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Kelsey Litwin
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NewsConcordia’s Systematic Sexual Violence Problem
The three women are in various stages of filing complaints against the university or their harassers with the Quebec Human Rights Commission.
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NewsSteve Bonspiel Named Concordia’s 2018 Journalist-in-Residence
The Editor-in-Chief of the Kahnawake-based community newspaper The Eastern Door, Steve Bonspiel, has been selected to be Concordia’s Journalist-in-Residence for the Winter 2018 semester.
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NewsCSU Council Forms Working Group to Review Health and Dental Plan
A new working group tasked with reviewing the Concordia Student Union’s health and dental plan was formed at a regular council meeting Wednesday night.
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NewsMontreal Mayoral Debate Gets Heated
After two relatively calm French language debates, incumbent Mayor Denis Coderre and official opposition leader Valérie Plante became animated as they debated for the first, and only time, in English Monday night.
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NewsConcordia Student Union Starts Campaign Against Unpaid Internships
The CSU decided on this campaign in June after their council had passed a motion which demands that the university take charge in finding work placements for students with mandatory internships.
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NewsFormer Students to Take Concordia to Quebec Human Rights Commission
Women Say University Failed Them, Mishandled Sexual Violence and Harassment Cases
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Special IssueConcordia’s Vision as a “Next-Generation University”
How will the university ensure that those new hires spend as much time with students as they do with their research? “That’s absolutely a fair question,” said Provost Graham Carr.
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NewsNew Immigration Studies Programs Coming to Concordia
The minor and certificate, if approved by Concordia University’s Senate, will be offered by Concordia’s School of Community and Public Affairs, ideally accepting students as of next Fall.
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NewsConcordia’s Sexual Violence Prevention Strategy Reflected in Provincial Policy
On Aug. 21, Quebec’s ministry of higher education announced $23 million in funding for Quebec’s post-secondary institutions, dedicating themselves to tackling sexual assault on campus over the next five years.
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Special IssueHow Students Can Actively—and Easily—Fight Gentrification
The Link spoke with Fred Burrill and Hannah Brais to understand what gentrification is and the role that students play.
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NewsConcordia Student Stuck in Palestine Unable to Give Birth in Canada
Bissan has been in Gaza since last June, when she had gone to visit her aging grandparents and get married, an open letter from Amnesty International Canada explained. She began trying to return to Canada in December, but has been unable to due to the slow processing of an exit visa from the Israeli government.
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NewsConcordia Takes Action to Protect Survivors of Sexual Violence on Campus
Additions made to Concordia’s Code of Rights and Responsibilities at a Board of Governors meeting on April 19 enables the university to further protect survivors of sexual violence on campus. *
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NewsMontreal Marches for Science Research and Funding
“We are gathered here on Earth Day, aghast at what has become of our habitat,” said Dr. Peter Shizgal, a Concordia University professor in behavioural neurobiology. Hundreds gathered for the Montreal March for Science on April 22.
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NewseConcordia System Hacked
An email sent out on April 11 read that, “specifically that your name, your Concordia ID number and your email address, may have been consulted or obtained” via unauthorized access to the sites’ information system. The school says no financial information or student records have been affected.
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NewsASFA General Elections Invalidated
The Arts and Science Federation of Associations’ general elections were invalidated at a special council meeting Thursday evening.
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Special IssueBellesa Fills the Gap in the Porn Industry
There are some conversations that are harder to have than others. Telling your mom that you do porn is one of those.
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NewsUPDATED: Concordia’s Hall Building Evacuated
Concordia’s Hall building on the downtown campus lost power Monday morning due to a gas leak on Atwater Ave and Réné-Lévesques Boul. W.
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NewsCSU Referendum Questions, A Run Down
Voting for the Concordia Student Union general elections will run from March 28 to 30. There are six referendum questions on this year’s ballot. The CSU represents over 35,000 undergraduate students.
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NewsCampus Sustainability, a Decade in the Making
Every year they use about $115,000 of what they get from students to fund student-led initiatives, explained SAF CEO Nadra Wagdy. They’ve used this amount to help finance about 35 projects per year, she said.
