainian universities, and with their students, faculty, and staff across that country. 

ok

DEEP SAINI: I am excited to write to you today as I begin my mandate as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.

i’m sure you are

DEEP SAINI: I have watched with horror the immense suffering and loss of human life that Hamas caused through its heinous terrorist attack on Israel.

Gaza has been under siege for 20 years and its people have been murdered, brutalized, and incarcerated by the IOF relentlessly, to say nothing of the 77-year occupation of Palestine. 

where were you?

DEEP SAINI: McGill, as a university, must remain mindful of its academic mission and refrain from commenting or taking a position on a geopolitical crisis.

oh, convenient. not when it’s ukraine or the slave trade, right?

you take a lot of money from zionist institutes. that seems a little geopolitical of you

DEEP SAINI: Efforts to resolve the issue through dialogue have been unsuccessful, culminating in the emergence of disturbing antisemitic rhetoric.

lol wow. you can dialogue with deez – are those sirens? bitch, did you call the cops?

DEEP SAINI: The Montreal police (SPVM) mobilized and made multiple arrests. McGill thanks the police for their expertise in handling the situation.