Elaine Genest
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News
Momentum the Only Full Slate Running in ASFA Elections
This year, only one slate is running in the ASFA elections, with no oppositions between candidates.
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News
Concordia Student Union Candidates Debate Ahead Elections
Candidates for the upcoming Concordia Student Union general elections had their chance to go head-to-head to debate topics ranging from fee-levies to student engagement.
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News
Health Insurance for Concordia International Students Too Expensive
For the upcoming 2019 General Elections, the Concordia Student Union will be asking for support through a referendum question to add an international student health plan to the union’s mandate.
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News
Police Brutality March Ends in Two Arrests, ‘No Injuries’
Pedestrians were urged to evacuate Sherbrooke St. as protesters smashed car windows, rolled dumpster fires down the street, and set off fireworks at the height of the 23rd annual anti-police brutality march.
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News
Students Frustrated With Sexual Violence Committee
“Talk to us,” said Camille Thompson, external and mobilization coordinator at the Concordia Student Union, about the lack of communication between Concordia’s sexual misconduct committee and students.
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News
English Department Climate Review Open About Faculty Sexual Violence
In a new report looking at the climate in Concordia’s English department, students and alumni reported on going sexual violence and harassment on the part of faculty.
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News
Liberal Arts College Sparks Debate After Cancelling Speaker
A debate on censorship and free speech was provoked after the Liberal Arts College disinvited a keynote speaker because of his views on feminism.
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Fringe Arts
Kapara Vintage Thrifting For The Environment
The thrift boutique Kapara Vintage is in Montreal this weekend as a pop-up shop against fast fashion.
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News
Date of Unlimited Strike Against Unpaid Internships Confirmed
The Quebec-wide coalition against unpaid internships has set March 18 as the date for their general unlimited strike.
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Opinions
Territorial Acknowledgements Aren’t Enough
Concordia lacks perspective, and it lacks valid Indigenous education.
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News
Consent Training Now Mandatory For All ASFA Employees
Consent training for all employees of the Arts and Science Federation of Association has been implemented after a council meeting Thursday night.
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News
Concordia Creative Writing Professor Harassment Allegations Dropped
A Concordia professor in the creative writing program was cleared of sexual harassment allegations last September without notifying the students who filed the complaint, the CBC has just revealed.
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News
‘Unacceptable’ Panelist Sparked Tense Debate During Sexual Misconduct Conversation
What was initially planned as being an open conversation about sexual misconduct on campus quickly escalated into a back-and-forth debate between the panelists.
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News
CSU Still Needs Student Consent To Implement Online Voting
The Concordia Student Union’s General Coordinator Sophie Hough-Martin said she’s worried of the possibility of legal action since their January by-election didn’t specify that the implementation of online voting would require access to students’ personal information.
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News
Concordia Student Union To Now Run Elections Through Online Voting
Undergraduates overwhelmingly voted in favour of online voting during the Concordia Student Union’s by-elections, with 96 per cent of participating students in support.
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News
Montreal’s Women’s March to Fight Against Gendered Violence
On the third annual Women’s march, about 100 people gathered at the Gamelin Square in -22 C weather to show their support for women and girls who have suffered abuse in their lifetime.
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News
Over 55 Cities March in Solidarity With Wet’suwet’en Nation
Protesters denounced the invasion of militarized Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the unceded Wet’suwet’en nation in northern British Columbia for pipeline access on Tuesday night.
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News
Concordia Student Union Cuts Ties with Our Turn National
Minutes after a phone call regarding their funding towards Our Turn National, Concordia Student Union Financial Executive John Hutton received an email from the organization informing him they’ve incorporated. The letter mentioned that Our Turn, a student-led organization that aims to end sexual violence on campuses across Canada, and gives thanks to the previous board for their service and work.
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News
CSU Councillors and Candidates Demand Resignation of Election CEO
Concordia Student Union councillors and candidates in the by-election sent out an email Friday morning to Chief Electoral Officer Claire Girard-Moreau demanding her resignation.
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News
Concordia President Alan Shepard Leaving University
Concordia President Alan Shepard announced on Thursday afternoon he will be leaving the university to become the President of Western University in Ontario.