McGill University students have voted in favour of changing the name shared by the school’s varsity men’s sports teams, the Redmen, in a move they hope will pressure the university to respond in kind.
On Monday evening, students voted 78.8 per cent in favour of a change.
The non-binding referendum, organized by McGill’s student union, collected 5,856 votes — one of the highest participation rates for a vote of its kind at the university.
“Today, as students, we are defending values of respect and inclusion on campus,” a statement by the union said, adding it was thrilled by the result.
Tomas Jirousek, a third-year political science student at McGill from the Kainai First Nation in Alberta and a member of the men’s varsity rowing team, has been lobbying to remove the name.
McGill students vote to change Redmen sports teams’ name
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