Montreal’s McGill University board rejects racial justice motion

Montreal’s McGill University board rejects racial justice motion

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“Now, as we stand, so many more people have heard about the statement then would have,” says Ehab Lotayef, who resigned from McGill University's board of governors after a motion endorsing racial justice was rejected. Sacha Obas reports.

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