Divestment and Democracy at a Canadian University

Authors

  • Dr. Gregory M. Mikkelson Cold Hollow to Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26443/jcreor.v2i1.35

Abstract

The campaign to divest the endowment of McGill University from fossil fuel has had amazing success in using scientific knowledge to inspire democratic action. Organizations collectively representing all students and academic staff, and most non-academic staff, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of divestment. There is one small problem, however. Unlike Oxford or Cambridge, where a majority vote among all faculty would be the final word about any and all university policy, McGill suffers rule by a plutocratic Board of Governors. This impairment parallels and connects with the stranglehold the fossil fuel industry has on Canadian environmental policy.

Author Biography

Dr. Gregory M. Mikkelson, Cold Hollow to Canada

Member of the Richford Woodlots Program, Chair of the Esplaneuve Green Alley Committee, Member of the Groupe de Recherche en Éthique Environnementale et Animale, CHC Keeping Track Monitoring Program tracker, volunteer for the Missisquoi River Basin Association

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Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

Mikkelson, Gregory M. 2020. “Divestment and Democracy at a Canadian University”. Journal of the Council for Research on Religion 2 (1). Montreal, QC, Canada:1-16. https://doi.org/10.26443/jcreor.v2i1.35.