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May Day Protests Target Migrant Detention Centre Architects

Five Arrests, Multiple Counts of Mischief at Annual March

Erika Morris – Published May 2, 2019 – Comments

Anti-capitalist protesters threw vandalized the head office of Lemay, the architectural firm building a migrant detention centre, at the annual May Day protest on Wednesday.

CSU Council Update: Motion to Remove Advocacy Positions Fails

Motion Was to ‘Restore Democracy’ By Passing Positions Through Referendum

Erika Morris — Published May 12, 2019 | Comments

The Concordia Student Union’s council shut down a motion to remove all positions not passed by referendum from the positions book by secret ballot on Wednesday night.
CSU Cut the Crap Disqualification Overturned by Judicial Board

Most Candidates Reinstated in Appeal After Judicial Board Discards Additional Information

Erika Morris — Published May 6, 2019 | Comments

Concordia Student Union Cut the Crap candidates, who were elected then disqualified in the 2019 general elections, appealed the Chief Electoral Officer’s decision. In Tuesday’s ruling, the Judicial Board announced that all members of the slate, with the exception of Danielle Vandolder-Beaudin, were reinstated.
Concordia Reluctant to Discuss Plans for International Tuition

University to Announce Response to Deregulation on May 28

Miriam Lafontaine — Published May 3, 2019 | Comments

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.
Students Urge Concordia to End International Tuition Hikes

Students Protest Outside Board of Governors Meeting

Miriam Lafontaine — Published April 17, 2019 | Comments

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.
ASFA Updates: Online Voting Changes, Member Association Allowances on the Table

ASFA to Use Online Voting Third-Party Platform, Places Cap on Allowances for MAs With Fee-Levies

Ireland Compton — Published April 17, 2019 | Comments

The Arts and Science Federation of Associations have passed a motion to use SimplyVoting, a third-party platform, to host all future online elections.
Protests Against Bill 21 Continue as Legault Tells Students to Find Other Jobs

Students Sat Outside the Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion’s Office to Denounce Controversial Secularism Bill

Rowan Kennedy — Published April 12, 2019 | Comments

Students had a sit-in outside the Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion’s office to denounce controversial Bill 21.
CSU and ASFA Adopt Position Against Bill 21

Both Student Associations Sign on to Letter Addressing Provincial Government

Erika Morris — Published April 12, 2019 | Comments

Student associations take up positions against proposed “discriminatory” bill.
Students Denounce ‘Inaction’ on Campus Sexual Violence

Survivors Say University Has Been Complicit for Decades

Miriam Lafontaine — Published April 12, 2019 | Comments

Students decry the university’s inaction on sexual violence.
McGill University Retires Redmen Name After Students Decry Racist Connotations

After Postponing in January, McGill Releases Decision

Erika Morris — Published April 12, 2019 | Comments

On Friday morning, McGill University’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier announced that the name is being retired immediately.
Thousands Denounce Secularism Bill as Xenophobic

Protesters March Against François Legault, Bill 21

Alexander Perez & Erika Morris — Published April 7, 2019 | Comments

Thousands of people took to the streets this Sunday to protest the CAQ government’s proposed secularism bill.