Olivier Cadotte
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Opinions
Graduation (or Lack Thereof) in the Time of COVID-19
Maybe I just want to be validated to try and get out of my mental sludge, just to be told “Olivier, congratulations, you accomplished something actually pretty major with your life.”
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Sports
Please, Sir. I Want Some More (Or Even Any) Sports
With nearly every major sporting league on hold, it’s a hard time out there for sports nuts. We asked The Link’s’ sports team how they’re coping.
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News
This Week in COVID-19 News at Concordia
A lot has changed at Concordia this past week as the school’s administration, departments, and student associations try to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what you may have missed.
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Fringe Arts
Putting a Spotlight on the Vast World of Spoken Word
Tanya Evanson has been performing and producing spoken word for 20 years, a career that has brought her to festivals in Canada, England, South Africa, Australia, Ghana, and Ukraine, to name a few.
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News
Two Councillors Present Bad Faith Motion Regarding BDS Endorsement In Positions Book
The CSU has no intention to completely cut their ties to Israel, as it would be unreasonable to stop using certain essential products produced in the country.
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Fringe Arts
Heating Up Cold Days With Dance at Igloofest
Igloofest, the yearly outdoor electronic music festival set in Montreal’s Old Port is just about to start its fourteenth edition, but looking at the Jacques Cartier pier during the day, you couldn’t tell it was supposed to be the site of an electronic music festival if it wasn’t for their main stage.
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News
Concordia’s New Learning Square Opens
Currently, the two-story building has a few accessibility issues.
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Special Issue
How Corporations Trick You Into Buying Their “Sustainable” Stuff
Because greenwashing is so prevalent, it’s hard to distinguish what’s a real sustainable product and what is just marketing trickery, which ultimately means the failure of preventing climate change by shopping sustainably in this current system.
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Fringe Arts
Small Music Venues Are Disappearing in Montreal
It’s not immediately that we’re going to feel the full impact of local music venues closing in Montreal, said Julien Senez-Gagnon, once a spokesperson for the now closed venue Divan Orange.
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News
Undergraduate Geography Students Hold Climate Strike in Hall Building
Striking geography students unhappy with Concordia’s divestment process. They call for quicker action and more transparency from the university.
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News
Festive Protesters March Against Simon Jolin-Barrette, CAQ Government
“They took my dreams, my years of experience and education and threw it against the wall.”
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News
Brique Par Brique Hosts Discussion on Infrastructure for Social Change
The three guest speakers, all from outside Parc-Extension—some from outside the country—brought perspectives from their own communities to discuss potential solutions to gentrification in the Montreal neighbourhood.
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Opinions
The Meddling of Private Ownership Threatens Newsrooms Everywhere
Publications need to make money to survive. However, ownership shouldn’t entitle millionaire hedge fund dudebros to boss newsrooms around and fire people when their tantrums don’t get them what they want.
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News
Extinction Rebellion Quebec Continues Outreach Tour at Concordia
Extinction Rebellion Quebec holds latest introductory presentation to small Concordia crowd.
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News
Trudeau, Scheer Main Targets at English Language Federal Leaders Debate
Themes included national and global leadership, affordability and economic insecurity, Indigenous issues, polarization, human rights and immigration, and environment and energy.
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Sports
Concordia’s Esports Association Might Be The Best Teams You Don’t Know
With the world of esports constantly expanding, more and more schools are throwing their hat in the ring with multiple teams. Concordia’s does their best with limited money and resources all while drawing in more players.
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Special Issue
How Did Your Candidate Get Here?
Name recognition is one of the most important factors in a candidate’s campaign success.
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News
(Dis)Orientation Hopes to Fill in the Gaps for New and Returning Students
The events, held from Sept. 10 through 14, were chosen to best serve members of marginalized communities at Concordia.
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Opinions
Don’t @ Me: Loud and Proud (Keyboards, That Is)
When I as a kid, I always imagined being a writer as sitting in a low light office, hunched over a typewriter while writing out masterpiece after masterpiece.
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Opinions
Anti-LGBTQ+ Raids and Police Brutality
Canada isn’t the land where everything is nice and perfect, like some may think it is.