Protest planned against 'insulting' McGill Redmen name

Sports teams using Indigenous names and imagery is nothing new. See the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians and Edmonton Eskimos, to name a few. But there is one outstanding example, closer to home.
The McGill Redmen name has got to go, according to Tomas Jirousek, who says the term is offensive to Indigenous people.
“It’s quite insulting,” the rowing team member said of the name for McGill’s 28 men’s sports teams, which has been in use since the 1920s. “It