Erika Morris

Montreal Women’s March Takes Place to Fight for Intersectional Rights

Rally Takes Place a Year After Trump Inauguration

Erika Morris — Published January 21, 2018 | Comments

Hundreds of people holding hands chant Alicia Keys’ lyrics “I’m on fire, I am powerful” in solidarity, prompted by artist Barbara Chin.
Montreal Drag Queens Challenge Gender Norms

Mado Lamotte, Crystal Nebula, Lizzy Strange and Will Charmer Share Their Stories

Erika Morris — Published January 9, 2018 | Comments

Whatever goes, drag performers work on challenging our preconceived ideas of gender.
Protesters Demand More Rights For Tenants

Groups Claim Government Office Favours Landlords

Erika Morris — Published December 8, 2017 | Comments

In front of the Régie du logement’s Montreal office, an effigy was destroyed by a crowd of about 80 people on Thursday.
Former Stinger Marilyse Roy-Viau is a Boss

Veteran Women’s Basketball Player Is Now Director of Basketball Operations

Erika Morris — Published November 7, 2017 | Comments

After graduating from the leisure science program last year, Marilyse Roy-Viau, affectionately nicknamed Red by teammates, is back at Concordia as the director of basketball operations for the Stingers women’s team.
Why Don’t Men Cry?

Was The Cure Right?

Erika Morris — Published November 7, 2017 | Comments

In an iconic tune by The Cure, Robert Smith sang, “I try to laugh about it/hiding the tears in my eyes/cause boys don’t cry.”
Robin Hoods March in Villeray

Coalition Main Rouge protests Couillard Government

Erika Morris — Published October 31, 2017 | Comments

A crowd of about 400 people marched to protest against austerity and the Couillard government in Villeray this Saturday.
Night of the Homeless Holds 28th Solidarity March

Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal, Projet Montréal, and Québec Solidaire Show Support

Erika Morris — Published October 21, 2017 | Comments

A group of about 300 people marched from Square Phillips to Square Cabot in solidarity with Montreal’s homeless on Friday night.
Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality Major Comes to Concordia

Program Expected to be Implemented as of September 2018

Erika Morris — Published October 3, 2017 | Comments

A new interdisciplinary studies in sexuality major was conditionally approved by the Quebec government, announced principal of the Simone De Beauvoir Institute, Kimberley Manning, at the university’s first Queer Homecoming earlier this month.
Development of Immersive Environments and Virtual Reality in Montreal

Research, Projects, and Play-Ins at Concordia and the Phi Centre

Erika Morris — Published October 3, 2017 | Comments

In Montreal, there’s a lot of work being done in the technology’s development. Virtual reality, or immersive environments, is a technology that lets a person dive into a new world through a set of glasses coupled with audio and hand tracking that monitors your position in a virtual environment.
Concordia Truth and Democracy Lecture Series Kicks Off

Year-Long Series Features Journalism and Social Science

Erika Morris — Published September 30, 2017 | Comments

*In an age where a man holding the most powerful position calls most news fake and conspiracy theories are rising, who can we trust?
Concordia Celebrates First Queer Homecoming

New Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality Major Announced

Erika Morris — Published September 18, 2017 | Comments

The conditional approval of a new Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality major was announced at Concordia’s first ever Queer Homecoming by principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute Kimberley Manning Wednesday night.
Making Your Queer Dreams Come True

Gender B(l)ender Provides a Judgement-Free Stage

Erika Morris — Published September 7, 2017 | Comments

Last month’s Gender B(l)ender went off without a hitch! Here’s a little bit of insight on what this event is all about.
Dark Techno Art Party Takes Over Fonderie Darling

Exposé Noir comes to Montreal.

Erika Morris — Published September 7, 2017 | Comments

The air is electric as multi-colored light beams and strobes illuminate close to 700 people of various ages and backgrounds, shuffling and gyrating to breakbeat and mind-bending techno.
Peaceful Black Lives Matter Protesters Are Pushed At Pride Parade

Protesters Call for Higher Inclusion of Black and Trans Rights at Pride

Erika Morris — Published August 23, 2017 | Comments

Employees of Pride Montreal then broke the circle of protesters and took away Rose’s megaphone. People in the crowd shouted at them to “shut up during the moment of silence” and others even pushed them.
Paul Van Dyk Reflects on His DJ Career and What’s to Come

The Release of a New Album and an Ongoing Global Tour

Erika Morris — Published May 12, 2017 | Comments

Seasoned DJ Matthias Paul, otherwise known as Paul Van Dyk, talks about his career as a DJ and a little about his upcoming album
Québec Solidaire Strives for Inclusivity

QS Wants to Make its Program More Accessible to Anglophones

Erika Morris — Published April 8, 2017 | Comments

QS’s Members of the National Assembly spoke on sovereignty and making their program more accessible to English speaking Quebecers to an audience of about 75 in St. Henri.
Crafting Her Own Life

Cedar-Eve Peters Lives the Self-Supporting Dream

Erika Morris — Published March 28, 2017 | Comments

Montreal based artist Cedar-Eve Peters is a regular at the weekly Concordia Farmers’ Markets.
Microaggressions Are a Form of Violence

Erika Morris — Published March 6, 2017 | Comments

Ignorance isn’t normal. We need to stop passing hateful comments off as casual statements.
Ending the Stigma on Queer Black People and AIDS

American Professor Marlon M. Bailey Gives a Reminder to Humanize

Erika Morris — Published February 13, 2017 | Comments

On Thursday evening, all eyes were on Marlon M. Bailey as he put on a performance narrating the lives of five queer Black people suffering from HIV/AIDS based off his previous research.