'Today, ‘Redmen’ is widely acknowledged as an offensive term for indigenous peoples, as evidenced by major English dictionaries,” the university's principal and vice-chancellor wrote in a letter to the campus.
McGill announced Friday it would drop the mascot"Redmen" for its men's sports teams. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow April 12 at 2:02 PM McGill University in Montreal announced Friday it would drop the mascot “Redmen” for its men’s sports teams, capping a contentious discussion over one of Canada’s oldest college’s athletic identity.
“Neither language, nor perceptions of language, are fixed; they change as the world changes,” Suzanne Fortier, the university principal and vice-chancellor, wrote in a letter to the campus on Friday. “McGill did not adopt the Redmen name as a reference to North American indigenous peoples. However, the name has been associated with indigenous peoples at different points in our history.
Before that, women’s teams were called the “Squaws” or the “Super Squaws” as a derivative of the men’s teams’ “Redmen” moniker.
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