Maria Cholakova
Maria Cholakova was The Link's Vol. 45 coordinating editor and one of Vol. 44's co-news editors. She loves a strong cocktail.
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NewsCSU sends all fee levies to ballot, lowers signature requirement for levies
The Concordia Student Union’s recent council meeting saw swift approval of three fee levy increases, with seven new CSU positions and the restructuring of union job descriptions to be voted on by the student body. The signature requirement to create a fee levy was also lowered.
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NewsAnnual MMIWG2S+ march continues to advocate for systemic change
Over 100 people attended the 35th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ people (MMIWG2S+) memorial march on Feb. 14, amid hundreds of incomplete calls to action from Indigenous advocates towards the Canadian government.
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NewsClimate committee urges Concordia to fully divest from fossil fuels
Concordia University announced in 2025 that it had reached its goal of fossil fuel divestment. But some on the Concordia Student Union and Climate Emergency Committee say the university is far from its 100 per cent divestment goal, announced in 2019.
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CSU council approves $10,000 in funding for Iranian students
The Concordia Student Union’s regular council meeting on Jan. 28 saw $500 in funding approved for 20 Iranian students, a debate on library access and by-election ratification, and the creation of an election bylaw reform committee.
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NewsAn uncertain future for Concordia’s new French immersive courses
Concordia University’s new French curriculum, announced last year, is led by limited-term instructor Geneviève Bibeau. With Bibeau’s contract facing non-renewal, some Concordia professors question whether the program can continue.
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NewsComplainants fail to appear at CSU judicial board hearing over student handbook
Three students who filed a CSU judicial board complaint against the union’s executive team over the CSU 2025-26 student handbook failed to show up to the Jan. 16 hearing. A written decision is expected within the coming week.
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NewsGraduate Student Association president gone rogue
The Graduate Student Association’s executive team and staff go on record to discuss their suspended president’s allegations of corruption and financial fraud.
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NewsNew secularism bill threatens practicing students
Concordia University’s Muslim Student Association warns of a disproportionate impact on the university’s Muslim community after recent legislation from the Coalition Avenir Québec seeks to ban public prayer rooms in a push towards state secularism.
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NewsConcordia bars student union staff member from campus
Julianna Smith received an email from Concordia University’s Campus Safety and Prevention Services on Oct. 29, informing her she is indefinitely barred from university property for her work helping student protesters.
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Three fee levy increases pass at most recent CSU by-elections
Three Concordia Student Union fee levy increases passed in the latest by-elections, which also saw Ryan Michon and Michael Eshayek win the Arts and Science and John Molson School of Business council seats.
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NewsDoctors and medical students criticize new Quebec bill
Medical students, doctors and doctors’ unions share concerns over Quebec’s new Bill 2 that will penalize any retaliatory pressure tactics.
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News‘I saw a country that was absolutely destroyed,’ Palestinian-Canadian doctor says
A member of the recent Freedom Flotilla, alongside two doctors who returned from Gaza this year, spoke about their experiences as eyewitnesses to the genocide in Palestine to a crowd of hundreds of guests at Centre culturel Georges-Vanier on Oct. 23.
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NewsPro-Palestine strikes at Concordia see two arrests and campus closure
Heavy police presence and arrests once again marked student strikes at Concordia University. Over 80,000 students were officially on strike on Oct. 6 and Oct. 7 across Montreal.
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NewsThe fight for Indigenous rights continues
Hundreds gathered at the George-Étienne Cartier Monument on Sept. 30 to march in honour of residential school survivors and missing Indigenous children.
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NewsReggies Thirsty Thursdays gone wrong
During a Reggies Thirsty Thursday event on Sept. 18, a 23-year-old patron broke DJ Alex Dalipaj’s laptop, causing $2,000 in damages. The suspect was detained by SPVM, charged with mischief, and later released the same evening.
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NewsFASA first student association to vote to strike for Palestine
Nearly a year after Concordia University students last went on strike for Palestine, student groups are once again mobilizing strike votes to pressure the university to divest from weapons manufacturers linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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Fringe ArtsThe Rover screens their documentary ‘Palestine on Campus’
Independent media outlet The Rover hosts its first documentary screening, “Palestine on Campus,” highlighting Palestinian and pro-Palestine voices on university campuses.
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NewsArtists and activists withdraw works, call for boycott of Concordia’s gallery
Several artists have withdrawn their work from Concordia University’s Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, joining activists in a boycott over what they describe as the university’s censorship of pro-Palestine voices.
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NewsSeven arrests made during Israel-Premier Tech team Grand Prix protest
While hundreds of protesters gathered at the Sir George-Étienne Cartier monument to protest Israel’s Premier Tech team’s participation in the Montreal cycling Grand Prix, tension ran high, leading to seven arrests.
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NewsCSU holds harm reduction fair and fundraiser
The Concordia Student Union held a harm reduction workshop to raise funds for the Drug User Liberation Fund.
