Miriam Lafontaine
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News
Students say they’re seeing twice as much work this semester
Students claim remote learning is harder in more ways than one, with added assignments and double the lectures.
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News
International students on their first week back
A look into how international students are finding studying from their home countries.
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Fringe Arts
Karaoke enthusiasts fear for future of the industry after ban
Karaoke bars across the province were forced to close their doors this weekend after the province announced a ban on Friday, saying the practice is contributing to the spread of COVID-19.
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News
Concordia Reluctant to Discuss Plans for International Tuition
Concordia President Alan Shepard recently announced the university will lose “millions in funding” as the provincial government begins cutting grants for international students next school year. Since then, the university has been unable to answer exactly how much funding they project they will lose.
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News
Students Urge Concordia to End International Tuition Hikes
As the mass deregulation of international tuition was being discussed in Wednesday’s Board of Governors meeting, a dozen students gathered outside the GM Building, urging Concordia not to use this as an opportunity to continue increasing international tuition.
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News
Students Denounce ‘Inaction’ on Campus Sexual Violence
Students decry the university’s inaction on sexual violence.
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News
Number of Ineligible Voters Found on Elector List Withheld
Chief Electoral Officer Florian Prual says he won’t be providing The Link with a count of how many non-students were invited to vote in the Concordia Student Union’s general elections.
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News
Alumn Says She Was Able to Vote Online in CSU Elections
Madelaine Sommers graduated from Concordia in the summer of 2018. Yesterday morning, she received an email alert inviting her to vote in the Concordia Student Union’s general elections.
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Special Issue
How to Advocate for Yourself as an Intern
Getting these agreements on paper shows you’re serious about not seeing your boundaries crossed.
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News
Independent Candidate Advocating for Low-Income Students
The sole independent candidate in the Concordia Student Union elections says her primary goal is to support low-income students.
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News
Concordia Increases Security on Campus Following Harassment Complaints
Security has been increased on campus in light of multiple harassment complaints.
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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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Letters
Letter: The Link’s Involvement in the Unpaid Internship Movement
These conflicts of interest needed to be addressed, and I apologize for the overdue notice.
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News
Students Decry Reductions Proposed for CSU Fee-Levy
The group’s suggestion that $0.35 be removed from the fee-levy collected for the union’s Student Space, Accessible Education, and Legal Contingency Fund is sounding alarm for some.
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News
Concordia Says Recent Sexual Harassment Complaint Wasn’t Mishandled
A look into Quebec’s privacy laws shows a lack of transparency is par for the course for any student making a complaint against a professor.
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Fringe Arts
Blackout Sets the Record Straight On Concordia’s Computer Riot
Behind a backdrop of 1960s-style compact cubes, Blackout retold the history of Concordia’s infamous “Sir George Williams Affair” with unequivocal faith that students were not the ones who set the fire.
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News
AVEQ Paid Almost $1,000 to Former Staff to Drop CNESST Complaints
The defunct Association for the Voice of Education in Quebec paid close to $1,000 to prevent a former staff from taking legal action against the organization, The Link has learned.
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News
Association for the Voice of Education in Quebec Announces Closure
The Association for the Voice of Education in Quebec announced it’ll be dissolving amid a lack of money and administrative disorganization.
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News
AVEQ May Be Forced to Shut Down Amid Decreasing Revenue
AVEQ executives and staff will be laid off this January as the association reassesses its financial stability and its continuity.
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News
ASFA Finance Coordinator Resigns, After Allegedly Taking Petty Cash for Nutcracker Show
The Arts and Science Federation of Associations announced a new finance coordinator will be taking over temporarily after $450 in petty cash was retracted from the federation’s office.