About the IDSSA
The McGill International Development Studies Students Association (IDSSA) comprises the over one thousand undergraduate international development studies students at McGill University. All undergraduate students in the international development major, minor, honours, or joint honours program are automatically a member of the IDSSA.
This IDSSA’s goal is to advocate for students’ academic interests and provide opportunities to extend their engagement in international development beyond the classroom through panels, career fairs, case competitions, and socials.
For any questions, concerns, inquiries, or event suggestions, please email us at: idssamcgill@gmail.com
McGill University, and the International Development Studies Students’ Association (IDSSA), is founded upon the unceded traditional territories of Indigenous peoples, namely the Haudenosaunee Confederacy who are also known as the Guardians of the Eastern Door, and Anishinabeg Nations. More specifically, our campus is built on territory that has long acted as a site of meeting and exchange amongst the Kanien’kehá:ka peoples, who are the rightful stewards of these lands and waters. We are settlers here on Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), which is situated in the larger Turtle Island (North America). It is important to keep this constantly in our minds, so that we can move forward actively resisting neocolonialism in all of its forms and manifestations.
L’Université McGill est située sur une terre qui a longtemps servi de lieu de rencontre et d’échange entre les peuples autochtones. Nous résidons actuellement à Tiohtiá: ke (Montréal), qui est située sur la plus grande île aux tortues (Amérique du Nord). Nous existons sur un territoire traditionnel non cédé, où les nations Haudenosaunee et Anishinabeg, en particulier les peuples Kanien’kehá: ka, également connus comme les Gardiens de la porte orientale, sont les gardiens traditionnels de ces terres et de ces eaux. Il est important que nous allions de l’avant en gardant cela constamment dans nos esprits, afin de pouvoir activement résister au néo-colonialisme sous toutes ses formes et manifestations.
Find out more here / En savoir plus: https://native-land.ca/
Donate to the Montreal Native Women’s Shelter / Faites un don au refuge pour femmes autochtones de Montréal: http://www.nwsm.info/
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IDSSA Weekly Newsletter
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Office
For more information about the IDSSA, to meet the executives, or if you’re just looking for a space on campus to study, stop by the IDSSA Office at 3610 McTavish! We’re located on the first floor. The office is open to all IDS students during office hours!
Constitution
View the IDSSA Constitution here: