Letters

All letters to the editor must be signed and must include your phone number and student ID number. We verify the identities of all of our letter writers. Letters must be 400 words or less, and must not contain sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or otherwise discriminatory comments. The Link reserves the right to refuse letters with questionable or unacceptable comments. Send your letters to letters@thelinknewspaper.ca.

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  The erosion of the Quebec Charter is an attack on our values

  Saskia de Boer, Stefan Christoff, Ehab Lotayef – Published March 25, 2021

  In 2019 they passed Bill 21, which bans people whose religious expression includes a hijab, kippah or turban, among others, from certain positions in the public service. This unjustifiably violates the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Quebec Charter.

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  Letter: Michael O’Hearn and Martin O’Connor Student Journalist Bursary awarded to Lorenza Mezzapelle

  Ken Ernhofer – Published March 2, 2021

  Congratulations to Lorenza Mezzapelle who has just won the Michael O’Hearn and Martin O’Connor Student Journalist Bursary for 2021.

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  An open letter to Concordia from a concerned student

  Juliet Bartlett – Published November 24, 2020

  We were lied to regarding course accessibility, lied to about the switch to online learning investments, and taken advantage of due to a global crisis. We are being swept under the rug and kept in the dark as to any hope of a solution or care from the administration team, and feel unheard, unimportant, and used.

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  Open Letter: Sex Workers are Disposable

  Francine Tremblay, Jorge Briceno, Salinda Hess, Sienna Conti, Penny Pasdermajian, Bettina Bouskila, and Donna Cape – Published February 11, 2020

  Sex workers’ rights are rarely recognized until sex workers are murdered. What does this say about the ways we care for sex workers’ safety when they are alive? About the disposability of some women?

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  Open Letter From Concordia University Library Employees’ Union To President Graham Carr

  CULEU President Kent Cluff – Published February 10, 2020

  Our negotiations went nowhere for all of 2019, a waste of valuable university time and university resources.

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  Letter to the Editor: Denouncing Council Candidates

  A Group of Concerned Councillors – Published November 12, 2019

  Certain executive members are trying to stack Council—the only body in place to keep them accountable for their actions—by getting their friends on Council.

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  Letter: Institutional Support for the Occupation is a Moral Disaster for the Jewish Community

  Leora Schertzer – Published April 10, 2019

  As a member of this community, seeing major Jewish institutions put forth this message fills me with shame.

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  Letter: New Community Is the Team Concordia Students Deserve

  Avi Lewis – Published March 30, 2019

  Nicolas has my enthusiastic endorsement.

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  Letter: Team New Community Shows Up for the Concordia Community

  Jeremy Tessier – Published March 28, 2019

  I want to recognize the work of an invaluable member of the Concordia community and endorse the candidacy of Marcus Peters.

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  Letter: The Link’s Involvement in the Unpaid Internship Movement

  Miriam Lafontaine – Updated March 22, 2019 at 3:22pm

  These conflicts of interest needed to be addressed, and I apologize for the overdue notice.