UAEM MCGILL

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is a global network of students that fight to make life-saving medicines affordable and accessible for all. Since universities develop many of the medical technologies that end up in the hands of pharmaceutical companies, students have the power to encourage universities to adopt equitable licensing practices (we’ve done it!). This year, McGill’s UAEM chapter is collaborating with McGill faculty, the Montreal Neurological Institute, the Center for Artistic Activism, and UAEM chapters around the world, to focus on three main projects; (1) Developing an Open Science resource guide for student researchers, (2) Educational programming about access to medicines and strategic activism, and (3) leading the Canadian team for the international Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 Campaign.