Secondary Schools' United Nations Symposium 2026

About the Conference

The Secondary Schools' United Nations Symposium is a high school conference run by McGill University students under IRSAM, a non profit student organisation. More than 250 McGill students staff it. The 34th edition, SSUNS 2026, runs from 12 to 15 November 2026 at the Sheraton hotel in Montreal. The organisers report more than 1,300 delegates from over 60 schools in Canada and abroad, across 26 committees. SSUNS is for high school and CEGEP students and bills itself as Canada's leading high school Model UN. The slate mixes General Assemblies and economic and social councils with specialised agencies, a French bilingual committee, joint crises and historical crisis rooms, and the programme includes a delegate gala. Registration had closed at capacity when this listing was checked. Committees 🩺 World Health Organization (Strengthening Support for Healthcare Workers in Emerging Markets) 🤝 Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Combatting Environmental Crime Worldwide) 💼 World Trade Organization (Integrating Climate Change Mitigation Into Global Trade Policy) 🌾 International Fund for Agricultural Development, Asia Pacific Office (Advancing Sustainable Agricultural Innovation in the Asia Pacific Region) 📚 Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Expanding the Global Reach of African Cinema) 🌍 SDG 12, Global Fashion Summit, Copenhagen 2027 (Environmental Extraction and Labour Exploitation in the Fast Fashion Industry) 🕊️ United Nations Human Rights Council (Preventing the Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders in Resource Extraction Conflicts) 🤝 International Civil Aviation Organization (Leveraging Aviation Technology in Disaster Relief) 📰 Penguin Random House, Board of Directors (Responding to the Generational Shift in Media Consumption) 🤝 The National Hockey League (2004 to 2005 NHL Lockout) ⚖️ International Court of Justice (Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand)) 🏛️ First Pan Slavic Congress of 1848 (Constructing the Slavic Identity) 🏛️ Ministry of Overseas France (French bilingual) (2009 Guadeloupe and Martinique Labor Strikes) 🌍 Cree and Inuit Summit (The James Bay Hydroelectric Project) 🏛️ War Council of Alexander the Great, 332 BC (The Siege of Tyre) 🤝 Ad Hoc Specialized Agency (Topic revealed at check in) 🏛️ The Great Game, 1837 (Russian Empire vs. British Empire) 🚨 The Festival Rivalry, 2027 (Osheaga vs. Lollapalooza) 🚨 The Fall of the House of Versace, 1997 (Board of Directors) 🏛️ Newsboys' Strike of 1899 🛡️ United Nations Security Council (The Falklands War (1982)) 🏛️ The Great Kurultai of the Mongol Empire, 1290 (Collapse of the Pax Mongolica and the struggle to control Eurasian trade) 🏛️ Burgundian Ministry (The War of the Burgundian Succession, 1477) 🚨 Ad Hoc of the Secretary General (Topic revealed at the opening)

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