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Special IssueThe Beloved Island
“It feels real—it feels like real Montreal. It’s not pretty, but it’s a kind of a different type of beauty: real, cool, relaxed, urban and sexy. That’s the Montreal that I like.”
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NewsInvigilators Vote Yes to Unionization
In a vote held in November and December, Concordia’s exam supervisors opted to officially organize as a union group under the auspices of Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia.
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NewsConcordia Teaching Assistant Union Put in Trusteeship
According to documents obtained by The Link, the union for Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia (TRAC) has been put into trusteeship by its parent union Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).
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Invigilators One Step Closer to Unionization
In the latest development in a months-long dispute with the university over pay and working conditions, Concordia’s invigilators will vote in November on whether they want to form an official union.
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NewsDeadline Extended on FEUQ Survey
The Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec has extended the deadline on its Survey of the Living Conditions of Quebec University Students to April 25 after the Concordia Student Union failed to give its students ample time to complete it.
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NewsA Look at the YMCA’s Homelessness Prevention Program in Montreal’s Central Bus Station
At the Gare d’autocars de Montréal, the city’s central bus station, passengers stream through, hauling luggage, ushering children and pulling out their smartphones to call friends and family in the city.
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NewsStudents Declare Their Demands Remain Regardless of Election Results
As of yet, an election-night student protest has not been broken up by police.
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Special IssueA Lot of Work to Do
It seems that as far as in-demand jobs go, it’s a man’s world. On employment sites, opportunities abound in traditionally masculine domains like auto mechanics, electrical work and plumbing.
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NewsScience For Sale
In recent decades Canadian universities, including Concordia, rights over their researchers’ work and are attempting to capitalize from it. But returns are slim and costs are high, and the practice has raised ethical concerns. What makes Concordia want to commercialize?
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NewsEngineering Students Worried About Collusion
The allegations of collusion and corruption in the construction industry that have rocked Quebec politics since the Charbonneau…
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NewsFEUQ Elects New President
After two years at the head of the Fédération Étudiante Universitaire du Québec, Martine Desjardins is stepping down.
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NewsA Very Different Day of Action
The police continued with a recent trend last night: breaking up protests before they even get to start.
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NewsThe Post-Summit Scramble
Cameron Monagle says the Quebec government referring to the indexation of tuition fees as a “relative freeze” is a “load of baloney.”
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A View From the Summit
As the Summit on Higher Education came to a close, Quebec Premier Pauline Marois concluded, “there are no losers here today.”
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NewsGovernance, Tuition Up for Debate at Summit
After months of planning, preparatory meetings and conflicts over budget cuts…
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Special IssueThe Cost of Space
At first glance, it seems paradoxical: if Concordia University is so constantly plagued by budget troubles, where does it find the money to keep expanding?
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Special IssueThe Link’s Guide to Bookstores and Cafes
Montreal in mid-February can seem like a dark, snowy hold you’ll never get out of.
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NewsPLAN NORD
On Feb. 8 and 9. Montreal played host to the renamed Salon des ressources naturelles, a forum on employment to support Plan Nord. Hundreds protested outside, while the forum went on indoors.
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Special IssueNowhere Close
When it comes to the funding aboriginal university students receive for their learning, Sahra Maclean has heard it all.
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NewsAllegations of Cliquism and Discrimination in One of Quebec’s Student Federations
On Feb. 1, the ASSE’s three-member Comité aux luttes sociales, a committee for social struggles, resigned en masse…
