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Protesters demand justice for Joyce Echaquan

Organizers denounce systemic racism, call for accountability in Quebec healthcare system

Mzwandile Poncana – Published October 4, 2020 – Comments

The death of Joyce Echaquan is a sign of systemic racism in Quebec, activists say. Thousands descended upon Place Émilie-Gamelin on Saturday to call for justice.

Concordia students and faculty compile BIPOC course list

List aims to help students learn about BIPOC issues in an academic setting

Michelle Malnasi — Published October 18, 2020 | Comments

A group of students and professors create BIPOC course list to tackle the institutional white dominance within Concordia University.
Concordia’s Conversation Cafés create “brave space” for open exchange

Sixty minutes to explore what it means to be human

Aminah Hannan — Published October 17, 2020 | Comments

Pour yourself a cup of tea and get ready to discuss what it means to be human.
Breaking: CSU councillor seeks to defund student media orgs

The Link, CJLO targeted in proposed referendum questions

Marcus Bankuti — Updated October 14, 2020 at 11:53am | Comments

CSU councillor Tzvi Hersh Filler is trying to have the Link and CJLO defunded over online opt-out.
Canadian-Armenians want better coverage of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Hundreds gather in second day of protests, condemn “lazy journalism”

Olivier Neven — Published October 10, 2020 | Comments

Protesters stand outside the offices of The Montreal Gazette and Global Montreal, demanding more coverage by Canadian media on the events happening in Artsakh.
Students say they’re seeing twice as much work this semester

Some say remote learning has led to a doubling in lecture time, extra assignments

Miriam Lafontaine — Published October 8, 2020 | Comments

Students claim remote learning is harder in more ways than one, with added assignments and double the lectures.
Councillor Ahmadou Sakho resigns from CSU

Described it as an “arm-wrestle” to improve lack of diversity in the union

April Tardif Levesque & Mzwandile Poncana — Published October 7, 2020 | Comments

After over a year on council, Ahmadou Sakho has resigned citing “constant drama.”
Four women at the helm of Concordia’s future Black Student Union

A safe space for Black students in the works

Marissa Ramnanan — Published October 6, 2020 | Comments

Surprised to find no Black student union at Concordia, these four students are working to change that.
Protest for peace in Armenian-Azeri conflict

Montreal’s Armenian community wants Canadian government to help put an end to hostilities in the Caucasus

Olivier Neven — Published October 4, 2020 | Comments

Hundreds of people from Montreal’s Armenian community gathered in Dorchester Square on Sunday to protest Azerbaijani and Turkish aggression against the disputed territory of Artsakh, more commonly known as Nagorno-Karabakh.
Protest against sex trafficking at PornHub Montreal

Protesters demand justice for victims and for PornHub to be held accountable

Thomas Lundy — Updated October 4, 2020 at 12:41am | Comments

Protesters gathered outside PornHub’s office to demand the company be held accountable for the blind eye they’ve turned towards alleged sex crimes being shared on their site.
Montreal collectives come together to create space for QTBIPOC

Series of virtual panels to address colourism and white-passing privilege

Ray Resvick — Published October 2, 2020 | Comments

Fruition Mtl, a QTBIPOC collective, is organizing a series of events with the help of Concordia’s Center for Gender Advocacy.