Jane Gatensby
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NewsFrom Strike to Boycott
Barring a complete turnaround by higher education minister Pierre Duchesne, the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante will not be attending Quebec’s summit on higher education.
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NewsQuestions Remain Over University Research
Discussion of university research in Quebec was met with a flood of conflicting opinions…
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NewsCSU to host Education Summit Town Hall
Quebec’s summit on higher education is only weeks away, and the Concordia Student Union’s consultation campaign is now kicking into high gear.
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NewsRed Squares, Red Feathers
After a year of marching with the carré rouge pinned to coats, lapels and backpacks, activists are now donning Idle No More’s red feather—joining a slew of movements attempting to work together to overcome shared struggles.
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More Cuts to Universities On The Horizon
The third of four thematic meetings leading towards next month’s province-wide summit on higher education began on an ambiguous note.
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NewsThe Burden of Budget Cuts
In response to recent cuts made to Concordia’s operating budget, the school’s administration has reached out to the ConU community in search of solutions to its newfound financial woes.
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NewsProvincial Cuts Threaten Research at Concordia
University researchers and administrators are rattled by the provincial government’s…
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Fringe ArtsUrbania Goes Anglo
Sometimes, as a reader, you come across an idea that has been bouncing around your head for so long, it’s as though the author was reading your mind when they wrote it. “Yes!” you say. “That’s exactly what I was thinking!”
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NewsTuition Stalemate at Summit Meeting
At the second thematic meeting in the run-up to the summit on higher education, the Quebec university community failed to come to a consensus on the issue of tuition fees.
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NewsUniversity Budgets Slashed
The Parti Québécois government announced cuts of $124 million to universities on Dec. 6, leaving administrations scrambling to balance budgets.
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NewsNegotiations on Quality Reveal Divisions Between Student Associations
Friday’s discussion on quality in higher education revealed partitions among Quebec’s student federations…
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NewsToward the Table
After months of anticipation, the Parti Québécois government has announced that its summit on universities will take place mid-February—almost a year after the Quebec student strikes began.
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Special IssueFour Is the Magic Number
Throughout the strikes, protests and general commotion of last spring, access to education was the concern du jour among all those who donned red squares to protest tuition hikes.
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Laval Anthro Students on Strike
The Association des étudiantes et étudiants en anthropologie at Université Laval in Quebec City held a one-day strike on Oct 18.
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Taking Stock Of The Student Movement
With the Liberals out of office, the hikes cancelled and Law 12 repealed, the future of the student movement is ambiguous
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NewsAnti-Police Protestors Few, Non-Violent
Despite black masks and anti-police slogans, Saturday night’s anti-police brutality protest was largely calm and peaceful.
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NewsOccupons Le Sud-Ouest
Last fall, a blog post by a leftist Canadian magazine Adbusters helped birth a movement.
