McGill University has dropped the Redmen name for its sports teams, effective immediately.
Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statement Friday that the Redmen name has caused pain and alienation for Indigenous students at the university.
"Today, 'Redmen' is widely acknowledged as an offensive term for Indigenous peoples, as evidenced by major English dictionaries," Fortier said. "While this derogatory meaning of the word does not reflect the beliefs of generations of McGill athletes who have proudly competed wearing the university's colours, we cannot ignore this contemporary understanding."
The university released a working group report in December that revealed deep divisions between students and alumni who defend the nearly century-old name and those who find it offensive. On the other side was a group of alumni who reported feeling such strong attachment to the Redmen name that they said they would never again donate to McGill, would discourage their children from applying to the school and would "consider McGill dead to ," if the name were dropped.
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