Riley Sparks

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  News

  CUFA to Vote on Strike Mandate

  Riley Sparks – Updated March 10, 2013 at 10:03pm

  After 14 months of contract negotiations, Concordia’s full-time professors will begin voting tomorrow on an unlimited strike mandate.

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  News

  Chinese Students Continue to Speak Out

  Riley Sparks – Published November 13, 2012

  More of Concordia’s Chinese students came forward last week with allegations about bad experiences in homestays and shady dealings with a recruiter employed by the university.

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  News

  Province Fines Concordia $2M Over Severance Packages

  Riley Sparks – Published March 9, 2012

  Quebec is punishing Concordia for shelling out over $3.1 million in severance packages to administrators.

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  Opinions

  Critique of the Cops

  Riley Sparks – Published November 15, 2011

  I don’t really like the cops in this city. It’s not that I think they’re bad people. Or, as the various crusty, squat-dwelling, dumpster-diving activist types suggest, that they’re a bunch of racist, baby-killing sociopaths in uniform, hell-bent on destroying freedom, sunshine…

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  News

  ‘Because We’re More Human Than They Are’

  Riley Sparks – Published October 19, 2010

  Canada’s political leaders need to be ready to take decisive action to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity, said Canadian Senator Roméo Dallaire during a speech at Concordia last Thursday.

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  News

  Building Collapse Kills Worker

  Riley Sparks – Published September 28, 2010

  A construction worker was killed in a partial building collapse on the corner of de la Visitation Street and Sherbrooke Street on Sept. 27.

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  Sports

  Up and Down the Mountain

  Riley Sparks – Published September 14, 2010

  A photo essay on the riders who enjoyed an eventful day of cycling Sunday as they partook in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal.