Miriam Lafontaine
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News
58,000 Quebec Students to Strike This Week for Paid Internships
About 58,000 Quebec students will be going on strike this week to pressure the provincial government to demand remuneration for all internships.
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News
Infractions of Sexual Harassment See 78 Per Cent Increase at Concordia
Concordia has reported has reported a hike in complaints of sexual assault and sexual harassment.
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News
CSU General Coordinator No Longer Barred from Senate and Board of Governors
CSU General Coordinator Sophie Hough-Martin announced today that she’ll no longer need to fight for her seat on Concordia’s Senate and Board of Governors.
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Fringe Arts
The Highs and Lows of the 2012 Student Strikes
Throughout Wednesday and Saturday the 2012 Quebec student strike was revisited in the LB Building in collaboration with Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.
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News
Is Siri Sexist?
As technology advances, sexism prevails within the industry. An example can be seen in the use of Siri or Alexa, which maintain female voices in a secretarial role.
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Fringe Arts
An Interview With Montreal Graffiti Artist Zola
“Everything I do is illegal and I don’t ask permission. I’m saying, ‘This is ours and there should be room for us to take up space here and claim territory against capitalism,’” said Zola. The Montreal artist is known for her depiction of women in hijabs.
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Opinions
Don’t @ Me: I Tried to Write a Masters-Level-Thesis About Construction Cones and Failed
Our city is littered with cones that attack us from every corner.
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News
Universities Who Attract the Most International Students Will Get Rewarded this Year
Francophone universities that can attract the most international students will now be able to receive additional funding from the provincial government, under a plan proposed by the Liberals.
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News
International Tuition Likely to Skyrocket After Mass Deregulation
After mass deregulation of international programs, Concordia will be looking to increase tuition for international students in other programs by next year.
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News
Recovering from Austerity Cuts, Concordia Moves Towards a Balanced Budget
With increased funding from the Liberal government since 2017 and a surge in admission rates, Concordia’s budget is projected to be balanced by next year.
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Fringe Arts
British Comedy Takes Over at Just For Laughs Festival
The Brit(ish) Show on July 27 show showcased five comedians from England and was hosted at the Maison Théâtre by Nish Kumur, host of The Mash Report on BBC Two. The experience was dizzying–perhaps only because Kumur spent a disturbing amount of time screaming about the drummer of Coldplay.
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News
After Sexual Violence Complaints, Concordia Looks to Address Rape Culture
In a recent survey at Concordia, women reported they didn’t feel as safe on campus as their male colleagues, and of the 1595 people surveyed nine per cent said they had experienced sexual violence first hand on campus.
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News
Concordia Launches Investigative Journalism Institute
Concordia’s Journalism department has just announced it will now house an institute for investigative journalism.
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News
Anti-G7 Protesters and Amnesty International Sound Alarm Over Police Repression
Almost a thousand came out to protest against the G7 Summit by the National Assembly in Quebec City. But with multiple protests declared illegal yesterday, many are sounding the alarm over police repression.
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News
Anti-G7 Protests Continue in Quebec City
A crowd of about 100 anti-G7 protesters came to Beauport, Quebec this morning in an attempt to block roads, so less people could travel towards Quebec’s Charlevoix region, where the annual G7 Summit is underway.
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News
Administrator Bram Freedman To Leave Concordia After 20 Years
Bram Freedman announced he’ll be leaving Concordia to work as the president and CEO of the Jewish General Hospital Foundation.
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News
Tuition Raised for International Students
Some international undergraduate students will see tuition hikes starting in the fall, after the proposal was passed today at Concordia’s Board of Governors.
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Fringe Arts
Rain and Riots at Santa Teresa Festival
The music festival that ran from Friday to Sunday was hectic to say the least. There was rain, cancelled shows, and riots broke out by the end of it all.
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News
Tuition Hikes Proposed for International Students at Concordia
Tuition hikes are being proposed for international undergraduates in Engineering and Computer Science and John Molson School of Business.