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Association MOA 1 (Expiry Date) Audited Financial Statements University-Level Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) (Undergraduate) May 31, 2016 1992-2011 Post-Graduate Students' Society (PGSS) (Graduate) May 31, 2020 N/A McGill Association of Continuing Education Students (MACES) (Continuing Studies) May 31, 2017 2012 Macdonald Campus Students' Society (MCSS) (Macdonald Campus) May 31, 2020 N/A Faculty-Level Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) May 31, 2020 N/A Dental Students' Society (DSS) May 31, 2021 N/A Education Undergraduate Society (EdUS) May 31, 2021 N/A Engineering Undergrad Society (EUS) May 31, 2018 N/A Law Students' Association (LSA) May 31, 2019 Available on request Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) May 31, 2020 N/A Medical Students’ Society (MSS) May 31, 2019 N/A Music Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA) May 31, 2020 N/A Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) N/A Special-Interest Groups McGill Daily and Le Délit May 31, 2018 N/A McGill Tribune May 31, 2020 N/A Radio CKUT May 31, 2017 N/A Legal Information Clinic at McGill May 31, 2020 N/A Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) May 31, 2017 2010-11 Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) The relationship between a student association and the University is outlined in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which typically lasts five years. 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Association MOA 1 (Expiry Date) Audited Financial Statements University-Level Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) (Undergraduate) May 31, 2016 1992-2011 Post-Graduate Students' Society (PGSS) (Graduate) May 31, 2020 N/A McGill Association of Continuing Education Students (MACES) (Continuing Studies) May 31, 2017 2012 Macdonald Campus Students' Society (MCSS) (Macdonald Campus) May 31, 2020 N/A Faculty-Level Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) May 31, 2020 N/A Dental Students' Society (DSS) May 31, 2021 N/A Education Undergraduate Society (EdUS) May 31, 2021 N/A Engineering Undergrad Society (EUS) May 31, 2018 N/A Law Students' Association (LSA) May 31, 2019 Available on request Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) May 31, 2020 N/A Medical Students’ Society (MSS) May 31, 2019 N/A Music Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA) May 31, 2020 N/A Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) N/A Special-Interest Groups McGill Daily and Le Délit May 31, 2018 N/A McGill Tribune May 31, 2020 N/A Radio CKUT May 31, 2017 N/A Legal Information Clinic at McGill May 31, 2020 N/A Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) May 31, 2017 2010-11 Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) The relationship between a student association and the University is outlined in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which typically lasts five years. 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Association MOA 1 (Expiry Date) Audited Financial Statements University-Level Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) (Undergraduate) May 31, 2016 1992-2011 Post-Graduate Students' Society (PGSS) (Graduate) May 31, 2020 N/A McGill Association of Continuing Education Students (MACES) (Continuing Studies) May 31, 2017 2012 Macdonald Campus Students' Society (MCSS) (Macdonald Campus) May 31, 2020 N/A Faculty-Level Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) May 31, 2020 N/A Dental Students' Society (DSS) May 31, 2021 N/A Education Undergraduate Society (EdUS) May 31, 2021 N/A Engineering Undergrad Society (EUS) May 31, 2018 N/A Law Students' Association (LSA) May 31, 2019 Available on request Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) May 31, 2020 N/A Medical Students’ Society (MSS) May 31, 2019 N/A Music Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA) May 31, 2020 N/A Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) N/A Special-Interest Groups McGill Daily and Le Délit May 31, 2018 N/A McGill Tribune May 31, 2020 N/A Radio CKUT May 31, 2017 N/A Legal Information Clinic at McGill May 31, 2020 N/A Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) May 31, 2017 2010-11 Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) The relationship between a student association and the University is outlined in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which typically lasts five years. 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<div id="node-99" class="node clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p style="text-align:center"><span>On this page:</span><br/><a href="#university-level">University-level Associations</a> | <a href="#faculty-level">Faculty-level Associations</a><br/><a href="#Special-Interest Groups">Special-Interest Groups </a>|<a href="#moa">Memoranda of Agreement (MOA)</a></p> <p style="text-align:center"><span class="image-caption-container"><img title="Photo by Claudio Calligaris" height="200" width="500" class="file-extra-large" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/images/20090430_6934_openair_1.jpg?itok=I7g89ypn" alt=""/><span class="image-caption">Photo by Claudio Calligaris</span></span></p> <p>Currently, there are four University-level and nine faculty-level student associations. In addition, there are six University-recognized special-interest groups or activities.</p> <table><tr><th><strong>Association</strong></th> <th> <p><strong>MOA <a href="#moa"><sup>1</sup></a></strong></p> <p><strong>(Expiry Date)</strong></p> </th> <th><strong>Audited Financial Statements</strong></th> </tr><tr><td> <h4><a name="university-level"></a>University-Level</h4> </td> <td> <h4> </h4> </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/" target="_blank">Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) </a>(Undergraduate)</td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/ssmu_moa.pdf">May 31, 2016</a></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/about-us/who-we-are/fiscal-responsibility/">1992-2011</a></td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://pgss.mcgill.ca/" target="_blank">Post-Graduate Students' Society (PGSS)</a> (Graduate)</td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/pgss_moa_exp_2020-05-31.pdf" target="_blank">May 31, 2020</a></td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://maces.mcgill.ca/" target="_blank">McGill Association of Continuing Education Students (MACES)</a> (Continuing Studies)</td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/maces_moa.pdf">May 31, 2017</a></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.maces.ca/apps/documents/">2012</a></td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://mcss.mcgill.ca/" target="_blank">Macdonald Campus Students' Society (MCSS)</a> (Macdonald Campus)</td> <td> <p><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"/> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/mcss_moa_exp_2020.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=21544919" title="mcss_moa_exp_2020.pdf">May 31, 2020</a></span></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td> <h4><a name="faculty-level"></a>Faculty-Level</h4> </td> <td> <h4> </h4> </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://ausmcgill.com/construction/" target="_blank">Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS)</a></p> </td> <td> <p><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"/> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/aus_moa_exp_2020_web.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=9415213" title="aus_moa_exp_2020_web.pdf">May 31, 2020</a></span></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/https://www.facebook.com/DSSmcgill" target="_blank">Dental Students' Society (DSS)</a></td> <td> <p><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"/> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/dss_moa_exp_2021_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=17470773" title="dss_moa_exp_2021.pdf">May 31, 2021</a></span></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.edusmcgill.com/#!" target="_blank">Education Undergraduate Society (EdUS)</a></td> <td> <p><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"/> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/edus_moa_exp_2021_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=22347742" title="edus_moa_exp_2021.pdf">May 31, 2021</a></span></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgilleus.ca/" target="_blank">Engineering Undergrad Society (EUS)</a></td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/eus_moa_exp_may18_final_0.pdf" target="_blank">May 31, 2018</a></td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.lsa-aed.ca/" target="_blank">Law Students' Association (LSA)</a></td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/lsa_moa_exp_2019.pdf">May 31, 2019</a></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.lsa-aed.ca/executive">Available on request</a></td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.musonline.com/" target="_blank">Management Undergraduate Society (MUS)</a></td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning//mus_moa_exp_2020-05-31.pdf" target="_blank">May 31, 2020</a></td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/https://www.facebook.com/MSSmcgill" target="_blank">Medical Students’ Society (MSS)</a></td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/mss_moa_exp_2019.pdf">May 31, 2019</a></td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://musamcgill.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Music Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA)</a></td> <td> <p><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"/> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/moa_exp_2020_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=16727989" title="moa_exp_2020.pdf">May 31, 2020</a></span></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.susmcgill.com/" target="_blank">Science Undergraduate Society (SUS)</a></td> <td> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> <h4><a name="Special-Interest Groups"></a>Special-Interest Groups</h4> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgilldaily.com/" target="_blank">McGill Daily</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.delitfrancais.com/" target="_blank">Le Délit</a></td> <td><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/daily_moa_exp_2018-05-31_signed_0.pdf">May 31, 2018</a></td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgilltribune.com/" target="_blank">McGill Tribune</a></p> </td> <td> <p><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/tribune_moa_exp_2020-05-31.pdf" target="_blank">May 31, 2020</a></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://ckut.ca/c/" target="_blank">Radio CKUT</a></p> </td> <td> <p><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/ckut_moa.pdf">May 31, 2017</a></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://mlic.mcgill.ca/" target="_blank">Legal Information Clinic at McGill</a></p> </td> <td> <p><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/revised_2015-09-08_signed_moa.pdf">May 31, 2020</a></p> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr><tr><td> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://qpirgmcgill.org/" target="_blank">Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG)</a></p> </td> <td> <p><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://www.mcgill.ca/studentlifeandlearning/files/studentlifeandlearning/qpirg_moa.pdf">May 31, 2017</a></p> </td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313125820/http://qpirgmcgill.org/about/finances/">2010-11</a></td> </tr></table><h3><a name="moa"></a>Memoranda of Agreement (MOA)</h3> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0.8em; 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